Example sentences of "but it [vb -s] not [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it has n't been easy . |
| 2 | But it has n't been easy to organise . |
| 3 | But it has n't been easy . |
| 4 | , I was going to get you trimmed this week , but it has n't been any warm weather has it , you would n't want your coat off , no . |
| 5 | Plans for this were made some years ago , but it has not been possible to proceed with them ( a ) because of lack of funds , and ( b ) because the personnel department has overall responsibility in all departments of the authority ’ … |
| 6 | Presumably he had been a football fan but it has not been possible to discover whether he supported Liverpool or Everton . |
| 7 | It has always been able to impose penalties on parties who break the rules without permission , by the award of costs against them , but it has not been able to enforce the rules of its own volition . |
| 8 | Several studies have shown that the concentration of carbon dioxide was as little as half the present concentration at the peak of the latest Ice Age , but it has not been clear if this is cause or effect . |
| 9 | But it 's not been all good news , as Chris Harbod of the R S P B has been explaining . |