Example sentences of "it [verb] [been] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reports on the armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia , however , suggest not only that rape and the sexual abuse of women have been carried out on a massive scale , but that it has been systematic and organised . |
| 2 | It has been long and widely believed that urbanization and industrialization cause large increases in crime . |
| 3 | It has been serious and to tell the truth I am sick to the teeth of it . |
| 4 | It has been female and male peers who have most affected Rosenberg 's work rather than women artists of the past like Rosa Boneheur . |
| 5 | In the past it has been said AMV 's TV has never matched its press work ; that it has been insular and unadventurous from a strategic corporate point of view ; and that it has relied too heavily on its self-referential ability to sell middle-class brands . |
| 6 | At the same time , within the National Health Service , it has been acute and curative services which have been developed , despite attempts to shift the balance towards preventive and caring services directed at chronic conditions . |
| 7 | Thus the UK clearinghouse has been entirely funded from a national body , and in this respect it has been fortunate and unique . |
| 8 | Erm and certainly I think I think in going to neighbourhood panels it was it was to serve a democratic process of tenants being able to panels local to their that area and I think in that sense erm it has been successful and certainly , I think as far as we were concerned er , it avoids the perhaps intimidating nature of , of tenants appearing in a large centre of the various panel which er I think was er , certainly one of the members wishes when we started on a neighbourhood basis but , yes it was our intention and , I would think that it 's quite reasonable to ask us to bring the report to the next meeting er with a better explanation of how the council works so far . |
| 9 | The new process could make carpet recycling possible on a major scale ; until now it has been laborious and expensive to separate out the component materials , which often include wool , nylon as well as latex . |
| 10 | When the result of the canvass was conveyed to me I had no doubt whatever that it had been thorough and honest and that I could command the necessary support in Parliament . |
| 11 | It had been slated-in and was secure from the weather . |
| 12 | But it had been close and the children had never taken liberties with the river again . |
| 13 | It had been warm and bright that day , and the water was not cold . |
| 14 | That should please the farmers — and Iris ; for a couple of weeks or more it had been dry and unusually mild and the land was thirsty . |
| 15 | Can not concede that it had been possible and neither will shift in how we communicate and view the place of the Royals in our society and what the are and how those P R shifts a phrase in terms of let's make ourselves more public , let's make ourselves more accessible , have resulted in that because their very their very accessibility is the those kind of radio programmes to happen . |
| 16 | It was a very dowdy dress , and old , and it smelled of mothballs and , faintly , of years of perspiration soaked into the fabric , but it had been well and carefully preserved . |
| 17 | It had been shapeless and unflattering , and she looked a lot better without it . |
| 18 | As a child it had been embarrassing and as both teachers and playmates had looked askance at the familiarity she 'd reverted to the ubiquitous ‘ Mum ’ in their presence , but woe betide her if she had lapsed into this form of address in Margaret 's presence ! |
| 19 | Her youth was over , and God knows it had been bitter and barren enough . |
| 20 | She admired his courage in clouting the skinhead but he spoilt it by saying it had been instinctive and now he wished he had n't . |
| 21 | Industry watchdog Lautro could have banned the company from selling investment products altogether , but decided not to because it had been co-operative and had acted promptly to beef up its sales methods . |
| 22 | If it had been grey and raining and chilly he might have taken one look at Wyvis Hall and turned tail and fled to Crete or Delos or somewhere . |
| 23 | In answer to a leading question about the temperature Of the room , he reflected that it had been cold and draughty . |
| 24 | He had given her that household , a little society , warming itself in its own glow of virtue , insulating itself from the big bad world ; but within its own limits it had been open and supportive . |
| 25 | Rose Brady 's attention had been as unexpected as it had been sudden and welcome . |
| 26 | Now if it had been opposite and hypotenuse which one would you have used ? |
| 27 | Originally there had stood a medieval castle alone , then it had been Neo-Gothicized and French Châteaued a bit in the nineteenth century . |
| 28 | We 've er added extra staff in , in er credit control departments where it 's been necessary and by a process of education , at every Pearson seminar we rang home the message of the importance of cash and James provides examples of different methods of operating and the effect it has on cash and what happened to market share ? |
| 29 | Today I 'm glad to say it 's been dry and we 've even seen the sun . |
| 30 | And I , I ran there and ran back to continue my game , at play like and I heard a , mo , her say to mother well I like your lad to go says th look at this cheese it 's never been unwrapped he said those other lads he says it 's always looks as if it 's been unwrapped and |