Example sentences of "that it have been the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A stranger could never imagine that it had been the scene of such horror . |
| 2 | By the week 's end the proctologist was saying that it had been the best goddamned vacation he had ever taken , and as we passed the bunkering moorings near McIllvanney 's yard I saw him take Ellen aside and I guessed he was offering her a job . |
| 3 | Sawle acknowledged this on the eve of the final Test when , asked to defend the dumping of Marsh , he made the point that it had been the bowlers — Craig McDermott ( whose 31 wickets made him the highest Australian wicket-taker in a series against India ) , Bruce Reid ( a wrecker in the second Test before breaking down again ) and Merv Hughes — who had been the key figures throughout the series . |
| 4 | A second independent miners ' congress , held in Donetsk ( Ukraine ) , ended with a declaration on Oct. 26 that it had been the founding congress of an independent miners ' trade union . |
| 5 | Why did it hurt to learn that it had been the machinations of others that had brought them together this time ? |
| 6 | Venables said that it had been the intention to make the decision public on Shreeves 's return from Bucharest next Thursday . |
| 7 | He says that it has been the foundation of Europe 's post-war success , the implication being that we must adopt the same system in Britain if we are to become a modern , prosperous nation . |
| 8 | Unfortunately it seems that it has been the agricultural ministry which has won the debate , and Britain is merely tinkering with the problem . |
| 9 | It is not clear however that it has been the stronger adversary which has done so , rather than a weaker party with its back to the wall . |
| 10 | There is substantial evidence in the literature already cited that it has been the critical area of failure in Britain . |
| 11 | The system is based around Siemens ' Vision Optimised Network Evolution programme , although GEC Plessey says that it has been the developer of the services to be offered and will manage the planned Asynchronous Transfer Mode evolution . |
| 12 | Other authors have suggested that it has been the process of secularisation which has been most central in giving rise to moral protest groups . |
| 13 | To say that it has been the poorer for it is not to denigrate the work that was done . |
| 14 | Readers must be warned that it has been the practice of governments in recent years to alter the departmental structure from time to time , ostensibly in an effort to find the best possible framework for policy co-ordination , but — it may be suggested — with less elevated political motives in mind too . |
| 15 | If one were looking for the reasons for the present situation , does my right hon. Friend agree that it has been the departure of the building societies and other lenders from the traditional concept of not lending more than 75 per cent . |
| 16 | However , those who operate the law are well aware that it will only be respected to the extent that it conforms with public opinion : the reason why journalists and broadcasters are not prosecuted much more often for undoubted infringements of the letter of the laws of contempt and official secrecy is simply that the authorities are well aware that up-to-the-hilt enforcement of these vague laws would bring the law into further disrepute , and precipitate precisely the sort of clash between government and the press that it has been the British genius to avoid , whenever possible , by cosy arrangements . |
| 17 | what I most often heard when I phoned people a couple of days in was that it 's been the worst two days of my life ! |