Example sentences of "it [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although some progress has since been made by the meticulous work of the late Sir Ian Richmond and Roger Goodburn , it has been on too small a scale to support any attempt at a chronology of the history of the site . |
| 32 | Will discussion of reform then be remitted , as it has been on several occasions from 1916 onwards , to a Speaker 's Conference ? |
| 33 | It has been on my conscience ever since . |
| 34 | It has been on my conscience ever since … |
| 35 | It has been on The New York Times best-seller list for thirty-seven weeks and on The Sunday Times of London list for twenty-eight weeks . |
| 36 | The city this morning is relatively calm , far quieter than it has been on many days in recent months . |
| 37 | Over three-quarters of credit users reckon that its cost has been reasonable ( see Appendix I , Table 24 ) , and less than one in ten say it has been at all unreasonable . |
| 38 | Responsible , neighbourly and democratic , for nearly half a century it has been as gemütlich abroad as it has been at home , pulling either its weight or its punches as the occasion demanded . |
| 39 | Knowing that some foreigners , and even some Germans , would worry about a possible reversion to past behaviour , it has been at pains to show itself to be a reformed character not just by these qualities of good citizenship but by its guilty conscience . |
| 40 | Hong Kong remains almost as uncompetitive as it has been at anytime since 1986 , and is far less competitive than a year ago . |
| 41 | 103 youths were arrested in the first four weeks , but there are porblems , sometimes in radio communications and it has been at a cost . |
| 42 | Since nationalization , it has been at least 80 per cent ( Bain and Price 1983 ) . |
| 43 | We had originally intended to freeze our budget at precisely the level that it has been at the last two years for a variety of reasons we have decided that it is sensible to actually bring it down yet further . |
| 44 | More pointedly , such analyses are concerned with measuring the effects of wage movements ; the causes have to be sought in the actual , real-world process of industrial relations — an environment as uncongenial to economists as it has been to many industrial managers . |
| 45 | Write a report of between 1000 and 1500 words on your last period of work experience with particular emphasis on the benefit it has been to you . |
| 46 | The er , other recommendation really is just a member 's note the outcome of discussion so far , it has been to the erm , we did take the paper to the Hare Street , Little Parndon er , committee er , in this cycle and there were no comments that came er , from that committee . |
| 47 | The top two sheets are almost a summary , for all the staff that I never actually got sent out , but it has been to the staff consultative committee , who who gave it a nod . |
| 48 | French structuralism , applied as it has been to a wide range of intellectual disciplines , is a realization of Saussure 's dream of a general science of signs — semiology . |
| 49 | It 's still as pure as it has been for thousands of years . ’ |
| 50 | Broadly , we may say that industry will have to be far less rigid ; indeed much more flexible in adapting itself to change than it has been for the past twenty years . |
| 51 | That is the way he conducts his business and that is the way it has been for centuries . ’ |
| 52 | We know how tough it has been for many but we are poised to move forward again , lacking only the spark of confidence with which a Conservative victory would ignite recovery . |
| 53 | I show him how much I 've written here , how good a place it has been for me . |
| 54 | He said , ‘ How wonderful it has been for us both to seek new understanding of each other as we have prayed together and sought healing from each other 's wounds . ’ |
| 55 | When fellwalking becomes a passion as it has been for me and many others , the summits are regarded as old friends and memories are refreshed on each visit . |
| 56 | This needs materials scientists , whose contribution is likely to be as decisive for biosensor research as it has been for mainstream biomaterials research . |
| 57 | The castle walls surround the medieval town , which is still inhabited as it has been for hundreds of years . |
| 58 | ‘ Yes , it has been for the last hour . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years , ’ Mrs Smith said . |
| 60 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years . |