Example sentences of "it [verb] not been [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That has been monumental help , but it has not been just practical help . |
| 2 | It has not been sufficiently sensitive to the issues which divide and potentially destroy us , or to the need to renounce the legacy of patriarchal relations in our own behaviour . |
| 3 | He answered cryptically but not very informatively ; ‘ It has not been though expedient for the Grand Junction to widen the locks . ’ |
| 4 | The realignment of exchange rates discussed above might suggest that it has not been very successful in promoting greater exchange rate stability . |
| 5 | But it has not been too cold at night and hopefully this wo n't go on until the winter . |
| 6 | However , although the WDA has remained , it has not been as interventionist in terms of urban policy as has the SDA . |
| 7 | ‘ No doubt business is better than last year but it has not been as good as many people suggested it might be , ’ he said . |
| 8 | This time , however , the physicist could see from his instruments that it had not been totally successful . |
| 9 | Lillywhite recovered after crashing just after the Horseshoe Pass climb at Llangollen at 73 miles though it had not been all plain sailing for the Banana team . |
| 10 | In the event it had not been so much religious ‘ discrimination ’ as the limits imposed by lack of money and of land in over-built ancient towns and villages . |
| 11 | It was set in a triumphant smile , a smile that would have been smug if it had not been so full of the purest metaphysical good humour . |
| 12 | Jade is therefore very tough and would have been almost ideal for tools and weapons if only it had not been so difficult to work and so scarce . |
| 13 | Yet it had not been especially noble of me . |
| 14 | It had not been fully dark when she had been flying . |
| 15 | Signaller Chris Lodey of Darlington said : ‘ It 's not been too tiring because we 've managed to get a bit of rest . |
| 16 | It 's not been too bad , David . |
| 17 | And it 's not been too bad in the rush hour on the er local public transport ; I 've no problems to report to you on either the buses or the trains . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , now , it 's not been as bad as that , ’ he said , shamefaced , and laid his arm awkwardly round her shoulders and drew her close to him . |
| 19 | it 's not been very good or nice for you |