Example sentences of "it [verb] [been] [adj] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been helpful for many in showing that complex medieval Latin plainchant can be simplified and adapted to modern English texts , whilst retaining the basic musical principles of the eight Gregorian modes . |
| 2 | It has been possible for many of us , for example , to respond to dance from quite other cultures , and to sculpture , carving and painting not only from other cultures but from other , often very remote , times . |
| 3 | It has been possible for some time to cruise down the Nile , or stay in some of the jewelled and painted palaces of Moghul India , or walk along the Great Wall of China . |
| 4 | For National Certificate modules it has been possible for some time to approve alternative outcomes , under certain circumstances , for students with special needs of all kinds . |
| 5 | It has been clear for some time that the demands of the arms control process would increasingly dominate military planning . |
| 6 | It has been clear for some time that there are a number of significant practical problems with the interpretation of SSAP 6 , Extraordinary Items and Prior Year Adjustments , particularly in respect of the variety of treatments of apparently similar events as sometimes ordinary and sometimes extraordinary items in the p&l account . |
| 7 | It has been clear for some time that the Al Fayeds are not who they said they were in 1985 . |
| 8 | Suppose the brochure mentions another hotel , stating that it has been open for several seasons and that it closes every year from November to March . |
| 9 | Sources close to the investigation suggest it has been dormant for some months and that it produced no conclusions one way or the other . |
| 10 | It had been empty for several years and was dirty , damp and severely vandalised . |
| 11 | But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit . |
| 12 | In fact it had been open for some time already as had half a dozen other places within easy walk because America believes in man 's inalienable right to eat whenever he is awake . |
| 13 | It had been silent for several minutes . |
| 14 | Well it 's been dry for another day . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , it 's been tough for all of us . |
| 16 | It 's been women-only for more than a century . |