Example sentences of "[verb] not been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NCM has not been unaffected by the world economy and , in particular , the recessions in North America , France and Italy . |
| 2 | As is the case almost everywhere else , the market in Devon is depressed and selling has not been easy . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ It is no secret that the atmosphere in the past few months has not been easy . |
| 4 | Europe 's experience of collaboration with Japan has not been easy . |
| 5 | Understanding the quantisation experiments has not been easy and is still controversial . |
| 6 | Even in a country like India , where there is skilled manpower , it has not been easy to install enough new factories to keep pace with growing demand . |
| 7 | The transition has not been easy . |
| 8 | But the scientific process of unravelling the exact sequence of events has not been easy . |
| 9 | So I can still hear him talking to me when I 'm doing some of this stuff , especially when I 'm trying to sing — which has not been easy . |
| 10 | It has not been easy to establish the numbers of appointments — and hence fees paid out — for which clients engaged search consultants . |
| 11 | Despite goodwill and a developing sense of partnership among social services , health authorities , the family health services authority ( FHSA ) , and the voluntary sector , the planning process has not been easy . |
| 12 | It has not been easy to pull this programme together in the prevailing economic climate , but we hope you will find much to enjoy and help blow away those recessionary blues … |
| 13 | The reverberations of the Super 8/Standard 8 controversy can still be detected ; institutions were encouraged to invest in the new film equipment , but found that some manufacturers persisted in producing material only in the earlier format ; the resultant collapse of confidence has not been easy to repair . |
| 14 | But candidates for the presidency are becoming an increasingly rare breed , and this time round the officers ' task has not been easy . |
| 15 | In geomorphology , as in soil geography , it has not been easy to achieve representations of global spatial patterns based upon processes to succeed the long-established static morphological or structured landform regions . |
| 16 | It has not been easy — and he does not like to be crossed . ’ |
| 17 | But the transition has not been easy . |
| 18 | It has not been easy to change so quickly to the needs of a more demanding market place , but if your customers , staff or management have cause to complain of imprecise or unreliable temperature control equipment , of a poor maintenance record or of substandard temperatures at the point of consumption , we are the correct sector of engineering you require . |
| 19 | It has not been easy , Caroline , fulfilling all my commitments while staying close to the Princess 's side . ’ |
| 20 | But leaving homes and families behind has not been easy . |
| 21 | ‘ It has not been easy to do because we have never given guarantees before . |
| 22 | It has not been easy on three hours sleep a night . |
| 23 | The second reason that , that we 're delighted to see you is that as a Trades Council we have been trying very hard over the last six or seven years to raise the profile of the trade union movement and this has been quite difficult in in during the Thatcher years , during the anti-trade union legislation , the onslaught by the media , trade unions er , the profile of trade unions has not been easy to raise . |
| 24 | Although CPRW has not been prominent among the various warring groups who have fought to protect their interests over recent years , I assume we are concerned to see the river environment and its considerable amenity value protected . |
| 25 | The record of negotiating — and sticking to — regional specialisation in basic industries has not been impressive . |
| 26 | Gateshead 's record has not been impressive so far . |
| 27 | The British front in this battle has not been one of the easiest . |
| 28 | ‘ We now know that BSE exists on the Continent and there has not been one case in a Welsh herd . ’ |
| 29 | It has not been one of those lives where people are rejected and say , ‘ I 'll show them . ’ |
| 30 | But 1992 has not been one of his better years with only ten winners so far . |