Example sentences of "been is " in BNC.

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1 Just how great the change has been is perhaps best illustrated by reference to the number of daily commuters into London .
2 That which hath been is now ; and that which is to be hath already been ; and God requireth that which is past .
3 One thing Carry Ons have never been is big budget movies .
4 However , what the net result of the activity has been is unclear , as DEC says it is now closing down its VLIW-on-Alpha work — having failed to enlighten us as to the reasons why — but , at the instruction level , it is thought that Multiflow 's trace compilers were being pressed into service to boost the speed at which the RISC could execute programmes .
5 What there has been is a steady process of learning that management and business is a pragmatic matter depending entirely on people and how they react .
6 It is a great struggle to maintain this kind of mental attitude , but how successful it has been is difficult to assess .
7 One of the biggest changes there has been is in the attitude towards people who have AIDS .
8 How widespread this development has been is difficult to judge .
9 GUIL : No , no , no — what you 've been is not on boats .
10 What might have been is neither here nor there .
11 Now to place this manor and house , first I believe the only place this could have been is Upper Haillng , and the house is now what is known as Court Farm , the present residence of Mr Peter Lingham .
12 Unfortunately little excavation has taken place in the interiors of these fortified sites and what has been is not very informative for , in many cases , the combination of stone-robbing and deep-ploughing has reduced even masonry buildings to amorphous scatters of stone .
13 ‘ And where I 've been is none of your damned business .
14 I think the problem 's been is the problem 's been is that we do n't want to let any business go
15 I think the problem 's been is the problem 's been is that we do n't want to let any business go
16 As far as I 've been is the airport .
17 for me to sign , I said I 'm sorry I 'm not signing them and I would n't sign any of them and he went back and he said alright then we 'll leave it in your husband 's name , I said yes you 'd better had cos he still owns the house , yet all those bills have come through , I 've had water rates come through in my name , I 've had the electricity come through it 's in my name , the only one bill that was never in his name , never has been is the telephone and that 's included
18 This is where we 've just been is n't it ?
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