Example sentences of "[noun] it has be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The speed it has is for motorway shunting .
2 Whereas libertarian historians have devoted relatively little attention to this question , for the traditional liberal and Soviet schools it has been of vital importance .
3 The blast has led to concern that the bank might be forced to decamp to another set of temporary premises — its third resting place in the 18 months it has been in existence — although this now seems unlikely .
4 For the last eight months it has been in use at a $10,000m nuclear reprocessing facility in France with no hiccups , according to US president Jeff Sutherland .
5 For the last eight months it has been in use at a $10bn nuclear reprocessing facility in France with no hiccups , according to ODB president Jeff Sutherland .
6 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 .
7 ( Everyone is someone 's cousin in Bala , and a great help it has been on several occasions . )
8 I show him how much I 've written here , how good a place it has been for me .
9 She 'd say they 've just had a restaurant there , that would n't be so bad as a take away But getting back to the finances , I mean the Two Hundred Club over the years it has been in operation , I mean with what it gets this , what they get this year , supposing it 's not a thousand , supposing eight hundred , it might even be about eight thousand might n't it ?
10 ‘ Do n't think this is merely habit , ’ he said , ‘ though habit it has been for twenty-five years .
11 Art Basel reigns supreme among art fairs for a number of reasons : for the length it has been in existence ; for the fact that it was the first fair to introduce a selection committee ; and because of its timing .
12 That is the way he conducts his business and that is the way it has been for centuries . ’
13 ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years , ’ Mrs Smith said .
14 ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years .
15 But I hope Graham will look at my bowling this winter in a different light to the way it has been in the past by England .
16 Though the moment of penetration is almost painless , the presence of the botfly causes a lot of irritation , and by the time it has been in residence for three weeks or so , the resulting lump is quite painful .
17 It is typical of this Tory government , a government that has not had a constructive idea all the time it has been in office , but thinks that union bashing is the only answer to the country 's problems , that thinks it is the only way to unite the Tory troops .
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