Example sentences of "[noun sg] it has be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The speed it has is for motorway shunting . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ( Everyone is someone 's cousin in Bala , and a great help it has been on several occasions . ) |
| 4 | I show him how much I 've written here , how good a place it has been for me . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't think this is merely habit , ’ he said , ‘ though habit it has been for twenty-five years . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | That is the way he conducts his business and that is the way it has been for centuries . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years , ’ Mrs Smith said . |
| 9 | ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |