Example sentences of "be [conj] it has [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these days , with space at a premium , a room kept solely for dining is rare ; the chances are that it has to double as a work room , say for hobbies like model making , or as a quiet place where the family can get on with homework , studying or other paperwork . |
| 2 | So successful has the state system been that it has lost only about 1 per cent of its operations to a private competitor under the system of tendering for the provision of local passenger services that was also introduced by the 1988 rail reforms . |
| 3 | According to Carl Chilley , principal business services consultant , the problem with distributed computing has been that it has encouraged the development of technology for technology 's sake , without real thought as to how to implement it effectively in a business environment . |
| 4 | Where soil is being removed slowly it may be that it has built up in layers and a ‘ case hardening ’ effect is experienced . |
| 5 | One consequence is that it has caused substantial administrative problems for us . |
| 6 | What you do know is that it has caused you considerable hurt and pain . |
| 7 | The main problem in windsurfing is that it has developed so rapidly in the last ten years that boards only a few years old are very out of date and lack the features mentioned earlier . |
| 8 | But the chances are it will still be there , and the evidence is that it has existed in a recognizable form throughout human history , everywhere in the world . |
| 9 | One is that it has lapsed into chaos . |
| 10 | It is that it has lost its nationhood . |
| 11 | Personally , I do not support that concept , but the fact is that it has given rise to a large number of settlements on the west bank and even in the Gaza strip . |
| 12 | The problem with New Right Conservatism is that it has to claim to be reducing the influence of the State in the field of welfare , health , income support and education , but has to maintain the strong State in the arena of law and order . |
| 13 | Virgin 's boast is that it has grown organically and can continue to do so . |
| 14 | However , the most significant objection to the Act is that it has extended the scope of the common law exemption so that husbands are not criminally liable for acts of buggery or indecent assault perpetrated against their wives , save in the exceptional circumstances mentioned above . |
| 15 | A complaint made by radical criminology against its conservative counterpart is that it has ignored upper-world crime : fraud , corporate crime and white-collar crime . |
| 16 | One reason why this recession is causing such alarm is that it has touched parts of rich countries ' economies that other recessions did not reach . |
| 17 | ‘ What has made it particularly difficult , for manufacturers of all sizes , but most of all for smaller ones , is that it has gone on for a long time . |
| 18 | One of the unquestionable advantages of the growing use of computers by humanists is that it has done something to bridge the divide between two cultures — scientific and humanist — which many writers have lamented as threatening to fragment the community of scholars and the republic of learning . |
| 19 | Another is that it has survived this far only because of a remarkable social cohesiveness ( in which traditional fatalistic passivity may have played an important part ) . |
| 20 | Another reason why language teaching has traditionally tended to be atomistic and bottom-up is that it has followed the historical development and procedures of linguistics . |
| 21 | One of the interesting aspects of the executive search business is that it has enabled some people , who have not been truly successful at other careers they have undertaken , to be more than successful in executive search . |
| 22 | The only sense in which the legislature can be properly said to have authorised these things to be done is that it has enabled the Poor Law Board to order , and the managers to do them , if , and when , and where , they can obtain by free bargain and contract the means of doing so . |
| 23 | The whole point of tea , is that it has to brew , is n't it . |
| 24 | In Germany , the Bundespost Telekom 's argument is that it has to complete the reconstruction of eastern Germany 's telecommunications infrastructure before it can allow competition , Vallance said . |
| 25 | Yes , I think I agree with everything that Elizabeth said , and I think this is why erm one of the things I very much feel is that it has to start with the schools , as well as at home , of course , when children are young . |
| 26 | The problem for the potential incumbent is that it has to get enough customers signed up to enable the prices quoted to be profitable . |
| 27 | The motion before such a committee is that it has considered an instrument , so that the only means of protest is to vote against the motion — in effect , deny doing what has been done ! |
| 28 | The point is that it has taken players like Wallace and Hardenberger to contradict the cliches about the limitations of the instrument and to prove how flexible it really is . |
| 29 | What is interesting , however , is that it has taken over ten years to bring about the changes Leonard anticipated . |
| 30 | SIR Edward du Cann has been walking a financial tightrope for so long that the only surprise is that it has taken him so long finally to fall off . |