Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [noun] [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the run-up to the elections Fujimori sought to present himself to the public as the defender of democracy , claiming that opposition politicians had been behind a coup attempt on Nov. 13 aimed at preventing the CCD elections from taking place and restoring the 1979 Constitution . |
| 2 | Soviet strikes point to crisis of morale that threatens future of perestroika Broadcasts of parliament get more viewers than Agatha Christie films It is the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike . |
| 3 | It is , as far as can be remembered , the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike — the very core of the working class who made the revolution possible . |
| 4 | Managers have not , on the whole , been predisposed to numerically oriented analysis , clinicians have not pushed for cost or outcome data preferring to focus upon patient care processes and cash inputs have been on the basis of fairly crude recurring allocations . |
| 5 | Many of these people , training providers , employers and job seekers have been in touch to tell us how worthwhile the events were . |
| 6 | If credit rationing has been in force , then a relaxation of controls will increase borrowing and spending . |
| 7 | This suggests that the forces both of trade creation and trade diversion have been at work . |
| 8 | A great deal has been said and written , and food manufacturers have been in a hurry to extol the virtues of their food based on its fibre content . |
| 9 | University opinion has been on the side of it , and public opinion has been on the side of it . |
| 10 | They had known they were on the knife edge , and interest rates had been at 8 per cent . |
| 11 | He was thankful that the lightweight suit and polo shirt had been on the first hanger to hand . |
| 12 | Since enemy planes had been over the village , ‘ they have all lost their heads ’ . |
| 13 | I refer not only to the substantial amount of money that was made available , resulting in a £45 per week rise for nursing homes , which cost us a total of £225 million , but to the amendment that allowed the Secretary of State , after community care had been in place for some time , to take account of the local authorities ' assessments of reasonable rates and of their experiences in general . |
| 14 | He was , as golf professionals had been for a hundred years , a serf . |