Example sentences of "[been] [noun pl] [prep] [det] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may have been reasons for this lack of positive discrimination towards the older conurbations . |
| 2 | The story was that there had once been houses on each side of the road but a century or so ago , those on the west had been demolished to add to the parkland . |
| 3 | On the previous day there had been rallies in many parts of the Russian Federation in support of Yeltsin ( who was under threat of a no confidence vote in the Russian Congress of People 's Deputies as a result of an attack on Gorbachev in February — see p. 38013 ) , and in opposition to Gorbachev and the Union Treaty . |
| 4 | There have also been complaints from some members of parliament about the high levels of educational expenditure in comparison with other services . |
| 5 | CRIME-HIT small firms are demanding more powers for the police and courts today after a survey found that almost 50pc of them have been victims of some sort of crime . |