Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] has [been] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coupled to that the er , sort of the statutory protection which has been in existence for er , workers for many years in some cases is , is being whittled away . |
| 2 | A hardy , naturally polled breed of a type which has been in southwest Scotland for centuries , the Galloway is capable of growing a thick , shaggy coat of long , rain-shedding hairs over its thick , soft , mossy undercoat to protect itself in the cold , damp climate of the region . |
| 3 | Essentially this document brings a process which has been in operation since 1980 into line with the accreditation agreement with the Council . |
| 4 | A furniture shop which has been in business for more than a century is closing down . |
| 5 | The Village Trust is a respected body which has been in existence for many years . |
| 6 | The appointment is an honorary title which has been in force since 1681 . |
| 7 | Geometry is a part of the mathematics syllabus which has been in decline in recent years . |
| 8 | The broadening of aims and objectives has not been a sudden panic measure to the market forces of the 1990s but has been part of a professional and careful reassessment which has been in progress since at least the late 1960s . |
| 9 | Is he ashamed of the fact that every month he has been in office reading standards of seven-year-olds have fallen ? |
| 10 | On a personal level , the calm and cool Monie has also swept all before him , winning the Coach of the Year award every season he has been in Britain . |
| 11 | He is speaking for a Government which has been in power so long that it believes it has a God-given right to govern and denies anyone the right to criticise . |
| 12 | In the next cell there is a wild-looking man who has been in prison for 8 years , and whose long , unkempt hair has gone white . |
| 13 | BP and Conoco each have a 50 per cent share in Viking which has been in production since 1972 and all the gas was sold to British Gas for a fairly low price in present terms . |
| 14 | Of particular interest here is the work of the Financial Information Project which has been in existence since 1979 . |
| 15 | Later , when I consulted on another matter a British doctor who has been in Kampala some thirty years , he stated that he ‘ never advises patients to take mefloquine . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | This will replace the complex three-tier system which has been in use in recent years and involved graded brackets ranging from 12.5% on sales up to FFr15,000 down to 2.4% on those over FFr300,000 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ He has maintained a silence throughout the time he has been in custody . |