Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [verb] [det] week " in BNC.
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1 | Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site . |
2 | BANKS have been reeling this week with the news that customer complaints to the industry 's Ombudsman have risen by 60 per cent . |
3 | A consultative panel on badgers has been meeting this week ; it 'll make recomendations to the Agriculture Minister , John Gummer , which may include the introduction of widespread TB testing . |
4 | The panic which followed Mr Nigel Lawson 's departure from the Treasury has subsided , but tremors have been produced this week by tabloid press reports that Mr Nicholas Ridley , the Trade Secretary , regards Mrs Thatcher as a liability , leaving only four solid loyalists in Cabinet — Mr John Major , Mr David Waddington , Mr Cecil Parkinson and Mr Norman Lamont . |
5 | The men had been gone several weeks , and when we appeared on the beach , the bear was probably expecting us to produce food . |
6 | After last week 's Revenue announcement that more than £1bn had beep taken by Personal Equity Plans , two new PEPs have been launched this week by stockbrokers Credit Suisse Buckmaster & Moore and life insurance giant Norwich Union . |
7 | It might be possible for people in such circumstances ( perhaps when redundancies have been notified some weeks in advance ) to be supported and perhaps taught techniques to cope with the anxiety and avoid being overpessimistic or ‘ catastrophising ’ ( see next section ) . |