Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [verb] been [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everywhere in public life , old families , old money and titles have been in decline , while business has advanced . |
| 2 | Once inside those walls , it really was another world , more than fifteen square kilometres of streets bordered by the crumbling walls of houses , public buildings , cemeteries and reservoirs , some with bits and pieces of bone lying exposed where long-dead looters and grave-robbers had been at work . |
| 3 | Thus the practical stress of Marxist movements and parties has been on individuals sublimating their own ethical beliefs and judgements to a collective , party-defined line . |
| 4 | Traditional beer and pubs have been under threat for decades — and remain so today . |
| 5 | The problem is to seek the correct balance , and to this end monitoring and studies have been in progress since 1989 . |
| 6 | IBOA and its members have grave concerns about this development and negotiations have been in progress for the past number of months . |