Example sentences of "of the [noun] [vb base] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the members have been to the shop since then . |
| 2 | The implications of family life and upbringing in the sexual development of the individual have been in the forefront of considerations throughout this book . |
| 3 | Some of the claims have been on the basis of debatable information , and all have been highly selective and have only drawn attention to the adverse elements of research whilst ignoring much encouraging , positive information . |
| 4 | Many of the refugees have been on the move for several years . |
| 5 | An anonymous writer to the Scottish Typographical Circular in 1904 pointed out that " some of the females have been at the trade since 1872 [ over thirty years ] and were grown-up young women when they started " , so they would more or less count as " veterans " . " |
| 6 | Yet , although the excavations began in 1967 and about half of the paintings have been on exhibition in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens since the early 1970s , the other half have been neither exhibited nor published . |
| 7 | In South East Thames Regional Health Authority about 0.96% of the NHS spend is on research and development , of which only 0.03% is recorded as for primary care . |
| 8 | Well nowadays I do n't know whether you should record this or not , but nowadays erm they 'll not go unless they 've been to the bar or something before that well unfortunately Leslie 's not able to drink now , he ca n't after his operation , he ca n't take , it just upsets him altogether so he ca n't go to the bar and all the rest of the company have been to the bar and they 're in a different mood than what Leslie is , so Leslie 'll just not go , and it just , it 's kind of , cut him off |
| 9 | You-find that some of the hearties are doing the pilgrimage for the first time , and begin to limp quite early on ; , that some of the weeds have been on the pilgrimage once or even twice before — and finished . |
| 10 | But many of the studies have been on non-diabetic subjects and the hypoglycaemic stimulus was not always identical . |
| 11 | Most of the sales have been in New York , where the bonds are being promoted with a radio advertising campaign — ‘ So our dollars can pay for war , your dollars pay for peace . ’ |
| 12 | Where the petitioner is found not to be entitled to have presented a petition or wished to withdraw his petition or allow it to be dismissed or fails to attend on the hearing , the court may substitute as petitioner any creditor who has given notice of intention to appear , wishes to prosecute the petition and is a creditor who would at the date of presentation of the petition have been in a position himself to present a petition against the debtor ( ie is presently owed more than £750 ) ( r 6.30 ) . |
| 13 | Most of the executions have been in the old South . |
| 14 | It is an attractive idea but one difficult to prove ; in any case many of the greatest successes of the bivalves have been in life habits that the brachiopods never adopted burrowing and swimming free for example ) . |
| 15 | For the past six weeks at Bristol Crown Court three companies involved in the manufacture or supply of the gantry have been on trail . |
| 16 | Saints boss Ian Branfoot said : ‘ Our best two displays of the season have been against Chelsea and Sheffield Wednesday this holiday weekend , and all we have to show for them is one point . ’ |