Example sentences of "time [pron] have been [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From prehistoric times there have been fortifications of one sort or another on the great Rock which dominates the surrounding countryside , but the first records go back to the seventh century . |
| 2 | For some time there had been allegations in the foreign media of a power struggle centring on the issue of introducing political reforms between Alia and Hoxha 's widow Nexhmije Hoxha , who was chair of the Democratic Front ( an umbrella organization dominated by the ruling Party of Labour — APL ) and who reputedly wielded great influence in the APL central committee . |
| 3 | In the Planning Basis for Kent , published in 1948 , we read under Bridges , Halling : " From time to time there have been requests for a bridge at Halling to replace a very inadequate privately owned ferry service . |
| 4 | From time to time there have been limits to the amount that councils can spend per house ( the ‘ cost yardstick ’ ) and minimum standards have been established since the 1967 recommendations of the Parker Morris Committee . |
| 5 | After a heart-to-heart talk , she had gently ordered him home for the rest of the week , and since that time they had been friends in a reserved sort of way . |
| 6 | He usually comes to a struggling club with nothing to lose but this time he 's been part of the slump . |