Example sentences of "the [noun prp] have [adv] [been] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Euratom would probably have run into similar difficulties even if the EEC had not been in place .
2 The Shah had repeatedly been to American during the last thirty years. ; he had been welcomed with full honours as not only an important chief of state by also a vital ally by every single president since Harry Truman .
3 It is perhaps doubtful in the present climate that the aircraft could have been kept in the air beyond the end of this year , even if the VA has still been in a position to influence affairs .
4 Hitherto NATO 's naval presence in the Mediterranean had only been on an ad hoc basis .
5 The Philharmonie has n't been without its critics .
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