Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [been] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | This organisation has since been in correspondence with Neil Kinnock 's Westminster office , but has yet to receive any clear indication of whether Labour would indeed reduce the age of consent for gay men from 21 to 16 . |
| 2 | The province has since been in the forefront of China 's efforts to reassure foreign businessmen that its door will be staying open for ‘ business as usual ’ . |
| 3 | The boy was arrested and has since been in care because of ill-feelings in Mrs Fort 's community . |
| 4 | The carpet has obviously been in the family for years , too , and the Rembrandt is unrestored and almost completely black . |
| 5 | And from now on , he will be as fervently fanatical in his promulgation of Nazarean thought as he has hitherto been in trying to suppress it . |
| 6 | Since Mr Lawson has long been in favour of a stable exchange rate — and since industry has enthusiastically supported him , by expressing its enthusiasm for membership of the European Monetary System — it is ill-placed to argue against an increase in base rates at a time when sterling was threatening to fall below three marks , although the Confederation of British Industry has predictably grumbled that the rise was unnecessary . |
| 7 | Mrs Rouncewell 's son , Watt , who has long been in love with Rosa , eventually marries her . |
| 8 | Fortunately the city has long been protected by the sorcerous Shifting Isles but its ability to defend itself in the event of a serious invasion has long been in doubt . |
| 9 | The grip of her revision is surprising , for it has long been in need of revision itself . |
| 10 | What she has achieved is remarkable given she is still very young and has only been in this business a couple of years . |
| 11 | The reviewer has only been in office for eight months but so far has not had cause to uphold a single application for a review . |
| 12 | Exemplar , which has only been in development since the beginning of the year ( UX No 423 ) , will be used for creating , storing and retrieving application objects across multiple platforms and networks . |
| 13 | Marian welcomes the more interventionist role available to the Court under the new Act which has only been in force since October 1991 . |
| 14 | Since the First Directive has only been in operation for a matter of weeks , much has still to be learned about its full impact . |
| 15 | It has only been in the last year or so that the Government has started to grapple with major areas of social policy like education and housing . |
| 16 | The system has only been in place for a month but already , says ‘ we are seeing the benefits . ’ |
| 17 | If the first retailer has only been in business a short time before the second retailer opens his store then it is unlikely that anything can be done . |
| 18 | I have explained to the hon. Gentleman why the funding for the Housing Executive is not as easy this year as it has perhaps been in former years . |
| 19 | This is partly because the effect of the state 's role in the economic sphere has largely been in support of continued private capital accumulation . |
| 20 | Concepts , like other natural species , can be threatened with extinction ‘ Violence ’ has lately been in danger . |
| 21 | The recent announcement of a link up between the EC and EFTA to create a European Economic Area [ EEA ] by 1993 is likely to have little immediate impact on the proportion of exports destined for these areas , partly because privileged access to each others markets has already been in existence for a number of years between the two trading blocks . |
| 22 | Alex Stein has already been in touch with you , however I would formally confirm that we would be interested in such a publicity campaign for Council Tax at about the time bills are being issued in April . |
| 23 | Coun Tony Richmond , leader of the Conservatives on Darlington Council , has already been in touch with the South African Embassy in London to organise the high-level trade visit . |
| 24 | Coun Tony Richmond , leader of the Conservatives on the council , has already been in touch with the South African embassy in London to set up the trade visit . |
| 25 | Weldex has already been in contact with Sunley Turriff , AMEC and Keir Construction , which have all acquired Lilley companies , and it will take on the hire contracts previously carried out by Piper Plant ( Scotland ) . ’ |
| 26 | Faced with an apparent nonconformity the explanation has generally been in terms of cultural replacement rather than change . |
| 27 | Joey does n't compete in the short circuit section of the championship in which King has excelled but he has generally been in command between the hedges and today it looked like the same old story when he took the lead after the first lap . |
| 28 | Russell Peters , who has hardly been in contention at all so far , won the Soling race , and although he is well behind Lawrie Smith on points , needs only finish in the top six to gain a match racing play-off for the team spot . |
| 29 | Like every other Secretary of State who has ever been in charge of social security , I was under pressure from the Treasury . |
| 30 | ‘ Any soldier who has ever been in a war , ’ he said at the hearings , ‘ truly hopes he will never see one again . ’ |