Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] been without " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since late 1989 , when Steinlager 's three-year contract was not renewed , U.S. rugby has been without a principal sponsor . |
| 2 | Taking men of working-class origin of the same age group in 1983 , and signifying unemployment as a separate category , the survey found 22 per cent were upwardly mobile , 40 per cent remained in working-class positions , while a further 11 per cent had been pushed down into unemployment , and over half of this last group had been without work for over a year . |
| 3 | Similarly , because the IfS considers the number of weeks a person has been without work since their previous job , those who have never had a job are also excluded . |
| 4 | Notice that over 40 per cent of those people unemployed on the day of the count had been without work for over a year . |
| 5 | That care has been without the benefit of any paid help . |
| 6 | His nomination for chair of the National Bank was rejected ( the Bank had been without a chair since the scandal in August 1991 , when the previous chair had been dismissed — see p. 38399 ) . |
| 7 | The class has been without a regular teacher for eight weeks and now parents are demanding extra help . |