Example sentences of "[vb -s] [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 | The child is right , this escalator , like so many on the London Underground network , has not been in operation for months . |
| 20 | All mechanical parts seem in very good order and the vehicle has not been in any accidents . |
| 21 | Wilf Medlam 's labour of love has not been in vain . |
| 22 | A student who has not been in attendance for more than three days through illness or other cause must notify immediately either the course director or senior course tutor , or the research supervisor , who shall inform the Academic Registrar . |
| 23 | The current interest in problem solving arises from the recognition that : • problem solving is a common everyday phenomenon • problem solving can be taught and learned ( and has not been in the past ) • problem-solving skills are applicable in most fields • problem solving can be fun . |
| 24 | It has not been in the hobby quite that long , but has , I estimate , been around for well over 30 years , and was probably the first Apisto to be kept in captivity . |
| 25 | Soil : The favourite growing medium for waterlilies is heavy garden soil that has not been in contact with insecticides or weed killers . |
| 26 | ‘ We are interested but that 's as far as it has gone because Alex Ferguson has shown no desire to let him go , and that 's despite the fact that Neil has not been in his first team . |
| 27 | Discs has gone for promotion of the label en bloc , it has not been in the most obvious way , but it does typify the house sense of humour . |
| 28 | Welfare provision , too , can be higher in the capitalist West than in the socialist East , as the two Germanies illustrate ; and the migration of the poor across the Iron Curtain , as many remarked , has not been in the direction of socialism . |
| 29 | Interestingly , the place where this question has been raised most insistently has not been in the GATT or in Brussels , but in the American courts . |
| 30 | The same applies to Eckhard Pfeiffer , who has certainly turned Compaq Computer Corp around for the time being , but has not been in the job long enough to demonstrate proven staying power . |