Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , a government report in 1970 concluded that , for the period 1954–68 , ‘ the underlying upward trend in the percentage of the manual labour force on shifts in manufacturing has been about 1 per cent per annum . ’ |
| 2 | In the post-war period , expenditure on the military has been between 5 and 10 per cent of GDP . |
| 3 | A measure of your success in a coaching session is when the subordinate feels the discussion has been between two equals and that together you have arrived at the best course of action . |
| 4 | The average audience has been between 200,000 and 250,000 . |
| 5 | Inter-rater reliability was assessed across codes , individuals and data-points ; mean weighted occurrence/ non-occurrence reliability has been between 84 per cent and 95 per cent on each occasion . |
| 6 | It is currently considered that a House consisting of some 650 members is appropriate ; the figure has been between 600 and 650 for many decades although there is nothing magic about this particular size . |
| 7 | The United Kingdom has been through 13 years in which unemployment has more than doubled , irreplaceable assets have been wasted , markets at home and abroad have been lost , manufacturing investment has fallen , poverty has increased , the crime rate has rocketed , and talents have been neglected . |
| 8 | The Welsh Office Education Department is responsible ( and has been since 1970 ) for schools and further and higher education in Wales , but not universities or the qualifications , probation , pay , superannuation or misconduct of teachers , which remain the responsibility of the DES . |
| 9 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cumulative total of all taxes from North sea oil has been since 1979 in 1991-92 prices . |
| 10 | Inflation has been above 11.5 per cent since 1983 , and reached 18.6 per cent in 1986 . |
| 11 | Tony Ward , spokesman for the British Athletic Federation , said : ‘ Joan has been to two world and two European Championships and one Olympics . |
| 12 | The castle walls surround the medieval town , which is still inhabited as it has been for hundreds of years . |
| 13 | Has been for six years . |
| 14 | Although the triple junctions identified in Africa , including those along the continental margin as well as those in the interior , have variously evolved by spreading along one , two or all three rift arms , the most common sequence has been for one arm to remain inactive and form an aulacogen , with spreading occurring along the other two ( Fig. 4.13 ) . |
| 15 | It 's still as pure as it has been for thousands of years . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years . |
| 17 | And in fact housing is more affordable now , than it has been for twenty five or thirty years . |
| 18 | Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago . |
| 19 | The mute swan population stands at the highest it has been for 40 years . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't think this is merely habit , ’ he said , ‘ though habit it has been for twenty-five years . |
| 21 | I ordered Andrew one , Andrew has been after one for a long time . |
| 22 | Every goalkicker hits a periodic trough and more than once over the last 12 months ‘ Noddy ’ has been within one unsuccessful kick of handing over to the New South Wales fullback Marty Roebuck . |
| 23 | In contrast , the drop in the United Kingdom over the same period has been from 4.4 to 3.1 per 100,000 of the population — a reduction of 32 per cent . |
| 24 | My aim has been in one respect identical to Paley 's aim . |
| 25 | An employee needs to show that he has been in two years continuous employment . |
| 26 | The major thrust of this recent research has been in four directions . |
| 27 | He 's been to three World Cups and one European Championship — that record is there for everyone to see . |
| 28 | Sales in the product 's first year of deliveries amounted to only $1m , a drop in the bucket for a firm that 's been through two rounds of venture capital totalling $7.5m provided by Aspen Partners , Menlo Ventures and Matrix . |
| 29 | Greg Downs says the club is in a better position than it 's been for eight or nine years and if they can play as well as last year they 've got a good chance |
| 30 | I mean the new areas of course for us er and I still count the medical practices as a new area although it 's been for four years |