Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] been [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The average attendance in the 121 years of its existence has been 60–80 pupils . |
| 2 | The Urban Programme has been one policy instrument through which the government has been able , if only at the margins , to influence the position of black people in the major conurbations . |
| 3 | Since last November the average settlements recorded by Rewards ' clients has been 5 p.c . |
| 4 | In Britain there has been a notable tension between the demands of law and order ideology and the practical impossibility of increasing prison populations exponentially , and this tension has been one factor encouraging the phenomenon of ‘ bifurcation ’ ( see Chapter 1 ) . |
| 5 | Yeah , cos I think Ann 's been two courses now and we 've picked her brains so we can have basic use , but er you start to realise it 's only a little bit of the system you know , you could do a lot more |
| 6 | Reducing prices to under £10 has been one method . |
| 7 | From April 1 , 1989 , the limit for advice and assistance provided to a petitioner for divorce or judicial separation has been three times the sum for preparation for magistrates ' court criminal proceedings ; and in other cases , two times that sum . |
| 8 | Despite appointing a succession of managers his only return has been one League Cup triumph . |
| 9 | If history is any guide , the average length of a recession in the past 60 years has been 18 months , with the average bear market wiping out about half the gain made during the bull market it succeeded . |
| 10 | At the same time Brotherton ( 1983 ) using documentary evidence has demonstrated that the rate of afforestation has been three times greater outside the National Parks . |
| 11 | The event has been 9 months in the making . |
| 12 | The show 's organisers and officials of the Canadian Hellenic Congress , an organisation of Greeks in Canada , say the exhibition has been five years in the making and that it reflects the excellent cultural ties between Greeks and Canadians . |
| 13 | Lack of public awareness has been one reason for the spread of the killer disease . |
| 14 | ‘ Autumn is my season , twilight is my hour and all my life has been one chain of related twilights ’ , he has written . |
| 15 | Excessive schedule length has been one reason for the use of the faceted approach in updating major schemes . |
| 16 | The servants say the doctor 's been three times but been forced to leave again without seeing him . |
| 17 | The average turnround for a passport application in the last year has been six working days . |
| 18 | Since 1940 , the retirement age for women has been 60 years , five years earlier than for men . |
| 19 | Tommy Chase Quartet Arts Centre , Darlington IT 'S BEEN three years since the Tommy Chase Quartet last played in Darlington and in that time the other players have changed completely . |
| 20 | The appeal has been five years in the hearing . |
| 21 | During that same period of time Italy 's average growth in industrial production has been four percent , compared to the U K's one point nine . |
| 22 | The inter-church document tackling the issue of sectarianism has been five years in the making . |