Example sentences of "[noun] have been [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The characteristic of all those areas is that for a long time they have been Labour controlled , although Conservatives have been in control in Brent for the past year and the Liberal Democrats have recently been in control in Tower Hamlets . |
| 32 | The Conservatives have been in control of Hereford and Worcester through the chairman 's casting vote . |
| 33 | With no game this weekend the Manor Ground was closed for business … but the directors were working overtime in the boardroom … sorting through thirty applications for the manager 's job … they 've drawn up a shortlist … four men are being interviewed over the next couple of days … who are they … the club are keeping the names a secret … we reckon Chris Nicholl … the former Southampton manager is still in the running … so too is the former Sunderland and Bristol City chief Denis Smith … the fans favourite is Mark Lawrenson who was in charge of United for a short spell before he fell out with Maxwells and the fourth man … is a mystery … could be the dark horse the names of former England keeper Ray Clemence and one time Villa striker Peter Withe have been under discussion … all will be revealed later this week … |
| 34 | Recently a firm of contractors employed by Lancashire County Council have been at work erecting an AONB Forest of Bowland boundary plinth and sign in the vicinity . |
| 35 | Recently a firm of contractors employed by Lancashire County Council have been at work erecting an AONB Forest of Bowland boundary plinth and sign in the vicinity . |
| 36 | Some successful applications have been in studies of the spreading behaviour of oxides such as MoO 3 on Al 2 O 3 ) , the formation of monolayers by solid-solid wetting ( such as the spreading of MoO 3 , WO 3 , and V 2 O 5 on an Al 2 O 3 support ) , and the conditions for formation of surface polymolybdate , which is considered to be a precursor state for the active catalyst . |
| 37 | All recorded immigrants have been in excess of four inches high . ’ |
| 38 | The impartiality and fairness with which he has carried out all tasks during many years on the school 's management team have been beyond reproach . |
| 39 | Its from the water to the racetrack for our action round-up this week … the Oxfordshire based jaguar racing team have been at Silverstone shaking down for the 24 hour race at Le Mans which fires into action next weekend … |
| 40 | The RAF Falcons parachute display team have been in practice for their next season by jumping from one of the largest aircraft in the world . |
| 41 | For the past six weeks at Bristol Crown Court three companies involved in the manufacture or supply of the gantry have been on trail . |
| 42 | Several chainstores have been in court today , accused of breaking the Sunday Trading laws . |
| 43 | More than 300 workers have been on strike since 29 January over a dispute about enforced lay-offs . |
| 44 | The workers have been on duty for the same amount of time whenever measurements are made . |
| 45 | Hugh and Joyce Gardiner have been with Timex for a total of 44 years and never believed that their fight could have reached such a pitch . |
| 46 | A magnificent example of the ‘ Paxford says ’ routine is provided when Maureen and Minto have been into Oxford to get two wireless sets on approval . |
| 47 | I am aware , however , that surveying techniques of the last 150 years have been to standards of accuracy of centimetres over the same sort of distance and landscape . |
| 48 | I notice that the steepest price rises in past years have been in pubs tied to the national brewers . |
| 49 | Jimmy Moon is an independent builder and repairer whose workshops have been in Glasgow since 1985 and before that on the Isle of Arran , off the West coast of Scotland . |
| 50 | Military governments have been in power almost continuously since independence , the most recent headed by General Zia ul-Haq who assumed control in July 1977 . |
| 51 | ‘ Others of our group have been in court on trespass before and the Invermoriston address has been accepted . ’ |
| 52 | The changes we see in our classrooms have been in style rather than in objectives . |
| 53 | A lot of my downfalls have been over Christmas . |
| 54 | Two groups of council officials have been in London pleading for more money from the government . |
| 55 | Friend the Minister for Trade on this subject and my officials have been in touch with his Department concerning comments that were made in Committee . |
| 56 | Four planes have been on standy here for a number of days . |
| 57 | But our whole band have been to college — they were the first people in our familiar to have been able to get any further education . |
| 58 | By then , however , the main outlines have been in existence for a very long time , and it is these earlier arrangements about which we really need to know more and where future research should be concentrated . |
| 59 | And if it does , will the task-force leaders become in time what the product managers have been at Proctor & Gamble : the basic units of management and the company 's field officers ? |
| 60 | Key managers have been on Dale Carnegie courses , and all staff are invited to take any training course at company expense . |