Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb base] [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She also says : ‘ … where people have been in the habit of reaching out towards the Unseen they wear a kind of track , and it 's much easier to go out that way . ’ |
| 2 | Our knowledge of graded tests comes from modern languages , where tests have been in use for more than a decade ; from mathematics , where two sets of tests are currently in use ; from science ; and from the long-established Associated Board Examinations in music , dancing , and spoken English , or recitation . |
| 3 | He tells me that Spurs have been in touch to say their computer was knackered ( bloody things , who wants em ? ) so there is a delay in sending them out , but we are getting some . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Mr Taylor has completed ignored the fact that Catholics have been under the jackboot of the IRA and loyalists for over 20 years and it is ridiculous to say that they have not been living in fear . ’ |
| 6 | In addition , 25% have managed only one issue in the relevant period , and no less than 38% have been in the top 50 for less than four years , excluding those who have established themselves in the last four years . |
| 7 | The solar system has travelled round the galaxy almost 20 times since it was formed , and it has described only a tiny arc of its journey during the two million years that people have been on the Earth . |
| 8 | The effect of these Standing Committees has been that debates have been of a much more highly focused and objective quality . |
| 9 | to acknowledge how ‘ well run ’ the wilderness has been ( and presumably would be under the same regime in future ) and how adept their bailiffs and stalkers have been at pursuing ‘ a careful policy of highly selective culling , a scientific approach to hind and calf management . ’ |
| 10 | Everywhere in public life , old families , old money and titles have been in decline , while business has advanced . |
| 11 | Conservatives councils in shires , districts and cities have been at the forefront of these reforms . |
| 12 | The report and accounts have been in your hands for the statutory period er , and you 've had the chance to read my statement . |
| 13 | This does not mean that the objective differences in wealth and income have been in any way reduced , but relationships have become easier and more informal . |
| 14 | After making a living in London and Scotland the family moved to Spennymoor in 1905 and Coias have been in the town ever since . |
| 15 | Tony and Jean have been in their present home for two years . |
| 16 | Traditional beer and pubs have been under threat for decades — and remain so today . |
| 17 | Major shortcomings in company organisation and management have been at the centre of Britain 's unsatisfactory economic performance . |
| 18 | In the past , Congress , personnel departments and management have been in the privileged position of using computer technology . |
| 19 | Brian , you and Kerrie have been in temporary accommodation since January 1991 . |
| 20 | Fashion and make-up have been with us for a very long time indeed — there are make-up palettes surviving from ancient Egypt — and although men in certain times and cultures may devote a lot of effort to their appearance , it has remained chiefly a feminine domain . |
| 21 | Brussels , Copenhagen , Strasbourg , Madrid , Heraklion and Cambridge have been among the front runners of 48 competing cities . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I suspect that tensions concerning rights , freedoms and responsibilities have been with us since the earliest days of humanity . |
| 24 | John Innes and peat have been with us ever since . |
| 25 | Defamation , blasphemy and sedition have been with us for centuries , but in recent years new rods have been fashioned and old ones polished for editorial backs : breach of confidence , contempt of court , official secrecy , " D " notices , incitement to disaffection , prevention of terrorism , copyright — the grounds for censorship are legion . |
| 26 | The problem is to seek the correct balance , and to this end monitoring and studies have been in progress since 1989 . |
| 27 | In many countries teachers and academics have been at the forefront of the fight for justice , democracy , trade union and human rights — the Pro-Democracy movements in China , South Korea and Myanmar have all been led by students and academics — and they have suffered for their non-violent dissent . |
| 28 | Individual properties and relations have been with us since Aristotle , and have had the support of such diverse philosophers as Peirce and Stout , but they have not always got a good name . |
| 29 | You and Brian have been through a lot , living in different emergency housing places . |
| 30 | In the past nine years , he says , he and Kinnock have been to hell and back together but ( unless Sisyphus intrude these columns again ) paradise now seems tantalisingly close . |