Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [verb] [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Though its timing caught out the markets , the krona/ecu link has been on the cards for some months . |
2 | I take it a number of er execs have been with the company for a |
3 | But er Peter 's been on the ten day holiday abroad . |
4 | Italy 's cities have been at the heart of world history , art and culture , and everywhere tributes remain to great masters like Leonardo Da Vinci . |
5 | But he said that his only concern was to establish whether Mr Ridley 's decision had been in accordance with the law . |
6 | Short 's preparation has been under way for six months and has been intensive . |
7 | Hounslow 's headquarters have been at the Church Meadow ground for 70 years but sharing with a cricket club makes it impossible to lay a synthetic surface there . |
8 | Iraq 's heritage has been at least as much shaped by Ottoman rule as Romania 's , but equally Saddam and the Iraqi Ba'ath Party modelled their organization and secret police methods on those of the Soviet Communist Party and its little brothers . |
9 | Thomas 's mind has been in turmoil for a long time since that rejection . |
10 | ‘ Jill Jones 's album had been on the shelf for so long that when it did come out , it sounded old , ’ she reveals . |
11 | I saw nothing of them : the eight-yard-high obelisk was swathed in wooden bandages , as impenetrable as Scott 's Monument had been in Edinburgh . |
12 | The only Wirral opt-out votes preceding St Mary 's College have been at grammar schools . |
13 | Where Peach 's pen had been in the window was a cage with a snake in it , curled up on straw . |
14 | Neither of Jo 's parents had been to Europe since her father returned from the war . |
15 | Laura 's parents have been with her since she was flown to the US on May 30 . |
16 | The disaffected Vicar 's warden had been on the phone to the Archdeacon 's secretary by five-thirty on Friday evening . |
17 | The Institute 's Council has been in favour of abolishing the small audit since 1985 , which , in effect , means that the larger firms are in favour of abolition . |
18 | This central point in Marx 's and Engels 's work has been on the whole supported by later anthropological work . |
19 | Despite these difficulties , Foucault 's work has been of considerable influence in recent explorations of sexuality , and there are two areas which seem of particular significance . |
20 | McKellar 's work has been in the tradition of Francis Galton 's inquiries into the considerable variations between individuals in their quality of imagery . |
21 | Working in close co-operation with others along the coastline , a vital part of the warden 's work has been in protecting the shingle nest sites of this slender and graceful bird . |
22 | An important way to the heart of the client 's business has been through technology : computers and data networks . |
23 | Mr Saatchi has filled the twin role of chairman and chief executive for several years , but Mr Louis-Dreyfus 's appointment is designed to bring in financial skills at a senior level at a time when the company 's business has been under pressure . |
24 | One aspect of IBM Corp 's business has been in a state of suspended animation throughout its woes so far : its turnover has not declined significantly . |
25 | One aspect of IBM Corp 's business has been in a state of suspended animation throughout its woes so far : its turnover has not declined significantly . |
26 | Chris Patrick , from Hertford , reckons the force of England 's batting has been with Chewbacca , the South African at Hampshire , who bears resemblance to Robin Smith , grunting goody in Star Wars . |
27 | Save the Children 's team has been in the country since last year , and gave an early warning of the famine . |
28 | Hitherto , Blackpool 's aim had been to crush-load its trams to bursting-point , now the object was to give them a comfortable ride for their money . |
29 | I think the bottom line of this issue , frankly , is that the U S er attorney the governmental er investigating authorities in this matter have had this information at their disposal for several years now , had there been any question of G Tec 's behaviour er we would certainly be the subject of something that we are not right now , and that the bottom line is we have been assured from the outset that G Tec has not been a subject of this investigation , that G Tec 's behaviour has been above reproach , and as far as his comments go we we do n't really know what context to put them in . |
30 | A thick weekend , McLeish decided , trying to think how best to establish what Yeo 's relationship had been with the dead girl . |