Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [been] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Designers have been at pains to ensure the Cornmill is not just a covered shopping mall . |
| 2 | At the rally Chief Buthelezi called on the ANC leader , Nelson Mandela , to ‘ stop posturing ’ and join him at a series of public meetings to eradicate violence in areas where ANC and Inkatha supporters have been at war . |
| 3 | The culture is named after a village away from the lake , though the better finds have been at Sesto Calende , the town at the end of the lakebound autostrada that heads north from Milan . |
| 4 | Indeed , the companies have been at pains to demonstrate the technology 's feasibility : the CeBit show saw a demonstration of isoEnet in action on NatSemi 's stand and it has published a White Paper on it . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Exchange rate changes have been at times suggested as a justifiable response to productivity growth rate differentials . |
| 7 | Mr Aldous and his senior partners have been at pains to ensure that this danger has been minimised at Robson Rhodes . |
| 8 | The gremlins have been at work again ! |
| 9 | However , since 1977 various other forces have been at work in the cities and , consequently , have affected the efficacy and relevance of inner-urban policy . |
| 10 | Simultaneously , other forces have been at work , locking or fixing the underclass into place . |
| 11 | Other forces have been at work too . |
| 12 | Special task forces have been at work in each board to deal with the longest waiting lists and I have set aside an extra £1 million this year and in each of the next two years to support their work . |
| 13 | In a sense this was false , as recent historians have been at pains to prove . |
| 14 | The societies have been at loggerheads with the Government over the past 12 months after Mr Lamont introduced a series of savings offers which attracted revenue away from the societies . |
| 15 | Vacuum thoroughly about twice a week and lightly as necessary when the children have been at play . |
| 16 | No one has ever accurately defined the Indo-Pakistan border at the head of the Siachen glacier , and since 1984 troops from both sides have been at war on the high passes of this inhospitable land . |
| 17 | Two different and sometimes incompatible impulses have been at work . |
| 18 | The present owners run the High Rocks Inn and its grounds as a commercial enterprise , and local climbers have been at pains to create a harmonious relationship between themselves and the owners . |
| 19 | Yet just at that moment — one occasionally suspects that the mythmakers have been at work on the story — the lookout sighted sails on the western horizon . |
| 20 | Most of his meetings have been at Cadwell , a 150 mile round trip from his home . |
| 21 | The team have n't won since the opening day against Portsmouth … as for Bristol City both have their wins have been at home |
| 22 | Anthropologists have been at pains to stress the variety of accepted institutional arrangements which regulate the relations between the sexes in different societies . |
| 23 | According to Doe , the surface offers high resilience and durability and most recent installations have been at Loughborough University , Bexley LTC and Westside Club in Wimbledon . |