Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [prep] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Short 's preparation has been under way for six months and has been intensive . |
| 2 | The combined numbers of these three are perhaps 100 or 200 at the most , although an urgent conservation programme has been under way since 1980 . |
| 3 | The programme had been under way for some time , studying liquid-liquid reactions with disappointing results . |
| 4 | With equal determination , Annie was making it clear by chatting away happily to Ibn Fayoud and his schoolgirl friend that it would be rude to leave before the dancing had been under way for half an hour or so . |
| 5 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 6 | In other words , for Hinduism the road to monotheism has been by way of syncretism ( blending together ) rather than rejection . |
| 7 | Ostensibly , efforts at drafting the constitution had been under way since the mid-1970s , but real progress had only become evident in mid-1990 when a first draft was published for discussion . |
| 8 | A general strike called by the UDF-affiliated Podkrepa trade union began on Nov. 26 and spread quickly as a result of sympathetic media coverage ( a strike and sit-ins by students protesting against the government had been under way since Nov. 5 ) . |
| 9 | In early March 1989 it was reported that the UK , Italy , Netherlands and Spain had agreed to study costings for a joint army Light Attack Helicopter ( LAH ) project ; a Franco-German joint project had been under way since late 1987 ( see p. 35665 ) . |
| 10 | The case had been under way in Ohio for more than two years and was now ready for trial . |
| 11 | Much of the development work that found its way into Challenger had been under way for some years on behalf of the Shah of Iran . |
| 12 | A comparable scheme has been under way since 1978 in West Germany , where products judged environment-XXXX friendly have been awarded " Blue Angel " status . |
| 13 | In today 's attack one of the shot workmen was hit as he tried to make a run for it at Gortree Park where a major housing renovation scheme has been under way since before Christmas . |
| 14 | Because they were effecting the repair work themselves it had taken longer to complete than if they had let the Yard do it , but even so the tow had been under way again shortly after noon on the third day . |