Example sentences of "[noun prp] has been [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the Moths now at Mandevelle has been on static display in a motor museum for years , and is now almost ready to leap into the air again ; an excellent idea . |
| 2 | March has been in financial difficulties for some time and does n't have a sponsor for this season . |
| 3 | On balance , I believe that Britain 's membership of the EEC has been of some benefit in terms of the home market which she has gained and will continue to gain as and when her partners honour their commitments to complete the Single Market ; however , as should be clear from the figures quoted in Chapter 5 , the assertion that EEC membership has been good for Britain is open to question . |
| 4 | Norfolk has been for many years one of our Medau strongholds and it is for this reason that the Society decided to select this prestigious location . |
| 5 | Wilko said : ‘ David has been in tremendous form in the early games and we can only hope the trouble clears up by Saturday . ’ |
| 6 | In November , he warned that if the likes of IBM and DEC did n't implement drastic measures they 'd go through ‘ Holy Heck ’ — DG has been through that and if the company is confident about one thing , it is that the worst is over . |
| 7 | Ken has been into western styling since he was a child . |
| 8 | No it 's down there , and in it er I wrote it last night actually when I was feeling pretty fucked off so it 's probably a bit out of order but I wrote to him and said erm tt Josh has been round this evening asking questions about what 's happened with his money erm and I think you 're really out of order . |
| 9 | ‘ The North has been through some hard times , and things are changing . |
| 10 | ‘ The North has been through hard times but things are changing , ’ he said . |
| 11 | It is certainly not true of Arab public opinion which has long ago accepted the ‘ linkage ’ that Washington has been at such pains to discount . |
| 12 | Barnes has been in constant contact with England boss Taylor during his rehabilitation . |
| 13 | It has opened a preliminary EOS Europe office and its EOS Korea has been in full operation for six months . |
| 14 | It has a preliminary EOS Europe office and EOS Korea has been in full operation for six months . |
| 15 | The King of the Tipsters has been in unstoppable form since he struck with another 4-1 shot , Pursuit Of Love , at Doncaster last week . |
| 16 | Gary Needham , general manager , said MCP has been in preliminary talks with Thompson but remained tight lipped on the nature of any agreement . |
| 17 | Buckley has been in this job since 1988 and in the department since 1981 , but she started as a lawyer in private practice , a profession where equality is far more of a reality than in industry . |
| 18 | My wife Pam has been for some time aware that I have been having an on-going relationship with Suzannah , who I believe is known to some of you . |
| 19 | Dr Carol Starkie has been on sick leave from Selly Oak hospital since May 25 , South Birmingham Health Authority said . |
| 20 | The Carrock Fell mine in Cumbria has been in intermittent , small-scale production since 1901 . |
| 21 | Over the years Muir has been through thick and thin with Tranmere , and has been worth his weight in gold . |
| 22 | The United Kingdom has been through 13 years in which unemployment has more than doubled , irreplaceable assets have been wasted , markets at home and abroad have been lost , manufacturing investment has fallen , poverty has increased , the crime rate has rocketed , and talents have been neglected . |
| 23 | Anyways , its quite funny — Souness has been after all our midfielders at some stage ( except Strach AFAIK ) , now he s moving onto our reserves . |
| 24 | First , The World Bank estimates that between 90 and 95 per cent of public investment in agriculture since World War II in Mexico and Peru has been in irrigated agriculture , and practically none in watershed management . |
| 25 | Since the inter-war years , Britain has been for many people an upwardly mobile society , with children from working-class homes winning jobs in the expanding service class . |
| 26 | The work of Norman Shneidman has been of some value in highlighting the way in which sport in Soviet society is ‘ directed towards the all-round development of the human individual ’ ( 1979 , p.7 ) . |
| 27 | ‘ It seems like a lifetime ago , ’ smiles Don , ‘ I would love , of course , to be the first choice goalkeeper but Damien has been in tremendous form and he 's the best around in my book ’ |
| 28 | The main emphasis of the HIDB has been on halting depopulation by the saving and creation of employment . |
| 29 | I ordered Andrew one , Andrew has been after one for a long time . |
| 30 | ‘ Billy Bingham has been in this position so many times before and come up smiling . |