Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Where a product is entirely integrated within the TNC or its captive suppliers ' networks , or where the intermediate components or materials used are of such a specialized nature that there are simply no available suppliers outside the existing TNC network , then backward linkages are literally forbidden by the logic of global production .
2 A retired postman who claimed to have been present at the Battle of Studley Constable was interviewed on television , and I still receive the occasional letter from Germans and Americans claiming that fathers or uncles had been at the ‘ battle ’ .
3 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 . ’
4 Everywhere in public life , old families , old money and titles have been in decline , while business has advanced .
5 The winding-sheet with its top- and bottom-knots had been in steady decline during the last quarter of the seventeenth century , its place being taken by the open-backed long-sleeved shift with draw-strings at wrist and neck , either with or without an integral hood .
6 Conservatives councils in shires , districts and cities have been at the forefront of these reforms .
7 The report and accounts have been in your hands for the statutory period er , and you 've had the chance to read my statement .
8 When Mr Patel had passed , the previous evening and that morning , the man 's head and shoulders had been underneath the car , and no , he had not come into the shop at all .
9 Once inside those walls , it really was another world , more than fifteen square kilometres of streets bordered by the crumbling walls of houses , public buildings , cemeteries and reservoirs , some with bits and pieces of bone lying exposed where long-dead looters and grave-robbers had been at work .
10 The final series of the Hudson and Halls show is to be screened by the BBC later this year .
11 I was in the Lion , fortnight ago , Sunday dinnertime and lads had been on this er bike ride , you know for some children
12 Thus the practical stress of Marxist movements and parties has been on individuals sublimating their own ethical beliefs and judgements to a collective , party-defined line .
13 Traditional beer and pubs have been under threat for decades — and remain so today .
14 I suspect that tensions concerning rights , freedoms and responsibilities have been with us since the earliest days of humanity .
15 According to a government report published on Aug. 9 , cases of espionage in Switzerland involving agents from Eastern Europe continued to increase ; 65 of the 91 cases recorded from 1980 to 1988 involved these countries , most of which desired technological rather than political or security information , and over the same period 17 of the 24 diplomats and officials expelled were from Eastern Europe .
16 Most of the brothers were all too well aware of him , but in his absence relaxed , gave thanks and forgot him ; and the novices and schoolboys evaded being in his proximity at all , so far as was possible .
17 She wondered again what her grandfather 's thoughts and feelings had been in those few days at Dudley House .
18 The problem is to seek the correct balance , and to this end monitoring and studies have been in progress since 1989 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 She 'd learned about that back when she was Jessamyn Amanda and nine-year-olds had been worth a gallon of potable water on the streets of the NoGo .
22 IBOA and its members have grave concerns about this development and negotiations have been in progress for the past number of months .
23 The improved relationships between the school , the parents , the child guidance service , social work and others has been of immense and profound benefit .
24 To visit their former homes and lands had been like touching history .
25 The Thracians and Illyrians had been to a great extent Hellenised during the fourth century BC , when the Macedonian empire of Philip and Alexander flourished .
26 Lower corporate profits , the crisis caused by reckless bank lending and corporate dabbling in financial derivatives , tumbling property prices and scandals involving business , investment houses , the yakuza crime syndicates and politicians have been at the core of Japan 's financial woes .
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