Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] have been in " in BNC.

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1 The second change has been in share prices themselves : in the 1980s they soared .
2 [ For third congress in February 1986 see p. 34230 ; the second congress had been in 1980 — see p. 30817 — and the first in 1975 — see p. 27595 .
3 A fourth cherry had been in the slice the Councillor had just removed and eaten .
4 His first action had been in Greece in late 1940 : ‘ We soon went to the border , and the Germans invaded from Bulgaria and Yugoslavia which they had romped through .
5 In response , First Edition project director Mark Hodder-Williams said that First Edition had been in operation for nine months , and had successfully provided users with an efficient , fast computer-to-computer service for exchanging a wide range of commercial documents .
6 My first appearance had been in the Junior Indoor Championships the previous year , when I had been eliminated in the heats .
7 The first move had been in his choice of the katana as the weapon of combat .
8 The first time had been in anger — the second time something very different .
9 Now fantastic rumours started to circulate to the effect that the Virgin of Fatima might appear again — her last apparition had been in Portugal on 13 October 1927 .
10 The last congress had been in 1985 .
11 We have , alas , no sixth form , but Frome would next year have been in the fifth , and he was old for his years .
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