Example sentences of "[been] [prep] [noun] or [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I mean , if this six weeks had been with U2 or Faith No More , we 'd obviously be doing better than we are . |
| 2 | As in this family , there is some migration of young people from the rural areas to the towns of Northern Ireland but this movement is less than it has been in Scotland or England during the last 40 years . |
| 3 | Whether this has been in Bangladesh or Bradford or East London , the teacher must learn to accept the children as they are as the starting point of her teaching . |
| 4 | Similarly , if it is found that 45 per cent of boys admitted to a regional observation and assessment centre have already been in prison or custody , there is little point in promoting the value of a punitive stance to their behaviour . |
| 5 | Have you ever been in hospital or prison because of drinking ? |
| 6 | Most breeding records have been from lakes or ponds with good marginal vegetation , such as Shillinglee , Lurgashall , and Burton ponds , or from small , sometimes quite insignificant , streams and marshes in the interior . |
| 7 | Most other wars prior had been over land or religion , this was over ideology . |
| 8 | This chapter seeks to distinguish arbitration from references to experts by considering : ( 1 ) confusion between whether references have been to experts or arbitrators ( 15.2 ) ; ( 2 ) how the court interprets express words in the contract about a referee 's status ( 15.3 ) ; ( 3 ) the guidelines for assessing the referee 's status ( 15.4 – 15.9 ) ; ( 4 ) the procedural differences between arbitrations and references to experts ( 15.10 ) ; ( 5 ) the different consequences of an expert 's decision and an arbitration award ( 15.11 ) . |
| 9 | This covered 69 judges of the Supreme Court , House of Lords and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and showed that 76 per cent had attended ‘ major public schools ’ ( not further defined ) and the same percentage had been to Oxford or Cambridge . |
| 10 | Forty-six Law Lords had been to Oxford or Cambridge , seven to Scottish universities , four to Trinity College Dublin , two to London University ( one of whom had also been to Cambridge ) and one to Queen 's Belfast . |
| 11 | Without having been to college or tech or university , an IBMer at Greenock can take an MBA . |
| 12 | Pray for the young people from QP who have been on mission or camp this summer . |
| 13 | But when I got there I found I was in with kids who 'd been nicked for stealing or who 'd been on drugs or alcohol or glue , and girls who had been on the streets at 13 . |
| 14 | Sixteen had been at Oxford or Cambridge , as had the Prime Minister . |
| 15 | ‘ I have always been by car or taxi before , ’ said Mrs Grandison shortly . |