Example sentences of "been [adj] in [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The complete plan , however , should have a surrounding portico or ambulatory , as would have been normal in temples of this type . |
| 2 | It had always been generous in terms of sick pay and sympathetic and understanding towards employees with family problems , though it expected high standards of dress and deportment and lateness , absenteeism and incivility were not tolerated . |
| 3 | Companies operating in a competitive environment have always been interested in details of their competitors ' performance , and the operation of market forces ensures that those that fail to match their competitors also fail to survive . |
| 4 | Meanwhile my interest in the film industry through Hellen Semmens was not the only reason for becoming an active member of the Vancouver Film Society — I have always been interested in films for their own sake . |
| 5 | The Minoans seem to have been self-sufficient in terms of basic needs , which must have put them in a position of trading strength , but they relied on imports for supplies of exotic raw materials for the manufacture of luxury goods . |
| 6 | Not only have such unsupervised activities been questionable in terms of economics , they have also had a profound effect on the river environment . |
| 7 | In three cases technical difficulties were encountered at the time of surgery and the procedure was acknowledged to have been inadequate in terms of gastric devascularisation . |
| 8 | The first and most important consideration is that in the forty years since 9 August 1945 , despite the fact that all the nuclear powers have been involved in wars at one time or another , nuclear weapons have not once been used militarily . |
| 9 | He also emphasised his concern that the FEC was not being included in the process of dissociation and had not been involved in discussions on social and economic issues with Slovenia . |
| 10 | A spokeswoman claimed that Itoh had been involved in discussions with Sun regarding OEM supply of the X-terminal built by C Itoh , but Sun had decided to go its own way . |
| 11 | Dounreay has been involved in discussions with Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. about the possibility of reprocessing spent fuel rods from AECL 's NRX , NRU and Slowpoke-2 research reactors , five more Slowpoke-2s from universities and colleges — from Toronto , Montreal , Halifax , Edmonton and Kingston — and yet another Slowpoke-2 at the Saskatchewan research council in Saskatoon . |
| 12 | Touche Ross had been involved in discussions with COSLA and the Scottish Office and had provided all of the supporting information and details . |
| 13 | As part of this procedure the Authority has been involved in meetings with parents and governors of the schools concerned . |
| 14 | Earlier , Det Sgt John Clark had said he had been involved in meetings with other police forces all over the country after a number of raids on TSB branches in which cash dispensers were forced open using oxy-acetylene equipment . |
| 15 | Michael Walsh had taught in the school for six years , and had been involved in meetings in the Humanities department when the idea was discussed : |
| 16 | This year we have been involved in projects in both Hong Kong and Mauritius , while our Waste Management Information Bureau , which draws on the resources of the whole of AEA , has responded to a record number of enquiries during the year . |
| 17 | Looking at examples of day-to-day practical assistance , it is apparent that women have been involved in exchanging this with other women much more commonly than men have been involved in exchanges with women , or with other men . |
| 18 | Hurtado had been involved in disagreements over economic policy with Industry and Commerce Minister Guido Pennano , who criticized the government 's IMF-backed tight fiscal policy for deepening the recession , failing to cure hyperinflation , and making exports uncompetitive by overvaluing the inti . |
| 19 | Metocean have a wide range of clients in the oil , gas and water industries and have been involved in studies worth millions of pounds . |
| 20 | Tim Roberts , prosecuting , said Summersgill had been involved in burglaries at a butcher 's , a shop and a show house . |
| 21 | Having elaborated the paradoxical conditions of historicity , of any history or totalization , Derrida himself has been particularly concerned to analyse those such as Husserl , Heidegger or Levinas , who have been involved in investigations of time and temporality . |
| 22 | Bill Knowles , the general manager of the Ipswich Co-op — who has been involved in talks with the NCP — said he was confident the scheme would go ahead but the timing had to be right . |
| 23 | Schools have always been involved in issues of resource management such as the allocation of capitation allowances . |
| 24 | Currently the DLP executive chairman , Kim Young Sam had been involved in struggles within the DLP over his candidacy for the presidential elections . |
| 25 | Having been involved in displays of this kind for some years , the northwest clubs ' displays were very elaborate and some clever display techniques were seen . |
| 26 | Some who had gone to Israel had been involved in protests from July 1985 onwards against the ruling of the Chief Rabbinate that they should undertake a " formal " conversion to Judaism [ see p. 34008 ] . |
| 27 | Most of the humans who have been involved in rescues of dolphins or small whales such as pilot whales will readily admit that it is an emotional and moving experience . |
| 28 | And not a single functionary , manager or administrator has ever been involved in proceedings of this nature . ’ |
| 29 | Jonah and Petrovsky were to be assisted by Giandomenico Picco ( Italy , who had been involved in negotiations for the release of hostages in Lebanon — see pp. 38550 ; 38694 ) and Sotirios Mousouris ( Greece ) , both with the rank of Assistant Secretary-General . |
| 30 | UN Assistant Secretary-General Giandomenico Picco and German Minister of State at the Chancellery Bernd Schmidbauer had also been involved in negotiations for the releases . |