Example sentences of "been in [noun] [prep] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although difficult to date he believes the trackway to have been in existence for at least 2,000 years and may well pre-date Roman times . |
| 2 | Based on the assumption that the child has been in contact with at least some of the usual and varied sources of instruction and indoctrination , an answer from the parent along the following lines might carry for the child a ring of truth sufficient for him to accept , and be reassured . |
| 3 | The broadening of aims and objectives has not been a sudden panic measure to the market forces of the 1990s but has been part of a professional and careful reassessment which has been in progress since at least the late 1960s . |
| 4 | These had been in Rome since at least the end of the sixteenth century . |
| 5 | The type has been in Ireland for at least 4,000 years , according to archaeological evidence , and it is within the same ancestral group as the White Park , the Welsh cattle and the old Scottish breeds , and also the European remnant breeds such as the Hérens of the Alps and the Camargue of southern France , to which the Kerry bears a noticeable likeness . |
| 6 | This has not in itself created a culture and ideology of consumerism ; for these have been in place for at least the last century and perhaps longer in the First World and among comprador classes elsewhere . |
| 7 | It is for this same reason that training programmes in treatment centres are not normally considered for potential counsellor trainees until they have been in recovery for at least two years and preferably longer . |
| 8 | Robert Smith , defending , said : ‘ This is a very serious state of affairs , not least because the defendant has been in custody for at least 12 months . |