Example sentences of "has been [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 With a new emphasis on the importance of the Word , the trend has been away from hymns , anthems and settings .
2 The idea has been around for ages , of course — people using two thin woollen sweaters rather than one thick .
3 The theory of risk compensation , which has been around for years , says that drivers adjust the amount of risks they take to keep their perceived level of risk constant .
4 Another group , the Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Citizen Council , has been around for years without promising amenities like that ; one of Bushwick 's biggest employers , it has stuck to various welfare and housing services .
5 The journalist spends time on the story and then discovers that the subject has been around for years .
6 THE Lord Chancellor , Lord Mackay of Clashfern , has been strangely at odds with the law during this year .
7 ‘ No one has been there for years , I would swear it . ’
8 This important thought has been constantly at odds with the equally influential notion that we are all blank paper at birth , ready to be entirely formed by our society .
9 This has been so for decades and there is little on the horizon that threatens to curtail it .
10 This has been so for centuries , and afflicts all nations .
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