Example sentences of "has been [prep] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the debate in social services in the past 30 years has been about community care — what it is an how to achieve it . |
| 2 | The legal dispute over the relics has been between Mr John Claridge , who excavated them in 1931 , and his niece , Mrs Georgina Smith , the daughter of his brother , Geoffrey , who died in 1986 . |
| 3 | The main thrust has been towards breeding Tridacna gigas and T. derasa , the common edible species , but with aquariums in mind commercial breeders are now raising the beautiful T. crocea . |
| 4 | General Philippe Morillon has set up headquarters in the town , which has been under Serb siege for 11 months , according to Laurens Jolles , of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . |
| 5 | Srebrenica has been under Serb siege since the Bosnian civil war began 11 months ago . |
| 6 | CCETSW has been under government pressure to raise the number of newly-qualified social workers to 5,000 a year , partly to meet demand from the shift to care management . |
| 7 | One of Stephanie close colleagues has been under gun guard , police guard for a week following death threats on the alleged kidnapper , as the net closed on him he phoned estate agent Jane the girl who helped prepare the second artist impression , Jane had met him face to face when he called at the office in Great Bar Birmingham days before the kidnap to collect details on several houses for sale , her blood ran cold when she picked up the phone on Wednesday February the twelfth to hear his voice again |
| 8 | One of its Knesset members is in prison for stealing from its own coffers , another has been charged with cooking the books and Mr Deri himself has been under police investigation for suspected financial irregularities for more than two years . |
| 9 | The black population has been under police surveillance for a long time . |
| 10 | The seven laureates hope to focus world attention on the plight of Ms Suu Kyi , who has been under house arrest in Burma since 1989 , and 1,500 other political prisoners of the junta . |
| 11 | The seven laureates hope to focus world attention on the plight of Ms Suu Kyi , who has been under house arrest in Burma since 1989 , and 1,500 other political prisoners of the junta . |
| 12 | Some complete buildings are advertised in the financial press although for most investors who can not afford to purchase an entire building the way to participate has been through enterprise zone property unit trusts . |
| 13 | Mr Gates would be happy to get his financial information from the quarterly report to shareholders — so long as he can be confident that the news will be as consistently good as it has been during Mr Shirley 's seven years in charge . |
| 14 | Up to now , distribution has been via system integrators to the Federal and commercial markets , but it is now lowering retail prices for all its ViewStation FX Series of X terminals by 30% to 50% when it sells them direct . |
| 15 | So our emphasis has been on cost reduction and internal quality issues . |
| 16 | The Bishop of Gloucester , the right reverend Peter Ball , has been on rest leave since he was first interviewed by police in December . |
| 17 | The emphasis in schools has been on computer science and CAL . |
| 18 | As the fashion for hair has moved away from the hard , artificial post-punk era towards more natural styles , the emphasis has been on hair care products that promote softness and shine . |
| 19 | The Treaty of Rome contained no specific references to the need for the Community to develop an Industrial Policy , consequently the main focus towards industry has been on competition policy , and on the creation of the SEM . |
| 20 | Throughout most of this period the focus has been on government records and then mainly at a national level , although in rare instances the issues have been addressed at a more local level . |
| 21 | It is nevertheless significant that , however much anti-German growling there has been on Capitol Hill since the invasion of Kuwait , little has been heard within the administration . |
| 22 | It notes that while the rest of the country has developed its community services , the ‘ overwhelming emphasis ’ in inner London has been on hospital facilities . |
| 23 | William , who has been on invalidity benefit since the accident , accepted a settlement of £70,000 a few days before the case started . |
| 24 | Stephen has been with Clover Leaf since 1986 and is a full time-served apprentice and MoT tester . |
| 25 | She has been with Peter Cottingham , 44 , for five years . |
| 26 | who has been with Enterprise Engineering Services since day one , made up a new section and welded it in with great success ! |
| 27 | Ian has been with Wood-Way engineering for nine years , and was previously employed by Weir Pumps . |
| 28 | His mother has been with Douglas Reyburn for twenty years , now working as a spinner in the mid-flat . |
| 29 | For the past ten years , Bill has been with Lyle Carpets as Sales Agent for the Midlands Region . |
| 30 | Margaret has been with Lyle Carpets for ten years . |