Example sentences of "be [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One of the major divisions has been between the Japanese and the Europeans .
2 If the N1 cam had been between the point cams throughout I could have done , but NOT when the N1 cam is left outside them .
3 The main historical tension here has been between the institution ( typically the university ) and the professional body .
4 Each drawer , not much larger than a small matchbox , held the body of a wasp which had been through the Factory .
5 The uncle of 12-year-old Adele Thompson — killed by a joyrider in Toxteth , Liverpool — hit out : ‘ He would n't have said it if he had been through the heartache we have suffered . ’
6 If he could find someone who had been through the mill as he had and then collaborate with them , great things were possible .
7 To the uninitiated this may seem surprising and unfair , but to those who have been through the mill the situation is very familiar .
8 To troops who had not yet been through the mill at Verdun , passing men whom they were about to relieve was an unnerving experience ; they seemed like beings from another world .
9 But we can say also that the we 're not new appraisals th we 've been through the pilot
10 Not only is that generally helpful in being a recently approved structure plan that 's been through the Secretary of State 's hands , but of course it is also part of this region .
11 The late Derek Cross had been through the tunnel on the footplate of an A3 Pacific and a Class 40 diesel and on both occasions he had been very pleased to see the other end of the tunnel , such is its evil , brooding , emotive reputation .
12 Erm certainly there are other er comments and statements that have been through the year which er should and has caused us to look at our procedures and to erm make changes where that is appropriate and I would hope that er we would continue to do so .
13 Around 730,000 of the new registrations have been through the Share Information Office and the rest with the many Share Shops set up by banks , building societies and other financial firms .
14 A mole working inside Cranborne School had supplied them with a mailing-list of all Muslim parents whose children had been rejected by ‘ This is a Christian Country ’ Gyles , the Junior School headmaster , and Robert and Maisie had been through the telephone directory , picking out anyone with a Muslim-sounding name .
15 But Britain has already been through the ordeal of restructuring needed to meet the fierce competition from Asia and , increasingly , the Third World .
16 The fourth way in which the underclass is immobilized at the bottom of our society has been through the spread of means-tested assistance , which has a devastating effect on the initiative of people on low incomes .
17 We 'll think you 'll agree , after we 've been through the Covermaster Plan , it 's choc-a-bloc full of features , waiver of premium , escalating premium , insurability option , life cover , selective periods , bonuses , you name it , there 's hundreds of features of the plan .
18 ( e ) Self-help groups : The rehabilitation programme can be the setting off point for a self-help group , so that patients who have been through the exercise programme , which may well last anything from 4–12 weeks , can continue to meet and exercise together with friends they have made .
19 He had been through the Night of Power .
20 But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction .
21 As an adult , adults such as myself have n't been through the procedure as a young person where your immune system 's been challenged by the vaccine so that you 've developed tetanus antibodies .
22 Jesus has been through the agony in the garden he 's been arrested he 's been abandoned by his apostles he 's been through a trial and he has actually been through the crucifixion and he 's been buried in the tomb .
23 Most of what I have heard has been through the press .
24 By mid-morning he had been through the day 's edition of the Herald Tribune .
25 It is vital , however , that agencies involved in alternatives to care continue to listen to those who have been through the system .
26 Having been through the experience , though , may facilitate a certain realism about the conflict in question . ’
27 Yeah er cover was the one that , after we 'd been through the document , I did find of be of particular interest
28 BLACKBURN 'S Kevin Moran has been through the lot in nearly 20 years as a top class defender .
29 That 's it thank you , I 've now been through the lot .
30 When Margaret Thatcher became leader the party was still dominated by these men who had been through the war together .
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