Example sentences of "they have been in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The later books are in large measure accurately described , and the experience of the assimilated Jew in Italy , where the Jews came to harm under Mussolini but where they were never the strangers they have been in several other countries , is summarised in a well-informed and pertinent fashion . |
| 2 | And they have been in a position to determine the way they are investigated and the manner of their public exposure . |
| 3 | Angered by suggestions that his conduct was inexplicable and that he had not offered any constructive criticism during a 3½ hour inquest into Yorkshire 's dismal summer , Boycott claimed that the cricket sub-committee would not accept any form of responsibility : ‘ They have been in charge for five of the last six years but will not agree that they are at least partly to blame for the fact that Yorkshire cricket is in a mess . ’ |
| 4 | What they have been in the past , in the face of their grim working lives , is resilient . |
| 5 | They have been in limbo since the demise of the Beetle chassis , reduced to fitting air dams and wide wheels on to standard car bodies . |
| 6 | It will mainly be because they have been in office a long time , and because of the recession . |
| 7 | There is a nice pool , sunbathing area and poolside bar at the back of the apartments , and we know they 'll be just as popular in Summer '90 as they have been in previous years . |
| 8 | Both the American and British governments are cloaking these new operations in a shroud of secrecy though it is unlikely any politician has the slightest idea what the two agencies are planning to do or that they even care if laws are broken as they have been in the past . |
| 9 | This has been in part because the universities have a perfectly general responsibility for disseminating among schools up-to-date advances in knowledge and theoretical changes within disciplines , but also , more specifically , through the Local Examination Boards they have been in a position to determine the syllabuses for public examinations , and so to a large extent to dictate a curriculum even for those pupils at school who may never themselves enter the door of a university . |
| 10 | Hearing : After they have been in their homes for quite a short time , people who live near railway lines cease to hear the sound of the passing trains , even though the noise may seem deafening to a visitor . |
| 11 | Homosexuality between consenting adults aged 21 or over , and abortion during a certain period of pregnancy , are not criminal offences at present , although they have been in the past . |
| 12 | These bear little relationship to any shape that might be termed traditional , they are generally very large and they have been in demand at seaside beach displays , city-organised festivals and internationally at sponsored functions . |
| 13 | They have been in operation in the Southern Hemisphere since the beginning of June . |
| 14 | Since they have been in Brazil things have not been easy but they have settled in well and are slowly coming to terms with the language . |
| 15 | The textiles themselves are normally known as a result of being preserved by corrosion , where they have been in contact with metal objects in graves ; wood and leather are often preserved in the same manner . |
| 16 | Some people can feel very intimidated and experience a temporary crisis of confidence , especially if they have been in employment which is entirely unrelated to nursing . |
| 17 | There is a small , but increasing risk of HIV infection in heterosexuals unless they have been in a mutually monogamous relationship for a number of years . |
| 18 | It applies to all goods in the categories listed in the box , irrespective of the time they have been in a country . |
| 19 | For example , if they have been in the Chaos terrains of locations 60–63 and a Dwarf character fell into the Nurglesque marshes , one puppet will enact this while another ( preferably an Elf Puppet , to antagonize the Dwarf adventurer ) conducts a running commentary : ‘ Oh look , boys and girls , the stunty 's fallen down . |
| 20 | They have been in training since January at the Busy Bodies Fitness Gym , Lawford , where sponsor forms are available . |
| 21 | As a generalization , competitors are more open with each other that they have been in the past and there is much more information available . |
| 22 | How long they have been in partnership I can not be sure , but they show all the signs of a close musical understanding — temperament and technique in the service of the music , rather than vice versa , plus a healthy respect for the demands of textural clarity . |
| 23 | Women 's vision of their future in a new society is closely related to their own experiences and education and whether they have been in touch with the women 's movement outside of El Salvador , Some suggest that a new society will bring an end to the repression , the constant fear , the torture , the deaths and disappearances , It will mean they can return home , either leaving the refugee camps in San Salvador or ending their enforced exile abroad , to start to rebuild their homes in the knowledge that the army will not descend on them again . |
| 24 | It needs to be granted , certainly , that in speaking of a thing 's properties one is not always speaking of individual properties , and that the proponents of more traditional solutions to the problem of universals , unsuccessful though they have been in their own proposals , have made trouble for the solution in terms of individual properties . |
| 25 | We pay attention to those salient features which are constitutive of the type of genre , and expect that the peripheral features will be as they have been in the past . |
| 26 | It is almost ten years since they have been in existence . |
| 27 | They are Amazonian fish , and although they have been in captivity for a very long time , they will appreciate the soft acid water that nature designed them for , and this may prove essential for breeding . |
| 28 | Notwithstanding the views that have found favour with others I consider this to be a reasonable construction of the statutory provisions and I am comforted in the fact that , apart from an attempt to tax airline employees , which was taken to the special commissioners who decided in favour of the taxpayer , this has been the practice of the Inland Revenue in applying the relevant words where they have occurred in the Income Tax Acts for so long as they have been in force , until they initiated the present cases . |
| 29 | " They have been in seclusion for eight days , " said the sultan , " learning the secrets of womanhood . |
| 30 | If these twin policies are to have any effect in reducing geographical inequalities , they need to be pursued more vigorously than they have been in the past . |