Example sentences of "have been [prep] place " in BNC.

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1 The restrictions on imports from and exports to South Africa have been in place since 1985 .
2 The restrictions on imports from and exports to South Africa have been in place since 1985 .
3 Although employment protection provisions have been in place for 18 years now , all too often reports of unfair dismissal cases are variations on the same theme : companies trying to get rid of pregnant employees in an effort to avoid extra expense and disruption to the working routine .
4 Many tournaments ( as you emphasised ) , have been in place for a long time and often with the same people running them for decades .
5 Joint consultative committees and joint care planning teams have been in place since the 1974 reorganisation of the NHS , but joint finance of community care projects on any significant scale dates from 1976 .
6 In this area , TI may have the edge inasmuch as its reinsurance treaties have been in place for much longer .
7 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 .
8 Privately , senior party members claim women do not put themselves forward , are not up to the job and stress that most male MPs have been in place for a long time .
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