Example sentences of "now [been] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first hole in one ever to be recorded at the fourth gave Jeff Sluman the early momentum and his 65 caught Lanny Wadkins , who has now been under par in seven consecutive rounds at Augusta . |
| 2 | The Enterprise Co-ordination Programme has now been in operation for eighteen months and a revised , enhanced budget has been negotiated with the Department of Trade and Industry for the year ahead . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you aware ’ , she asked , ‘ that the National Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Children has now been in existence for ten years ? ’ |
| 4 | Despite the fact that the Common Market has now been in existence for thirty-five years , despite also the fact that its main original raison d'être was to abolish obstacles to trade between Member States , a feature of the whole process has been the skill with which countries have managed to keep up their non-tariff trade barriers . |
| 5 | Believe it or not , the society has now been in existence for a year and subscriptions became due on the 16th of March . |
| 6 | Despite the widespread provision of automatic teller machines ( ATMs ) which has now been in existence for a number of years , there is an apparent reluctance in the public to adopt this facility wholeheartedly . |
| 7 | CONTOUR has now been in existence for three years . |
| 8 | The annual survey system for planning public expenditure over the medium term has now been in use for 30 years . |
| 9 | But Coun Tony Richmond , leader of the council Conservatives , has now been in touch with the South African embassy in London to set up a trade visit to the town , and is to ask for all-party support at next week 's council meeting . |
| 10 | But it is quite clear that a large number of people believe these three , who have now been in prison for 13 years , to be innocent of the crime for which they stand convicted . |
| 11 | Today the large populations are in varzea rich in fish and turtle protein , much smaller ones on the terra firme , but they have now been in decline for some 500 years since the European invasion . |