Example sentences of "past the [noun] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past the torus has been more in favour as its plasma containment is more efficient . |
| 2 | In the past the courts have been willing to interfere only to a limited extent in the use of prerogative power . |
| 3 | ‘ In the past the attitude has been : ‘ Right , we 've cut off your leg — bye bye . ’ |
| 4 | In the past the case has been based on the wish to delay in unstimulated life it home or admission to a training centre . |
| 5 | A long time in the past the Yek had been nomads , and even though the principal cities of the Khanate were constructed from stone , the interior decoration of many of the principal houses owed its origins to the heritage of the tent . |
| 6 | In the past the CEGB had been criticised for its lack of foresight in building high operating cost oil-fired stations and expensive nuclear stations in the face of cheaply fuelled coal-fired stations . |
| 7 | In the past the association had been dedicated to the supreme claims of morality and to the exposure of the error of ‘ so-called hygiene ’ , which sought to subordinate justice and personal liberty to alleged physical necessities . |