Example sentences of "[verb] be in " in BNC.
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| 31 | The deal is a boost for the BTG , the future of which has been in the balance since the middle of last year . |
| 32 | Chancellor Kohl has been in contact with President Gorbachev since the refugee exodus began in August . |
| 33 | In two days , when the market has been in ragged retreat , the shares have climbed 34p . |
| 34 | How quickly the deficit falls without resort to recession will tell us how effective the revolution has been in transforming Britain 's producers . |
| 35 | All this , I say , giving my gloss , can be read — and more particularly seen and heard , since Heseltine 's manner and presence carry their own conviction — as the utterance of a man demonstrating that he has been in the wilderness longer than it is in anyone 's interest . |
| 36 | The Foreign Office view is that as the Angolan government has been in direct contact with Unita , there is no reason why other countries should not use their influence . |
| 37 | Saatchi has been in the doldrums since late 1987 . |
| 38 | The junk bond market has been in trouble since Canadian developer Robert Campeau ran into trouble meeting payments on his debt in Allied and Federated stores last month . |
| 39 | An Arab League-sponsored ceasefire has been in force since 23 September . |
| 40 | IT HAS BEEN in the air for months : Charles Saatchi , according to New York 's uniquely garrulous and paranoid clan of dealers and artists , is selling , and he is selling in a big way . |
| 41 | The Brigade has been in Normandy since the 6th June in constant contact with the enemy until we reached the Seine . |
| 42 | When the morning walk has been a hot , hard climb and all breathing has been in gasps , you can arrive at lunchtime with a mouth as dry as a salt mine . |
| 43 | Here we have an undoubted theoretical cause , and also the undoubted fact that this cause has been in operation on a massive scale . |
| 44 | We therefore have : 1 ) the malady if it is a malady ; at any rate it is assumed to be a malady by the proponents of incomes policy ; 2 ) a theoretical cause of the malady , which is not disputed ; 3 ) the practical demonstration that this cause has been in operation ; and 4 ) the psychological explanation why that cause is desired , fomented and sustained by Governments . |
| 45 | The most remarkable extension of central control has been in the field of local government . |
| 46 | In the United States the long dominant Democratic New Deal electoral coalition , which Franklin Roosevelt created out of the white south and the industrial working-class , has been in retreat . |
| 47 | In stressing this aspect , Marx and Engles were basing themselves in great part on the excellent description that Morgan had supplied for the matrilineal descent groups of the Iroquois , and , in his stress on the community aspect of descent groups , Morgan has been in many ways supported by later work . |
| 48 | From an early age Haflor Ferdinandson has been in love with 4WD vehicles . |
| 49 | The biggest decline has been in the 1.3 to two-litre sector . |
| 50 | But the trend in the motor industry at large has been in quite the opposite direction to the Chapman philosophy ; cars have not become lighter over the years but noticeably heavier and more complex . |
| 51 | Historically the BBC has been in a privileged position to negotiate coverage with the ‘ gentlemen amateurs ’ of the MCC , the Committee of the All-England Club , and the four rugby unions . |
| 52 | There were two reprintings in March , and the book has been in print ever since , selling over a million copies . |
| 53 | The trouble is , cork has been in short supply . |
| 54 | She has been in the hat business since 1982 but a devotee for far longer . |
| 55 | The troubled DIY group has been in talks with its bankers arranging a refinancing of the £553million loans taken out at the time of the management buy-out . |
| 56 | The London middleweight Rod Douglas , who has been in hospital since being beaten by the British champion Herol Graham two weeks ago , is expected to leave hospital ‘ in a week or so ’ , according to his manager Mickey Duff , who said last night : ‘ He is going to make a complete recovery . |
| 57 | Kendall has been in Spain this week but will watch his new club at Southampton on Saturday and take charge on Monday . |
| 58 | Kendall has been in Spain this week but will watch his new club at Southampton on Saturday and take charge on Monday . |
| 59 | Lazano , who has been in the force five years , will be sentenced on January 24 . |
| 60 | Lazano , who has been in the force five years , will be sentenced on January 24 . |