Example sentences of "[be] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But in The Emperor no detail is adduced that might bring out what differences there could have been between the courtiers and petitioners of Ethiopia and their counterparts elsewhere in the world .
2 The struggle has been between the Czech people and the security apparatus behind the Communist party .
3 The struggle has been between the Czech people and the security apparatus behind the Communist party .
4 Instead , where disorder has occurred , it has more often been between the police and a faction or factions within the demonstration itself .
5 If the N1 cam had been between the point cams throughout I could have done , but NOT when the N1 cam is left outside them .
6 Martin 's position in the firm had been between the two .
7 Emily had taken her revenge swiftly , severing the ties that had long been between the Grenfells and the Morgans .
8 Whatever understanding there might have been between the police and the BUF ended at this remark .
9 The main historical tension here has been between the institution ( typically the university ) and the professional body .
10 One of the major divisions has been between the Japanese and the Europeans .
11 In recent years , the major underlying conflict , stoked up by personality clashes between union leaders , has been between the industrial union ethos of the NUR and the continuing craft aspirations of ASLEF .
12 Once you had been through the three years what did you find had developed most for you as an actor ?
13 However , I have now been through the notebook you left with me and there are a few things I wish .
14 But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction .
15 This explains , says the professor , why all Archer 's characters seem never to have been through the growing-up process .
16 Having been through the experience , though , may facilitate a certain realism about the conflict in question . ’
17 The women I spoke to who had been through the whole procedure told me of the many exhausting visits they had had to make to the British Embassies and High Commissions , of the atmosphere of contempt at these places , of the pettiness of the Entry Clearance Officers ( ECOs ) and interpreters , and the rude and unreasonable questions they had had to answer .
18 Still , I 've been through the trade directory and come up with something a bit more hopeful .
19 Fifty thousand Palestinians have been through the prisons since the intifada began ; scores of Arab children have been shot dead .
20 Fifty thousand Palestinians have been through the prisons since the intifada began ; scores of Arab children have been shot dead .
21 It is vital , however , that agencies involved in alternatives to care continue to listen to those who have been through the system .
22 His opposite number , Clive Lloyd , had already been through the two formative experiences of his captaincy .
23 He was aware that a captain with a record such as his has a big advantage , since any troops will respond better to a leader they know has been through the fire himself , and so he knew just what he could ask of his bowlers .
24 When Margaret Thatcher became leader the party was still dominated by these men who had been through the war together .
25 ‘ We may not all have been through the war together , ’ he told me , ‘ but we 're all Conservative MPs and want to stay that way . ’
26 But Britain has already been through the ordeal of restructuring needed to meet the fierce competition from Asia and , increasingly , the Third World .
27 Despite having been through the regulatory mangle time again and time again , the group still has the potential to generate a lot of cash , and yields about 8 p.c. on forecasts for 1993 .
28 Even before the change , many of the policies , by the time they had been through the rather over-bureaucratic structures , became distorted and did not benefit the peasants to the extent that they should have done .
29 In between the time the dustbins are put out and the truck arrives , the pickers have been through the contents of the bins .
30 L Detachment at the time consisted of around one hundred men , most of whom had been through the basic training course .
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