Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [be] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is of great significance that most of the NICs are presently or have been in recent times one-party states , not necessarily totalitarian in the classic sense , but certainly lacking in most of the genuinely pluralistic institutions that characterize advanced industrial societies .
2 The years that followed were in many respects his heyday .
3 Although conceding that manufactures were in many respects deserving of the " high encomiums " bestowed upon them , a pamphleteer of 1782 went on to remark : Scarcely are we fed , lodged , clothed , warmed , without sending multitudes to their grave .
4 She hated arriving at places unannounced and , although Charles Caldecott had always been at his most ingratiating when he met her , that had been on social occasions .
5 Only once had he said he loved her , and that had been in extreme circumstances .
6 The NHS has much to learn from other industries and organisations that have been through similar changes .
7 Sales in the product 's first year of deliveries amounted to only $1m , a drop in the bucket for a firm that 's been through two rounds of venture capital totalling $7.5m provided by Aspen Partners , Menlo Ventures and Matrix .
8 I know that that is not entirely agreeable to some of my hon. Friends and to some Opposition Members , but that is the fact of life — and has been for many years .
9 She keeps busy with local activities and has been for many years editor of her church magazine .
10 There is indeed , and has been for some years , discussion on the political level as to whether , and to what extent , public transport , particularly in capital cities , should be regarded , and financed , as a social service , out of taxation whether national or local .
11 Nine tenths of the Leicester ring road is finished and has been for some years .
12 ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years .
13 This time he did n't miss , he shot past Stowell and United were on level terms , amazingly , they almost snatched the lead a minute later when a brilliant save by Stowell denied Simpson once again .
14 Q8 The answer is Yes since there is no longer a capital investment to finance and buying is at competitive prices .
15 Economically , of course , it had never ceased and had been to both countries ' benefit .
16 The powerful states of the time normally were empires , and had been for many centuries , though a few shadowy forerunners of the nation state could be seen by 1500 .
17 These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years .
18 The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland .
19 While there clearly was an ‘ objective ’ discontinuity of subject perspective between selective school mathematics and the practice of some segments , increasingly dominant within some countries , of university mathematics , and had been for some years , it again required interested actors , utilizing the climate of ‘ crisis ’ resulting from the campaign on teacher supply as a major resource , to enter various arenas in order to persuade others of the ‘ need ’ for change .
20 Now remember I am the leader of a party that has been in the front line against his violence for twenty years , and have been at many risks , as have been members of my party , but when I say that that dialogue is the best hope they 've seen for peace for twenty years .
21 Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done .
22 My children do go to school and have been for some months now .
23 My children do go to school and have been for some months now .
24 Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now .
25 The place anciently belonged to the Fauconbergs , but has been for many generations the seat of the Bethells .
26 But , he said , last week the beleaguered Mr Major had found new friends in the SNP — which had for weeks been urging all-party opposition talks on the government of Scotland , but had been in secret negotiations with a Tory government .
27 The Faroe Islands are self-governing , but have been for many years a colony of Denmark , and still rely on the government of the old mother country for international representation .
28 Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease .
29 Detailing the " ruthless " abuse of human rights against opponents of the regime , the report said that many executions were officially described as having been for drug-trafficking offences , adding that prisoners had no recourse to legal counsel or right to appeal .
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