Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] been [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A French-lexified Creole is , or has been in common use in several other territories as well — Trinidad , Grenada and St Vincent among them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Even more importantly , Maisie did n't like chicken , especially free-range , corn-fed , humanely killed chicken that had been through Jungian analysis . |
| 5 | Lower School was opposite the Chapel and here , under the dark oaken beams and arches , I was taught in a classroom that had been in continuous use as such since 1443 . |
| 6 | Only once had he said he loved her , and that had been in extreme circumstances . |
| 7 | The NHS has much to learn from other industries and organisations that have been through similar changes . |
| 8 | But , whatever their idiosyncrasies and complexities , this highly individual body of printers served the book well and , if they sometimes failed in their human relationships , achieved in print a beauty and harmony that have been of inestimable benefit to us all . |
| 9 | Country houses that have been in institutional use |
| 10 | Section 4 assistance to the industry has tripled from £1 million to nearly £33 million during the same period and has been of great advantage to the economy of Wales . |
| 11 | The resulting report was most constructive and has been of significant value in defining the Group 's plan of action in relation to HS&E initiatives . |
| 12 | Swan Hunter , whose present workforce numbers 2,200 , is now in the hands of receivers and has been in acute crisis since failing to win a vital Ministry of Defence helicopter-carrier order . |
| 13 | At this village off the A40 south of Fishguard is the Tregwynt Woollen Mill , which dates from the middle of the eighteenth century and has been in continuous production of woollen yarns since then . |
| 14 | Carved in Germany in the late tenth or early eleventh century , the plaque measures 13.7x11.3 cm and has been in private ownership throughout this century . |
| 15 | Statistics up to 1971 showed it as having an old-age structure and to have been in continuing decline , though there are recent signs of improvement ( Census of Ireland 1981 ) . |
| 16 | It was a new school for us too , but at least we were all there together , and had been in Junior School together . |
| 17 | Leader of the ‘ Prague Spring ’ reform movement that was crushed by Soviet tanks in 1968 , Dubcek was 70 when he died in Prague , and had been in intensive care after his car plunged off a road in heavy rain on September 1 . |
| 18 | This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health . |
| 19 | Of the sixteen women in their survey who were currently working-class and had been in institutional care , ten had premarital pregnancies . |
| 20 | Have a degree or equivalent qualification directly relating to your employment , and have been in regular employment for at least two years ; and |
| 21 | Laura 's Beau was third last year but has been in rotten form since then having been plagued by blood trouble . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |