Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [prep] force " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the journalists ' evidence , if the directives had been in force during the previous twelve months the effect on air time would have been minimal . |
| 2 | It is fascinating to study the way that they bent the truth to promote a saleable product , yet even if the Trades Descriptions Act had been in force then , they would hardly ever have broken the law . |
| 3 | The making of a claim was a privilege rather than a right , and claimants would therefore be expected to heed whatever rules had been in force . |
| 4 | The immediately following articles give the newly independent State the right to succeed to any treaty which had been in force in its territory , regardless of the wishes of any other party to the treaty . |
| 5 | The purpose was to make applicable to building societies the composite rate system which had been in force as respects bank interest since the Finance Act 1984 . |
| 6 | After reviewing the procedure which had been in force since 1983 , he referred to the decision of the Divisional Court in Ex parte Handscomb and said that he accepted the conclusion of that court : ‘ that there are strong arguments for carrying out this consultation exercise as soon as practicable following the imposition of a discretionary life sentence . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Independent Liability ’ — This is the maximum payable under a policy in the event of there being more than one policy in force covering the subject matter of the claim but where neither policy is more specific , i.e. the amount which would have been payable if only one policy had been in force . |
| 8 | A Swiss ban on night driving by lorries had been in force since 1933 . |
| 9 | On May 17 the Legislative Yuan approved a motion to repeal the draconian Statute of Punishment for Sedition , which had been in force since 1949 . |
| 10 | The SNC agreed to contact the UN Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , requesting him to send personnel to control the ceasefire which had been in force in Cambodia since early May . |
| 11 | A ceasefire had been in force in Cambodia since May 1 [ see pp. 38194-95 ] . |
| 12 | The state of emergency had been in force since 1987 and covered the 10 predominantly Kurdish provinces . |
| 13 | A ban on certain political parties , which had been in force since the time of the 1980 military coup , was removed by Cabinet decree on July 3 . |
| 14 | These restrictions had been in force since armed conflict with former leader Gamsakhurdia erupted in October 1991 [ see p. 38538 ] . |
| 15 | After the er Police Act nineteen sixty four had been in force for some years and when the government of the day which you supporters in the nineteen seventies and later , tried to erm modify it in order to er make a dovetail with local government reforms which we supported . |