Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] be [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your lads have been over this place with a fine-tooth comb . |
| 2 | It is difficult to assess exactly how important such credit effects have been in this recession . |
| 3 | The Garlands have been in this game for eighty years — accumulating , not spending . |
| 4 | Fortunately , not all recent pub refurbishments have been in this vein . |
| 5 | Impressive as its successes have been in such matters as the unravelling of the genetic code , nevertheless they represent only an infinitesimal step towards a complete account in conventional physical terms of even the simplest animal brain . |
| 6 | Strictly speaking , marriage does not contribute directly to population change , but , because of its association with the legitimacy of births in most countries , marriage rates have been of some interest . |
| 7 | A disgruntled father whose two sons have been on several skiing fortnights feels school trips are run primarily for the teachers ' convenience . |
| 8 | To date , three cases have been through this process . |
| 9 | Had a case of a claim by a child for damages for pre-natal injury come before the English courts in the period from 1972 to the enactment of the Act of 1976 , and had it been as well argued as the present cases have been in this court , I have no doubt that the English court would have been referred to Watt v. Rama [ 1972 ] V.R. 353 and Duval v. Seguin , 26 D.L.R. ( 3d ) 418 and would have preferred the views there expressed to Walker v. Great Northern Railway . |