Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] been [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | She keeps busy with local activities and has been for many years editor of her church magazine . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Nine tenths of the Leicester ring road is finished and has been for some years . |
| 6 | ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years . |
| 7 | Economically , of course , it had never ceased and had been to both countries ' benefit . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done . |
| 14 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 15 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 16 | Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 17 | The place anciently belonged to the Fauconbergs , but has been for many generations the seat of the Bethells . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |