Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 2 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 3 | How is it that you do n't know and in your letter to me you said this trust did not know where that money had been withdrawn at the same time Andrew director of Eastern Arts was quite happy to write to me to tell me why he was quite happy to tell the press over the phone why how is it the trust did n't know ? |
| 4 | This , implicitly at least , demands the use of major computer systems , otherwise it would not be possible easily to carry out the necessary regular checks as to whether the various procedures have been undertaken within the prescribed time period . |
| 5 | The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 . |
| 6 | However , a preservation society had been formed in the mean time to come to am arrangement with the Company to secure its future operation . |
| 7 | The new items adopt a structured problem-based approach to the many different marital difficulties that people face , and information on the cultural and religious framework , which may affect options open to ethnic minority clients , has been included for the first time . |
| 8 | He was devastated when he discovered his premises had been attacked for the second time . |
| 9 | Prior Robert , still stonily silent and shocked out of his normal studied dignity , led away his shattered clerk to the second of the two penitentiary cells ; and it was the first time , as far as Cadfael could recall , that the two had ever been occupied at the same time . |
| 10 | Electric lighting and heating have been installed for the first time , but all fittings have been concealed as much as possible and all the original oil lamps and 19th century pews have been retained . |
| 11 | He said Thompson had been involved in a traffic accident in which he had suffered a head injury and been concussed for a short time . |
| 12 | That heroic total-amputee had been rescued at the same time as the sculpts of the Sagramoso dynasty were all reduced to dust . |
| 13 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
| 14 | So yes the answer to the question is yes there is a budget there is a budget and we need to do things now one of the problems could be the budget is n't sufficient to cover all that needs doing so I think you 'll find that the building been built at a certain time there a comes a time you 've got plan a maintenance programme which we have things need to be done . |
| 15 | Now , after quite a shore period , the locomotive has been steamed for the first time and is almost in working order . |
| 16 | Two brick arches put up to channel the waters of an underground river have been uncovered for the first time in nearly two hundred years . |
| 17 | ‘ They all looked as though they 'd been written at a different time from the rest of the notes on the cards . |
| 18 | Philip Drew had also been seen at the relevant time by a stagehand . |
| 19 | The Railway 's annual spring Enthusiasts ' Weekend — normally held two weeks before Easter — has been moved for the first time in its 20-year history . |
| 20 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 21 | The authenticity of the film was stressed in all the publicity and much was made of the fact that not only had the trial scenes been shot at the same time as the judge was carrying out the Detroit sentences but the film actually used his own words . |
| 22 | Valenzuela 's only real friend was another recruit named Bratti Cornejo who had been drafted at the same time . |
| 23 | The windows have been cleaned for the first time in a year , and what with my contact lenses ( which I 've had since Christmas ) , the view is much improved . |
| 24 | Whilst this process may , for this model , take up to 20 iterations to achieve an acceptable assembly from a disjointed starting point , once an association has been accomplished for the first time and , if only small disturbances are imposed , re-association may be accomplished in as few as three attempts . |
| 25 | OUSTED councillor Ralph Knight has been snubbed for the second time in two months by members of his own party , it was revealed last night . |
| 26 | it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time . |
| 27 | which again has been used for a long time on animals . |
| 28 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , perhaps because of the procedural problems outlined above , Article 100A(4) appears to have been used for the first time only in 1992 , in relation to German legislation banning the use of PCP ( pentachlorophenol ) despite the fears expressed at the time the Single European Act was signed that it would destroy the Court 's achievements in this sphere . |
| 30 | Evidence collected by a new computer-controlled water monitoring and sampling device developed by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has been used for the first time to prosecute a company for polluting a waterway . |