Example sentences of "it [vb past] [been] in [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The camp and many others like it had been in existence for years . |
| 2 | When Joyce joined the British Fascisti in December 1923 , it had been in existence for seven months . |
| 3 | The paper published by the Commission is to be submitted to EC transport ministers ; it had been in preparation for some time , but work was speeded up following the recent tanker accidents in the Shetlands and at La Coruna in northern Spain [ see ED 67 ] . |
| 4 | Although the then International Trade Minister John Crosbie staunchly defended the pact , the Economic Council of Canada , an independent advisory body established by the Federal Parliament , decided not to attempt to assess its impact until it had been in operation for five years . |
| 5 | Dr McGarry claimed it had been in response to the earlier statement and he welcomed the decision . |
| 6 | If it had been in charge from the outset , its architects and liturgists might have devised more dignified surroundings and procedures than those that now prevail . |
| 7 | It had been in touch with air control in Athens and had been instructed to alter course over the island of Amorgós — that 's about forty miles north-east of here — and proceed on a roughly north-north-west course . |
| 8 | The evil wind that bombed Manhattan 's World Trade Center nevertheless blew some good to the disaster recovery specialists : SunGard Data Systems Inc says it has been contacted by four subscriber companies seeking disaster recovery services following the blast — two in Four World Trade Center , one in Two World Trade Center and one in One World Trade Center ; and Comdisco Inc said it is providing disaster recovery services to three financial services companies hit by the blast , while IBM Corp 's disaster recovery unit said it had been in touch with ‘ a lot ’ of its customers , but that so far none of its customers had had to declare their workplaces to be disaster areas . |