Example sentences of "[verb] been [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This book is for Ear'ole , who has been as enthusiastic about my shop as she has been about all the other things that I have tackled , and then begged her to help with . |
| 2 | But the Conservative record has been about more than increasing spending . |
| 3 | Surely that is what perestroika has been about these past five years ? |
| 4 | In broad terms , the division has been between those who see an accumulation of reforms and a gradual erosion of bourgeois dominance as leading to a situation in which a relatively easy and peaceful transition to a socialist society will be achieved ; and those who regard reforms largely as mere palliatives , value the struggle for reforms mainly for its effect in developing working-class consciousness and organization , and envisage the achievement of socialism as a more abrupt event ensuing from a more or less violent final confrontation between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat . |
| 5 | Both suggest that in the area of sexual morality the change has been towards less restraint , less control and more choice . |
| 6 | The direction of tertiary education since the mid-seventies , as the process of contraction has continued , has been towards more responsiveness , more accountability , reduced autonomy . |
| 7 | In November , he warned that if the likes of IBM and DEC did n't implement drastic measures they 'd go through ‘ Holy Heck ’ — DG has been through that and if the company is confident about one thing , it is that the worst is over . |
| 8 | The Liberal Democratic Party has been through many name changes since the 1987 election . |
| 9 | A former senior minister who has been through many spending rounds says we take them all much too seriously , they are merely a mating ritual , he says , adding , and a barren one at that , no offspring . |
| 10 | ‘ The North has been through some hard times , and things are changing . |
| 11 | As a result , an Inservice Panel was established in June 1983 , and it has been through this body that project-related INSET development can be traced . |
| 12 | The car has been through several variations of engine size , but now like an ageing but still beautiful dowager , repeated facelifts can no longer wholly hide the ravages of time and progress . ’ |
| 13 | Gloucestershire County Council has been down this road before . |
| 14 | The city this morning is relatively calm , far quieter than it has been on many days in recent months . |
| 15 | ( Everyone is someone 's cousin in Bala , and a great help it has been on several occasions . ) |
| 16 | Will discussion of reform then be remitted , as it has been on several occasions from 1916 onwards , to a Speaker 's Conference ? |
| 17 | The midwife said to me , ‘ This child has been on this earth before ’ and I thought that was rather an odd thing to say , but the midwife seemed quite adamant . |
| 18 | ‘ No-one has been on this path for two days . ’ |
| 19 | A bridge has been on this site from the 14th century . |
| 20 | The Midland Fishery trout farm has been on this site at Horsley near Nailsworth since 1883 ; now its present owners have decided to sell . |
| 21 | As many parents have discovered , the problem with disposable nappies up to now has been with that word ‘ disposable ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ The liaison has been with all of the functional groups within the computer centre : analysis and programming , operations , user services , communications and technical support and data preparation . |
| 23 | It is certainly not true of Arab public opinion which has long ago accepted the ‘ linkage ’ that Washington has been at such pains to discount . |
| 24 | Over three-quarters of credit users reckon that its cost has been reasonable ( see Appendix I , Table 24 ) , and less than one in ten say it has been at all unreasonable . |
| 25 | Nor can there be any claim that the laws-of-war approach has been at all decisive anywhere in illuminating the issue of the legality or otherwise of possession of such weapons . |
| 26 | The exercise of these duties has been at all times , and remains , subject to the visitorial jurisdiction of the judges . |
| 27 | He 's fitter and sharper than he has been at any stage of his career , and he 's now playing to his full potential . |
| 28 | To refer once again to the unpredicted and possibly counter-productive side effects of the legal reform movement , the effect on the ‘ rules ’ question has been at most unfortunate in the eyes of many basic grade staff . |
| 29 | Joanne works at a grammar school and almost all her teaching experience has been at this school . |
| 30 | Anyone who has been to such a gathering knows that the fun-loving atmosphere of these occasions is not ideal to hammer home messages about personal safety . |