Example sentences of "[adv] has been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidence from official statistics suggests that the number of households containing two or more elementary families has indeed fallen : from 3 per cent of households in 1961 to 1 per cent in 1981 ( Social Trends , 1987 , p. 41 , table 2.1 ) Clearly this is , and apparently has been for some time , very much a minority arrangement within the British population as a whole . |
| 2 | It is then argued , that , this being so , there is no consideration for the agreement at all , and that it is an agreement for a voluntary gift on certain conditions ; but , looking at the agreement , we find , not a mere proviso , but an express agreement by the plaintiff to pay £1 towards a certain ground-rent , which apparently has been for the first time apportioned , and to pay it to the defendant , who is , I presume , liable to the whole ground-rent . |
| 3 | So are you omitting to say what exactly has been in numbers . |
| 4 | Race horse trainer … easy life … you 've got to be joking … steeplechasing is all of life always has been to David Nicholson … he was born and bred … turned out and trained on the gallops at Prestbury … |
| 5 | The most that the British knew about armies was that intermittently over four or five centuries they got together in a sort of militia or Home Guard in case the enemy arrived , and the necessity of a state to run the affairs of the country for the country 's salvation , was never so present to the British mind as it always has been to the minds of most continental people . |
| 6 | and always has been by Ron . |
| 7 | ‘ He always has been in the past , so the Abwehr have found . |
| 8 | He told delegates he believed the case for strong trade unions was as compelling now as it was when the TUC first met 125 years ago , ‘ or ever has been in the history of our country . ’ |
| 9 | The only difference of opinion so far has been over boxing . |
| 10 | However , the emphasis in the project so far has been on formulating these individual solutions rather than on co-ordinating them . |
| 11 | Most of the NII 's work so far has been on an earlier ‘ reference design ’ , which has now been superseded by a ‘ contract ’ design . |
| 12 | The accent so far has been on production and we need to spread its use in the commercial , R&T and other support functions . |
| 13 | Klaasen 's contention that ‘ the only integration that has gone on so far has been among the top officials ’ seemed to be borne out by the fact that we had to wait for the penultimate game of the tours to seen the first nonwhite player take the field . |
| 14 | Krystom 's main impact so far has been in catching carp , the Independent readers of the fish world . |
| 15 | We estimate the cost of this campaign so far has been in excess of £20,000 . |
| 16 | Her career so far has been in publishing , and , following the birth of her son James in 1982 , this has enabled her to work from home . |
| 17 | Most of the gas discovered so far has been from the Z2 Carbonate but a few finds have also been made from the Z3 Carbonate in the western Netherlands and the adjacent offshore area , and gas is present in both the Z1 and Z2 Carbonates in Scram . |
| 18 | As many parents have discovered , the problem with disposable nappies up to now has been with that word ‘ disposable ’ . |
| 19 | But all of the injustice until now has been with women inadequately supported and husbands |
| 20 | Because during the course of our discussions today I 'll ask you to introduce me to others if , and only if , you think this meeting with me today has been of benefit to yourself , would that be okay ? |
| 21 | The main historical tension here has been between the institution ( typically the university ) and the professional body . |
| 22 | Hitherto , our provision here has been at best haphazard , and at worst deplorable . |
| 23 | The focus here has been on Conventionality and Contrast , two pragmatic principles that together govern the lexicon . |
| 24 | There 's no doubt that the street-wisdom of the English forwards has been of huge value to them . |
| 25 | The focus of most research into residence abroad has been upon the improvement of linguistic skills whereas this project is to investigate the contribution residence makers to students ' perceptions of the way of life in another country . |
| 26 | It is nevertheless significant that , however much anti-German growling there has been on Capitol Hill since the invasion of Kuwait , little has been heard within the administration . |
| 27 | After a long searching , entangled in other happenings , detained by pointless encounters far from the village , I wake , and that place whose spirit so often but always so briefly has been within my reach , is once more lost forever . |
| 28 | Such success as it had from its first performance in 1936 onwards has been of the kind discouragingly dubbed as ‘ of esteem ’ . |
| 29 | If you are the victim of a burglary , the value of the property that has been stolen might be large or small , but the emotional upset and the feeling that someone else has been in your home can live with you for a long time . |
| 30 | ‘ Mine never has been at a Channel port . |