Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adv] been [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If the first retailer has only been in business a short time before the second retailer opens his store then it is unlikely that anything can be done . |
| 2 | The few reported cases that have come to autopsy have generally shown bilateral cerebral lesions but the right sided damage has always been in the region of the occipito-temporal junction whereas the lesions on the left have not been uniformly located ( Benson , Segarra and Albert , 1974 ; Meadows , 1974 ; Whiteley and Warrington , 1977 ) . |
| 3 | ESL has been a particularly dynamic area of language teaching and one area of provision has always been for students who wish to continue their general education in this country or to take up training opportunities in MSC-funded schemes . |
| 4 | The strength of this Division has always been in the determination and ability of the people working within it . |
| 5 | Since Mr Lawson has long been in favour of a stable exchange rate — and since industry has enthusiastically supported him , by expressing its enthusiasm for membership of the European Monetary System — it is ill-placed to argue against an increase in base rates at a time when sterling was threatening to fall below three marks , although the Confederation of British Industry has predictably grumbled that the rise was unnecessary . |
| 6 | Lindsay McKeown has already been on asking for her phone number . |
| 7 | With all of its efforts to establish itself in the Unix marketplace , DEC has sometimes been in danger of convincing its own VMS customers that the traditional VAX lines have not been keeping up with Unix in the price/performance race . |
| 8 | Alex Stein has already been in touch with you , however I would formally confirm that we would be interested in such a publicity campaign for Council Tax at about the time bills are being issued in April . |
| 9 | The Enterprise Co-ordination Programme has now been in operation for eighteen months and a revised , enhanced budget has been negotiated with the Department of Trade and Industry for the year ahead . |
| 10 | Val Smith , 35 , who worked for the company for 19 years before she was sacked , said : ‘ Closure has always been on the cards . |
| 11 | The ME Polartek Sweater has hardly been off my back for the past month or so . |
| 12 | ‘ The Port of Larne has always been in the forefront of development and modernisation . |
| 13 | In consultation with the Department of the Environment and the Scottish Office , which are represented on MOD 's housing task force , my Department has recently been in contact with all local authorities , seeking information on their arrangements for the provision of housing for ex-service personnel . |
| 14 | Crime has always been with us and Halling was no exception and it has been estimated that Kent 's crime rate in the 13th century was higher than any other county , and a statement by Prof. James Given , of Michigan , says that the percentage of murders at 23 per 100,000 in Kent was higher than the U.S.A. average of today . |
| 15 | The ship building industry has also been in decline for a decade or more , and in each year 's report has documented well that decline . |
| 16 | My position on the Jews has always been without ambiguity . |
| 17 | Mr Ishaq has also been at work on the Sindh assembly , in which Miss Bhutto 's supporters make up the biggest group . |
| 18 | The reviewer has only been in office for eight months but so far has not had cause to uphold a single application for a review . |
| 19 | If society in all its aspects has always been in a state of flux , it is highly unlikely that this process will end at any particular time . |
| 20 | The other half of his ambition has never been in doubt . |
| 21 | Bach has always been among my major loves . |
| 22 | The annual survey system for planning public expenditure over the medium term has now been in use for 30 years . |
| 23 | Philson has also been on trial with Spurs and is interesting Rangers and Manchester United . |
| 24 | Graham Turner 's future has also been to the fore recently but for different reasons . |
| 25 | The updated Accord has only been on sale in Britain for six weeks , but already Honda 's well ahead of its target of three and a half thousand sold by Christmas . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're sure Eleanor 's never been near the stables ? ’ she asked at last , in a small voice . |
| 27 | US hardcore has always been about self-squandering and auto-mutilation . |
| 28 | Subsequent Acts have tended to produce more detailed requirements , but the main thrust has always been for nationalized industries ' accounts to produce , as a minimum , the amount and kind of information that a PLC has to produce . |
| 29 | The quality of his work has always been of exceptional high standard and featured in every major project in the company . |
| 30 | To all this is added ( and it must be emphasised that Catholicism has always been in the ascendancy ) , a healthy input from the Jewish fraternity whose civic and educational emphasis greatly increases the town 's well-being , albeit from a proportionately tiny community . |