Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of its size it has rarely been on view there this century . |
| 2 | This organisation has since been in correspondence with Neil Kinnock 's Westminster office , but has yet to receive any clear indication of whether Labour would indeed reduce the age of consent for gay men from 21 to 16 . |
| 3 | The boy was arrested and has since been in care because of ill-feelings in Mrs Fort 's community . |
| 4 | This form of mimicking was described by the great biologist Henry Bates in the l9th century ; and such Batesian mimicry has long been of interest , particularly to students of evolution . |
| 5 | But the essence of re-engineering — taking a strategic view of the component functions of a business , stripping some out and streamlining others with inter-disciplinary teams and more effective use of technology — has long been under way in a number of companies . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Fortunately the city has long been protected by the sorcerous Shifting Isles but its ability to defend itself in the event of a serious invasion has long been in doubt . |
| 8 | Mrs Rouncewell 's son , Watt , who has long been in love with Rosa , eventually marries her . |
| 9 | The grip of her revision is surprising , for it has long been in need of revision itself . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Exemplar , which has only been in development since the beginning of the year ( UX No 423 ) , will be used for creating , storing and retrieving application objects across multiple platforms and networks . |
| 12 | Since the First Directive has only been in operation for a matter of weeks , much has still to be learned about its full impact . |
| 13 | Marian welcomes the more interventionist role available to the Court under the new Act which has only been in force since October 1991 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The system has only been in place for a month but already , says ‘ we are seeing the benefits . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Current refinements , no doubt with Christmas present buying in mind , include boxed sets of three or more related cassettes from Warners — for example , all three of James Dean 's movies for £29.95 , or for the same price , Marilyn Monroe in The Prince and the Showgirl , The Misfits and ( a bit of a scoop , since it has not been on video before ) Some Like It Hot . |
| 18 | ‘ My mind has not been on dust , Emilia . ’ |
| 19 | There , the emphasis to date has not been on regulation per se , but on building a culture sensitive to the management of conflicts of interest . |
| 20 | Well this i that 's a lunch club rumour because that one has not been to airport |
| 21 | It is — The Under-Secretary of State , the hon. Member for Maidstone ( Miss Widdecombe ) , laughs and cackles , but I have no doubt that she has not been to Archway Tower . |
| 22 | Although the Church was slow off the mark following the population migration and concentration in the expanding towns during the Industrial Revolution , failure has not been for want of trying . |
| 23 | He has returned to the Players ' Championship and the New Orleans tournament after a six-week lay-off with eight rounds in which he has not been over par and has been under five times . |
| 24 | A correspondent from the Financial Times reported after a visit to Battambang on Jan. 24 that the city " is not , and has not been under siege " . |
| 25 | We have fought long and hard for a certain amount of privacy in society , especially within the home , but this has not been without cost , and now we search for ways of re-establishing the collective level , as it is a part of women 's nature to do . |
| 26 | The resurrection has not been without pain , however . |
| 27 | Fuchs 's career as a museum director has not been without controversy . |
| 28 | At the same time the kairos approach apparently allows it to be said that the past has not been at fault ; it is simply that God moves with humanity into a new age . |
| 29 | Equally , triumphalism of the dotty kind has not been in evidence at all ; nobody , for example , has let slip the belief that the present knowledge of genetics is so certain and detailed that the future of the human race can now be predicted . |
| 30 | A student who has not been in attendance for more than three days through illness or other cause must notify immediately either the course director or senior course tutor , or the research supervisor , who shall inform the Academic Registrar . |