Example sentences of "[verb] been [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Both suggest that in the area of sexual morality the change has been towards less restraint , less control and more choice .
2 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 .
3 The Liberal Democratic Party has been through many name changes since the 1987 election .
4 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 .
5 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 . ’
6 Gloucestershire County Council has been down this road before .
7 The city this morning is relatively calm , far quieter than it has been on many days in recent months .
8 ( Everyone is someone 's cousin in Bala , and a great help it has been on several occasions . )
9 Will discussion of reform then be remitted , as it has been on several occasions from 1916 onwards , to a Speaker 's Conference ?
10 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 .
11 A bridge has been on this site from the 14th century .
12 The Midland Fishery trout farm has been on this site at Horsley near Nailsworth since 1883 ; now its present owners have decided to sell .
13 ‘ No-one has been on this path for two days . ’
14 As many parents have discovered , the problem with disposable nappies up to now has been with that word ‘ disposable ’ .
15 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 .
16 The exercise of these duties has been at all times , and remains , subject to the visitorial jurisdiction of the judges .
17 He 's fitter and sharper than he has been at any stage of his career , and he 's now playing to his full potential .
18 Joanne works at a grammar school and almost all her teaching experience has been at this school .
19 Beryl Davies has been to several meetings of the Shropshire A. S. M. group .
20 As outlined in para 3.3 below , the City Code applies to takeovers of certain categories of private companies ( broadly where the equity share capital has been to some extent publicly held at any time within the ten years prior to the offer ) .
21 The exemption does not apply if the equity share capital of the private company has been to some extent publicly held at any time within the ten years prior to the offer .
22 erm The response has been for that authority then to groin its bit of beach , and so we end up with a situation today where along the Sussex coast practically the whole of the coast is groined , except for the areas which are backed by high cliffs , erm where we have the sorts of rates of erosion that I mentioned .
23 The place anciently belonged to the Fauconbergs , but has been for many generations the seat of the Bethells .
24 The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years .
25 The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years .
26 Suppose State C has been for many years the major supplier of wheat to State A. If States A and B make an agreement that A will buy wheat from B instead of from C , this will affect C which will have to decide upon its response .
27 The Heart of Wales Line is now under greater threat than it has been for many years , because of financial pressures from British Rail in general and Regional Railways in particular .
28 However , the truth of the matter is that the Scottish economy is in a better state now than it has been for many years and is continuing to thrive .
29 I know that that is not entirely agreeable to some of my hon. Friends and to some Opposition Members , but that is the fact of life — and has been for many years .
30 The census has been for many years now an important instrument , among a range of such instruments , in the administration of the welfare state .
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