Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb base] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The total losses have been of the order of 25,000 , but the fact remains that there are still more than 140,000 people directly involved in the defence industry and more than 120,000 indirectly involved . |
| 2 | WHILE most British eyes have been on the election of a new Westminster parliament , a 500-member pensioner 's parliament from all 12 countries of the European Community has called for better pensions throughout the EC . |
| 3 | More than 300 workers have been on strike since 29 January over a dispute about enforced lay-offs . |
| 4 | First of all British troops have been in in Northern Ireland for a hundred and ninety five years since eighteen hundred . |
| 5 | Some decks have been in production virtually unchanged for two decades ( the sublime Linn Sondek , for instance ) . |
| 6 | Black artists , photographers , film makers and cultural critics have been in the forefront of demands and attempts to break the bounds of an aesthetic of ‘ positive images ’ . |
| 7 | Of these , coatings and electronic materials have been under pressure due to the recession in user industries such as cars , computers and construction . |
| 8 | So that when Greg Hocking , after an evening marking essays , came in at nine-fifteen for a good night pint , his friend the landlord said : ‘ Your old girls have been at it today . ’ |
| 9 | President , Congress , since nineteen seventy nine local authorities and public services have been under attack from the Tory government . |
| 10 | The US electronic industries have been in recession for about four years , and Morton 's business in this area is driven by computers , telecommunications and consumer electronics including components for cars , all of which have been hit . |
| 11 | The reasons for this decentralising movement towards the growth of workplace bargaining activity in Western European countries have been in part economic , as a result of generally high employment and continuous economic growth in the post-war years to the mid-1970s along with a varying capacity to pay of separate employers . |
| 12 | Such reactions have been at best unhelpful and at worst extremely damaging . |
| 13 | Where such contracts have been in force for 3 years or longer , but are not for a specific undertaking eg building a house , claims are admissible under the policy . |
| 14 | The hon. Member for Linlithgow is only too well aware of how successful the central institutions have been in working with the expertise in the Scottish Office . |
| 15 | In parts of southern Africa individual units have been in use for over 20 years . |
| 16 | Foreigners are flooding the market — in the last three weeks alone , six Norwegians have been to Premier League clubs on trial . |
| 17 | Much of the blame must be laid at the door of the disorganised America 's Cup Organising Committee , who for the past 10 months have been on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 18 | Similar provisions have been in force since 1980 . |
| 19 | Many of Britain 's civil servants have been on strike in protest at what they see as moves towards privatisation which they believe could cost them their jobs . |
| 20 | The most intense competition that the London derivative exchanges face is from the other 23 European exchanges . |
| 21 | Experience gained in the course of employment as Librarian , British Geological Survey ( BGS ) , Edinburgh , suggests that such theses have been of great practical benefit to the geological community . |
| 22 | Privately , senior party members claim women do not put themselves forward , are not up to the job and stress that most male MPs have been in place for a long time . |
| 23 | The majority of these forms have been in use since October 1967 when the drink/driving law regarding being over the prescribed limit ( OPL ) was introduced . |
| 24 | To date , three cases have been through this process . |
| 25 | Deer have been very much part of my life , and I hope these notes have been of interest and helpful in understanding why stalking takes place . |
| 26 | ‘ I am thinking that maybe these gentlemen have been to one English Wine Shop , ’ said Dr Haidar , speaking in that slightly sanctimonious tone that Muslims sometimes adopt when discussing alcohol . |
| 27 | ‘ I further assert that these spores have been with us since the birth of mankind . |
| 28 | Electric cars have been with us as milk floats for many years . |
| 29 | All three companies have been in receipt of money raised by ‘ unusual ’ means . |
| 30 | Again these changes have been in response to legislation and have taken a number of forms . |