Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] has be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The traditional approach to the training and selection of headteachers has been on the basis of technical competence reinforced by practical experience .
2 Local Management of Schools has been to many of our schools .
3 ‘ A team of counsellors has been on duty over the weekend between 8am and 8pm and the helpline will remain live between these hours daily until 5pm on Friday , February 26 .
4 For example , a major preoccupation of sociologists has been with the cohesive effect of directive institutions through which power is exercised — the law , political systems , etc .
5 The balance of payments has been in surplus every year but two , external debt is less than 1% of official foreign reserves , and inflation has averaged only 2.2% in the past five years .
6 The best known use of zeolites has been as dehydrating agents — the so called molecular sieves — which can effectively filter out and hold on to water molecules thereby removing them from other liquids .
7 And the bed looks like a troop of soldiers has been over it . ’
8 The emphasis in schools has been on computer science and CAL .
9 The application of the spreading technique to oocytes has been of enormous benefit , just as in spermatocytes , in revealing intimate detail of pairing and other configurations at meiotic prophase .
10 The work of SCONUL in improving access to theses has been of considerable benefit in the communication of research results , but some work still remains .
11 His coaching and help at nets has been of benefit to all our players . ’
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