Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heads interviewed had been in post from four terms to nearly 20 years . |
| 2 | Many spoke with respect and admiration for the soldiers of the 6th Army , but took the view that the losses suffered had been in vain . |
| 3 | The only words spoken had been to the butler and maid , who were waiting at table and when they rose , Tamar excused herself . |
| 4 | Indeed , religious tensions appear to have been at the root of the party divide — not the sole cause , it should be stressed ( indeed , much of this book has been concerned with documenting the complex ways constitutional and religious issues interacted ) , but perhaps the most potent source of conflict , with attitudes towards Dissent ( whether one was sympathetic or hostile to Protestant Nonconformists ) being one of the strongest predictors of partisan allegiance . |
| 5 | The most common , but least obvious , way that sites get buried is through the natural processes of decay and renewal . |
| 6 | The main problem that companies have to face is in choosing the most appropriate channel , and from the viewpoint of sales management this includes the type of sales outlet that must be serviced . |
| 7 | He added : ‘ What the policyholders have to ask is for whose benefit is it being done — the management 's or the policyholders ’ ? |
| 8 | Those projects observed had been in progress for over a year and most had established a good opening strategy as might be expected from their ability to identify schools with good potential for change . |
| 9 | Yet the fall in Poland 's output since its reforms began has been at least as severe as in eastern Germany . |
| 10 | On each occasion the items stolen have been of little value , but the thefts are a continual thorn in the side of the cricket club committee . |
| 11 | His financial interests appear to have been in land and minerals . |
| 12 | The rich picture should include all the important hard ‘ facts ’ of the organisational situation , and the examples given have been of this nature . |
| 13 | Towards the end of the research most of the children referred had been in care for shorter periods of time and were still in more or less meaningful contact with members of their natural families . |
| 14 | The two main issues thought to have been on the agenda for Li 's visit were South Korea 's intention to apply for separate membership of the UN ( North Korea favoured the two Korean states sharing a single UN seat ) , and the growing pressure for the North Korean government to allow international inspection of its nuclear facilities , an issue at the heart of the current normalization talks between North Korea and Japan [ see below ] . |
| 15 | The origins of this reform of the services for deprived children seem to have been in a child care scandal , the O'Neill case , which led to the setting up of the Curtis Committee to investigate contemporary practice . |
| 16 | Police said had been in Germany since last September and was being considered for asylum . |
| 17 | Vamplew ( 1979:2f ) states that , of the five types of disorder classified by Mann and Pearce , ‘ all but remonstrance can be found at soccer grounds in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , though the majority of incidents appear to have been of the frustration or confrontation varieties ’ . |
| 18 | The bloody fools seem to have been under the impression that they had performed rather well . |
| 19 | All the adventurers have to do is to be out of sight of the Fiend when it emerges after 3 Turns . |
| 20 | On Sept. 28 Security Minister Mensan Agbeyome Kodjo announced the results of the referendum held the previous day , stating that 99.09 per cent of votes cast had been in favour of constitutional change . |
| 21 | Is it not a fact that most of the jobs lost have been in industries belonging to the last century and that most of the jobs gained are in industries with a bright future ? |
| 22 | Total employment is now almost half a million less than the numbers Mrs Thatcher inherited in 1979 , and more than half the jobs lost have been among the self-employed . |
| 23 | Most of our advertisers have have been in something or other before . |