Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , the appropriate leader of change had been in some doubt . |
| 2 | To quote Bethe : ‘ It is difficult to describe to a non-scientist the novelty of the new concept … it was to me , who had been rather closely associated with the programme , about as surprising as the discovery of fission had been to physicists in 1939 . ’ |
| 3 | Sir Bryan of course had been in touch with the Chief Constable about the security and policing of the tournament . |
| 4 | Many of us wished that the same breadth of opportunity had been on offer in our own day . |
| 5 | Probably , for we later read that ‘ want of opportunity has been in some respect a prejudice to my business ’ , and , ‘ the noble act of embalming has been entirely ruined by the undertakers ’ . |
| 6 | The Treaty of Rome contained no specific references to the need for the Community to develop an Industrial Policy , consequently the main focus towards industry has been on competition policy , and on the creation of the SEM . |
| 7 | Within these phenomena four main areas of study have been of interest to rural geographers ; first , and most enduring of all , the study of rural population change ; second , and more recent in its concern , the study of rural communities ; third , and of more general relevance to other chapters in this book , the classification and definition of rural areas by both their population and employment characteristics ; and fourth , the study of employment in rural areas . |
| 8 | In LEAs where a scheme of delegation has been in place over a period of years , the question of making more money soon arises . |
| 9 | The main method of revision has been by the publication of new editions . |
| 10 | The camp was a most as noisy as the point of work had been during the day . |
| 11 | To do this he must assure himself that , on the day he is nominated as a candidate , he is 21 years of age or over , a British subject or a citizen of the Irish Republic and either that his name is on the register of electors in the local government area for which he intends to stand as a candidate , or that he has resided in the area ( or , in the case of a parish or community , within three miles of the area ) for a period of one year , or that he has occupied as owner or tenant land in the area for one year , or that his principal or only place of work has been in the area for one year . |
| 12 | Later theoretical developments of psychoanalysis have been by analysts who have largely given up this second requirement of a theoretical conceptualization , yet it was a fundamental one for Freud himself . |
| 13 | Erm most of the i involvement I 've ever had in any kind of job has been by accident . |
| 14 | Other than that , the main focus of attention has been on whether corporatist state administration is bureaucratic ( Etzioni-Halevy 1983 , pp. 69–71 ) . |
| 15 | A great deal of diversification has been of a conglomerate , ‘ unrelated ’ nature , but it seems hard to find any justification for unrelated diversification . |
| 16 | The Sisters of Our Lady of Charity have been at Bartestree Convent in Herefordshire for 130 years . |
| 17 | The Sisters of Our Lady of Charity have been at Bartestree Convent in Herefordshire for 130 years . |
| 18 | Most records of movement have been to the west , which may not be significant . |
| 19 | The prohibition of cannabis is no more effective now than the prohibition of alcohol has been in the past . |
| 20 | Conversely Newco may be entitled to deductions of VAT if the change of use has been from exempt use to taxable use . |
| 21 | This shape of coffin had been in use throughout western Europe since at least the middle of the fourteenth century , as shown by an illuminated manuscript in the Royal Library , Brussels , depicting the burial of victims of the Great Plague of Tournai in 1349 . |
| 22 | If Laura dropped in conversation that a piece of furniture had been in the family for generations , who was to argue ? |
| 23 | As I said before , the unity of Judaism had been in question since the time of Alexander . |
| 24 | The most systematic use of this sort of approach has been in the study of the coinage of the last century of the Roman Republic . |
| 25 | His first feelings of love had been for that gloriously liberated and beautiful tomboy . |
| 26 | Since the mid 1950s , the Office of Communication has been on the front line in the battle to give minorities and women a greater voice in the broadcast industry . |
| 27 | During this time I was able to develop some understanding of the sorts of backgrounds my interviewees came from , what their hopes , fears , values and experiences of life had been like before they joined the movement and how these might have changed since . |
| 28 | Pre-Windscale , he recalled , two Secretaries of State had been on a collision course . |
| 29 | Professor Brighouse has no idea why Mr Patten singled him out for attack , but says the Secretary of State has been under a lot of pressure |
| 30 | We followed up the representations that were made by the hon. Lady and by others on that point , and the regional offices of the Department of Employment have been in negotiation with TECs to try to establish the extent to which they need additional resources to meet the YT guarantee . |