Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [vb base] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | to acknowledge how ‘ well run ’ the wilderness has been ( and presumably would be under the same regime in future ) and how adept their bailiffs and stalkers have been at pursuing ‘ a careful policy of highly selective culling , a scientific approach to hind and calf management . ’ |
| 2 | Everywhere in public life , old families , old money and titles have been in decline , while business has advanced . |
| 3 | Conservatives councils in shires , districts and cities have been at the forefront of these reforms . |
| 4 | The report and accounts have been in your hands for the statutory period er , and you 've had the chance to read my statement . |
| 5 | The final series of the Hudson and Halls show is to be screened by the BBC later this year . |
| 6 | Traditional beer and pubs have been under threat for decades — and remain so today . |
| 7 | I suspect that tensions concerning rights , freedoms and responsibilities have been with us since the earliest days of humanity . |
| 8 | The problem is to seek the correct balance , and to this end monitoring and studies have been in progress since 1989 . |
| 9 | In many countries teachers and academics have been at the forefront of the fight for justice , democracy , trade union and human rights — the Pro-Democracy movements in China , South Korea and Myanmar have all been led by students and academics — and they have suffered for their non-violent dissent . |
| 10 | Individual properties and relations have been with us since Aristotle , and have had the support of such diverse philosophers as Peirce and Stout , but they have not always got a good name . |
| 11 | IBOA and its members have grave concerns about this development and negotiations have been in progress for the past number of months . |
| 12 | Lower corporate profits , the crisis caused by reckless bank lending and corporate dabbling in financial derivatives , tumbling property prices and scandals involving business , investment houses , the yakuza crime syndicates and politicians have been at the core of Japan 's financial woes . |