Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] has be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She then moved to Bristol City Council where she has been for some months . |
| 2 | Will the Italian Abbado remain musical director of the Vienna State Opera where he has been for the past three years ? |
| 3 | The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years . |
| 4 | The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years . |
| 5 | IN MID SEPTEMBER , 28XX class No.3822 returns to the Great Western Society from the West Somerset Railway where it has been on loan since March 19th this year . |
| 6 | To forecast where the economy is heading , economists need information on where it is now , and where it has been in the recent past . |
| 7 | As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion . |
| 8 | Although it has been in existence for some considerable time , train operation for passengers has been provided by battery-electric power . |
| 9 | Although he has been with the organisation since his teens , the appointment was revolutionary since Mr Newmarch was from the investment side of the business , rather than an actuary . |
| 10 | The city this morning is relatively calm , far quieter than it has been on many days in recent months . |
| 11 | Broadly , we may say that industry will have to be far less rigid ; indeed much more flexible in adapting itself to change than it has been for the past twenty years . |
| 12 | Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago . |
| 13 | This temperature increase may appear to be small , but in reality the earth would then be warmer than it has been for the past 125,000 years ( the peak of the last interglacial ) and possibly even warmer than it has been for the past two million years ( the duration of the Quaternary period of fluctuation glacials and interglacials ) . |
| 14 | This temperature increase may appear to be small , but in reality the earth would then be warmer than it has been for the past 125,000 years ( the peak of the last interglacial ) and possibly even warmer than it has been for the past two million years ( the duration of the Quaternary period of fluctuation glacials and interglacials ) . |
| 15 | The Heart of Wales Line is now under greater threat than it has been for many years , because of financial pressures from British Rail in general and Regional Railways in particular . |
| 16 | The Commonwealth came closer together than it has been for a long time . |
| 17 | However , the truth of the matter is that the Scottish economy is in a better state now than it has been for many years and is continuing to thrive . |
| 18 | And in fact housing is more affordable now , than it has been for twenty five or thirty years . |
| 19 | The NPC ended its annual session yesterday by passing all laws and reports put before it , but dissent was far greater than it has been in the years following the 1989 crackdown in Peking , which Li played a leading role in . |
| 20 | As in this family , there is some migration of young people from the rural areas to the towns of Northern Ireland but this movement is less than it has been in Scotland or England during the last 40 years . |
| 21 | ‘ Piss ’ is one of several four-letter words less acceptable today than it has been in the past . |
| 22 | Unless the UN proved much tougher in Bosnia than it has been in Croatia , the Owen concession would have meant that , from Serb-held territories in Croatia through Serb-held territories in Bosnia to the border of Serbia itself , Serbs would remain in control , whatever the peace plan said . |
| 23 | Child support will therefore not necessarily be any more reliable or regular in the future than it has been in the past . |
| 24 | It is likely that under those agreements extradition within Europe would in future be easier than it has been in the past , which I think the hon. Gentleman would welcome . |
| 25 | An international panel of climate experts , chaired by Dr John Houghton , director of the Meteorological Office , have warned that global temperatures will rise by 0.3C each decade , making the planet warmer than it has been in the past 10,000 years . |
| 26 | One of the dangers of the current climate for admission , which makes it more difficult than it has been in recent years for students to get into universities , is that the concentration is on the techniques of application , rather than on what lies behind the mechanical process . |
| 27 | It 's also a relaxed , romantic ad for Bill S , more alive here than he has been for decades . |
| 28 | Since you came here he has laughed more and been amused more than he has been for the past two years . |
| 29 | Wade Dooley is by no means the only player who was apt to be more profitable under the old laws than he has been under the new . |
| 30 | He 's fitter and sharper than he has been at any stage of his career , and he 's now playing to his full potential . |