Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [been] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The full effects of the theological liberalism which had been at work since the nineteenth century came into their own in the English-speaking world after the publication of Honest to God ( Robinson 1963 ) . |
| 2 | However , the Heilbron Report made no proposals to change the law on the issue which had been at stake in the Morgan case — that a man could escape a rape conviction if he thought that the woman was consenting whether she was or not . |
| 3 | The rail tanker , which had been on route from Ince to Sellafield , was quickly moved into sidings while fire crews and specialists from Kemira , who were transporting the nitric acid , were called in . |
| 4 | The rail tanker , which had been on route from Ince to Sellafield , was quickly moved into sidings while fire crews and specialists from Kemira , who were transporting the nitric acid , were called in . |
| 5 | UPH 's shareholders may wonder why Desmond spent £4.4m of their money on a site which had been on offer for £2.7m . |
| 6 | A number of museums wanted the works , some of which had been on loan to The Metropolitan . |
| 7 | The Christian town of Zahle , which had been under siege by leftist militias , was now open to visitors and traffic , the Syrians cooperating openly with the local Phalangist defenders . |
| 8 | ‘ A particular blackspot was the port of Kaffa in the Crimea , which had been under siege by the Mongols . |
| 9 | International efforts to end the continuing civil war in the former Yugoslavia centred in June on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Bosnia-Hercegovina , and in particular on efforts to secure a ceasefire between Serb and Bosnian forces in the capital , Sarajevo , in order to open the airport to humanitarian aid for the city , which had been under siege since April . |
| 10 | On Jan. 19 the Ministry for Research , Technology and the Environment confirmed that two inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , at the invitation of the Algerian government , had visited the nuclear reactor at Ain Oussera , 140 km south of Algiers , which had been under construction since 1986 with technical assistance from China . |
| 11 | This port was frequently a target for Iraqi attacks , if only because of the intermittently suspended Japanese-Iranian petrochemical plant which had been under construction there for some years . |
| 12 | In response to the Berlin crisis American B-29s bombers were deployed at bases which had been under development since 1946 . |
| 13 | The USA reacted angrily to the attack and threatened to call off talks with the PLO which had been under way since late 1987 . |
| 14 | Seventeen of those arrested , including the soldiers , were detained on Aug. 21 , whilst the others were arrested in separate operations which had been under way since March . |
| 15 | The national debate concerning Canada 's constitutional future — particularly Quebec 's role within it — which had been under way since the collapse in June 1990 of the Meech Lake Accord [ see pp. 37519-20 ] , continued in June but showed some evidence of a greater willingness to compromise by both the separatist French minority and the English-speaking majority . |
| 16 | At issue was a boundary question between Venezuela and British Guiana which had been under discussion for some time . |
| 17 | Copies of the transitional government 's broad economic programme , which had been under discussion by the Council of Representatives in October and November , became freely available to the public in early December . |
| 18 | On Jan. 13 a new Constitution , which had been under discussion since June 1991 [ see p. 38290 ] , was adopted by the People 's Great Hural ( parliament ) by 328 votes to one , with two abstentions , and was signed by President Punsalmaagiyn Ochirbat at a ceremony on Jan. 15 . |
| 19 | On April 23 the Bulgarian National Assembly adopted the privatization bill which had been under discussion since February [ see p. 38776 ] . |
| 20 | The bill , which had been under consideration for more than two years , would have ended the state monopoly on broadcasting and reorganized the radio and television services as independent public bodies . |
| 21 | In 1988 the applicant was charged with six other offences , and in 1989 with two further offences which had been under investigation since 1983 . |
| 22 | The two sides reviewed the results of the investigations of the 119 " discrepancy cases " which had been under investigation since 1988 . |
| 23 | On Nov. 26 , the Azerbaijani parliament adopted a resolution annulling the autonomous status of the mainly Armenian-populated region of Nagorny Karabakh , which had been under dispute since 1988 . |
| 24 | The three ministers belonging to the CDU ( which had been under pressure from its West German counterpart to dissociate itself from the regime ) also withdrew from the coalition on Jan. 25 " to make way for negotiations " but would continue in a caretaker capacity . |
| 25 | A major EC loan which had been under negotiation for some months [ see p. 37968 ] was approved on Feb. 25 , 1991 , but was conditional on the implementation of economic measures corresponding to those outlined in the adjustment programme . |
| 26 | Press reports noted that both sides denied that the Dec. 2 settlement , which had been under negotiation for 18 months , had any connection with the recent releases of US hostages in Lebanon . |
| 27 | The meeting was widely seen as an opportunity for both sides to stress the importance of the US-Japanese partnership , which had been under strain following the Gulf war . |
| 28 | On April 8 state Governor C. Panigrahi invited the leader of the local Congress ( I ) to form a government in Manipur , which had been under president 's rule since Jan. 7 [ see p. 38727 ] . |
| 29 | The House approved cases the authority of which had been in doubt . |
| 30 | Any form of limited franchise , such as that which had been in operation since 1815 , was a direct affront to the principles of 1789 , which had declared the people to be sovereign . |