Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] week " in BNC.
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| 1 | The announcement has been delayed until next week , to avoid clashing with the Prime Minister 's speech to the Conservative conference today . |
| 2 | ‘ At the alleged places of detention , ’ Mr Ahtisaari said , ‘ the facilities were found to have been stripped of all valuable material and not to have been inhabited for several weeks at least . ’ |
| 3 | BRITISH Telecom complains it has been plagued in recent weeks with claims that chairman Iain Vallance is resigning . |
| 4 | Interferon has been given for 24 weeks or longer in a few , mainly Mediterranean , studies ( response rates 26% to 70% ) . |
| 5 | His hair , untended , curled thick as a dog 's at his neck under a shapeless wool cap , and his mind was turned patently inwards ; far from seeking , or even thinking of the men from whom he had been parted for six weeks . |
| 6 | If no copy of the general practitioner review has been received within two weeks of the prompt a telephone call to the general practitioner is made . |
| 7 | This simple audit , which took less than nine hours , has led us , as a first step , to chase up all notes that have not been received within 12 weeks . |
| 8 | Mr Heseltine has long advocated an extension of such agencies to other British regions , and Sir Geoffrey 's new-found support could signal Cabinet debate on industrial policy — an issue which has been omitted from this week 's conference agenda . |
| 9 | The door is locked and the windows are covered with grime ; in the silence the whole place looks as if it has not been occupied for several weeks . |
| 10 | Consultation date has been picked for three weeks on Tuesday . |
| 11 | Leith 's catering company has been hired to look after the Press at the stadium , which has been booked for three weeks . |
| 12 | Several aspects of the reshuffle , which had been expected for several weeks , were attacked by opposition groups who demanded greater reductions . |
| 13 | A meeting has been organised for next week to discuss the situation . |
| 14 | The Mirror has been beset in recent weeks with rumours and reports that it was about to be taken over . |
| 15 | Fullback Marty Roebuck continues to be in the wars and suffered a broken jaw in a pre-season club trial , while Test hooker Phil Kearns has been sidelined for three weeks with knee trouble . |
| 16 | They posed for photographers at the star-studded show , giving the lie to rumours they had been separated for several weeks . |
| 17 | The 70-year-old has not been seen for four weeks since leaving the Robert Huggins home for the elderly in Acklam . |
| 18 | EXPERT OPINION Gary Hollyhead , head chef at Sutherlands Restaurant , prefers his beef to have been hung for three weeks , for maximum tenderness and the best flavour . |
| 19 | THE team entrusted with the task of putting the little-known sport of boccia on the British sporting map has been selected following last week 's national championships at York University . |
| 20 | There was no question of stopping shooting : Columbus had been promised within six weeks . |
| 21 | By 1987 the numbers were so huge that the ability of the West to take in all comers was strained No force had been used in last week 's operation , he insisted . |
| 22 | The pub has been closed for eight weeks but tenant Tracy Willcox said the renovation was a vast improvement . |
| 23 | A special meeting has therefore been called for two weeks time in order to press forward with ideas that could be implemented next season . |
| 24 | I have been intreated during these weeks , cajoled , wheedled , almost caressed , tortured , threatened , brow-beaten and all but blackmailed to step in as the saviour of society . ’ |
| 25 | Mr Bell said : ‘ My programme has been set for many weeks and every day is tied up . ’ |
| 26 | And that will be a welcome step forward for the troubled City boss , whose dealings have been restricted in recent weeks by the uncertainty surrounding the Deva Stadium club . |
| 27 | At the May 22 press conference Interior Minister Abdullah Kallal said that almost 300 people — about 100 of them members of the armed forces — had been arrested over recent weeks in connection with a coup plot directed by Ghannouchi . |
| 28 | On Jan. 30 the Agence France-Presse news agency reported that some 20 Moslem clerics had been arrested in recent weeks and that a 40-year-old preacher had been sacked and condemned to 80 lashes in December after he had used his Friday sermon to insult the leaders of a Saudi women 's association . |
| 29 | Some 200 people in possession of pamphlets calling for a multiparty political system were reported to have been arrested in recent weeks around the country ; the human rights organization Amnesty International said that many people working in companies with facsimile transmission machines capable of receiving opposition literature printed abroad were among those detained . |
| 30 | The argument had in effect been adjourned to this week , during which time the group was to read and digest the pamphlets Sheila had brought along . |