Example sentences of "have [adv] been [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | First of all erm we 'll you you you 've obviously been round the construction industry a bit . |
| 2 | The situation in the Gulf may now dwarf the Palestinian issue , but no Middle East crisis can be seen in isolation ; a thousand days of protest has assured the plight of Palestinians has rarely been off the world agenda . |
| 3 | Bob Stokes , who was coach of the side when they last won the trophy ( under the guise of Whitburn ) has since been to the final on six occasions ( with Whitburn and Team Scottish Farm ) and lost every time . |
| 4 | The province has since been in the forefront of China 's efforts to reassure foreign businessmen that its door will be staying open for ‘ business as usual ’ . |
| 5 | The carpet has obviously been in the family for years , too , and the Rembrandt is unrestored and almost completely black . |
| 6 | Recently the big news has all been about the latest electronic machines and computer programs for them . |
| 7 | Reform of the rating system has long been on the political agenda . |
| 8 | California has long been at the green cutting edge , and had the bill been passed , other states and possibly nations may have followed in its wake . |
| 9 | Such initiatives petered out in the decades after the war ; indeed , it has only been since the mid 1980s that new attempts have been made , in Nell 's words , ‘ to regain the higher ground ’ , re-establishing the Underground as an influential patron of public art as well as improving the passenger environment . |
| 10 | But this has only been at the ‘ official ’ level ; as Sykes ( 1958 ) and many subsequent studies have shown , loss of a sense of physical security is still one of the major ‘ pains of imprisonment ’ as perceived by inmates . |
| 11 | He barely speaks Italian and in fact has only been to the country of his ancestry once — on a school trip . |
| 12 | It has only been in the last year or so that the Government has started to grapple with major areas of social policy like education and housing . |
| 13 | Jaromil has discovered that writing can be what reading has familiarly been for the ordinary person : an escape , a shelter , a door to the alternative self . |
| 14 | He added : ‘ I 'm astounded he has not been on the fringe of the Dutch team . ’ |
| 15 | Mason has not been on the losing side since joining Blyth 16 games ago . |
| 16 | An untitled drip painting by Jackson Pollock which has not been on the market since 1949 is estimated at $1–1.5 million ( £666,000–1,000,000 ) and will be the highlight of this sale of contemporary art . |
| 17 | High points of the show are large-format charcoal and red chalk drawings from 1898–99 , a number of landscapes of the area around Worpswede , and a horizontal format variation on the theme of ‘ Child Blowing a Horn ’ , which has not been on the market since the 1930s . |
| 18 | In profit-oriented organizations this emphasis has not been to the exclusion of performance measures for the simple reason that , because of the existence of the profit measure , the stewardship accounts can be analysed to yield pointers to performance . |
| 19 | Erm I must say I share Peter 's view here that the er location of the new settlement , whether in general terms or by district , has not been through the public consultation process . |
| 20 | To be fair , I did n't , I did say we 're talking about parenting and one one could do another programme perhaps , focusing on the child or the needs and rights of the child in specific , but I think I 've been looking at the almost the scariness , I suppose , of being a parent , the challenges facing parents and the whole half hour , really , has not been about the joys of parenthood , so much as the problems of parenthood ! |
| 21 | He added : ‘ Whereas in the previous downturn in the 1980s when a lot of cyclical companies were haemorraging cash , this time the pressure on profits has not been at the expense of their financial position . ’ |
| 22 | However , constitutional theory has not been at the heart of modern social science research . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ Pay has not been at the top of the teachers ’ agenda but this derisory increase will push it high up their list of grievances . ’ |
| 24 | The current interest in problem solving arises from the recognition that : • problem solving is a common everyday phenomenon • problem solving can be taught and learned ( and has not been in the past ) • problem-solving skills are applicable in most fields • problem solving can be fun . |
| 25 | It has not been in the hobby quite that long , but has , I estimate , been around for well over 30 years , and was probably the first Apisto to be kept in captivity . |
| 26 | Discs has gone for promotion of the label en bloc , it has not been in the most obvious way , but it does typify the house sense of humour . |
| 27 | Welfare provision , too , can be higher in the capitalist West than in the socialist East , as the two Germanies illustrate ; and the migration of the poor across the Iron Curtain , as many remarked , has not been in the direction of socialism . |
| 28 | Interestingly , the place where this question has been raised most insistently has not been in the GATT or in Brussels , but in the American courts . |
| 29 | The same applies to Eckhard Pfeiffer , who has certainly turned Compaq Computer Corp around for the time being , but has not been in the job long enough to demonstrate proven staying power . |
| 30 | My Spurs mate has not been in the Railway Tavern , but has agreed to try it out . |