Example sentences of "of [noun] has be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably , for we later read that ‘ want of opportunity has been in some respect a prejudice to my business ’ , and , ‘ the noble act of embalming has been entirely ruined by the undertakers ’ . |
| 2 | In LEAs where a scheme of delegation has been in place over a period of years , the question of making more money soon arises . |
| 3 | To do this he must assure himself that , on the day he is nominated as a candidate , he is 21 years of age or over , a British subject or a citizen of the Irish Republic and either that his name is on the register of electors in the local government area for which he intends to stand as a candidate , or that he has resided in the area ( or , in the case of a parish or community , within three miles of the area ) for a period of one year , or that he has occupied as owner or tenant land in the area for one year , or that his principal or only place of work has been in the area for one year . |
| 4 | The prohibition of cannabis is no more effective now than the prohibition of alcohol has been in the past . |
| 5 | The most systematic use of this sort of approach has been in the study of the coinage of the last century of the Roman Republic . |
| 6 | The balance of payments has been in surplus every year but two , external debt is less than 1% of official foreign reserves , and inflation has averaged only 2.2% in the past five years . |
| 7 | The Sultan has ruled by decree and a state of emergency has been in force since a large-scale revolt in December 1962 which resulted in the suspension of sections of the Constitution [ see pp. 19261-62 ] . |
| 8 | A state of emergency has been in force and the Sultan has ruled by decree since a large-scale revolt in 1962 which resulted in the suspension of sections of the Constitution . |