Example sentences of "have been [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Quite a number of experiments leading to such identification have been with small aspect ratio Bénard convection ( Sections 22.1 , 22.4 ) [ 87 , 181 , 246 ] ; small in this context means not much greater than unity .
2 there 's been a lot of people that have been on that level for a long while .
3 I 've been on that plane , I have been on that plane
4 A disgruntled father whose two sons have been on several skiing fortnights feels school trips are run primarily for the teachers ' convenience .
5 Is she , where , is she actually proposing that these should be located ? in , in the countryside , in , in towns ? because they 're sens sensitivities o on that particular on the siting of that er particular activity and er we 're seen it elsewhere , er , those of us who have been on this committee for some time will know the concern that there are about the location of waste recycling facilities and er as I say I would hate that we would have a list of sites across the county which would just start paying us money and quite frankly should never be started .
6 A lady who suffers with a hiatus hernia wrote , ‘ I have had to take Rennies after meals for years but since I have been on this diet I have n't had a Rennie for five weeks !
7 ‘ Look , we have been on this world a matter of a few days .
8 All four have been on unconditional bail since October last year .
9 Since then they have been on active duty in Aden , Persian Gulf , Malaya , Borneo , Northern Ireland , and Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf .
10 Supporters of gun control are in a stronger position now than they have been at any time since 1968 , after the shootings of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy .
11 Because of the repayments that were made of borrowing during that period , in the midst of a recession we are now in a better position to borrow prudently — than we have been at any stage in the past : to borrow prudently and to maintain our commitment to a balanced budget in the medium term .
12 The range of decorative techniques which have been at some time applied to metalwork is a subject for many books , not just a few pages .
13 Fire crews have been at full stretch dealing with flooded houses mainly in the Cotswolds .
14 I have been at this job long enough , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , to know in advance what the different phases will be .
15 Foreigners are flooding the market — in the last three weeks alone , six Norwegians have been to Premier League clubs on trial .
16 Calls for innovation and for productivity related ‘ intensive ’ growth have been to little avail .
17 Some of the most effective recruitment campaigns I have worked with have been for limited commitment .
18 ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking .
19 However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response .
20 I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have .
21 ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time .
22 Well , we have been for some time .
23 To live in a beautiful country , and to enure myself as much as possible to the labour of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my sigh at midnight .
24 To live in a beautiful country & to inure myself as much as possible to the labors of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my Sigh at midnight — but to enjoy these blessings near you , to see you daily , to tell you all my thoughts in their first birth , and to hear your 's , to be mingling identities with you , as it were ; — the vision-weaving Fancy has indeed often pictured such things , but Hope never dared whisper a promise ! ’
25 The Liberal governments of 1906–14 introduced new principles of social policy which have been of lasting importance , but in accordance with no conscious grand design directed at Cabinet level .
26 On each occasion the items stolen have been of little value , but the thefts are a continual thorn in the side of the cricket club committee .
27 Declining costs of information have been of critical importance in spurring the international growth of service firms and the service functions within manufacturing firms .
28 Of all the wonderful cricketers to come from the West Indies , it is fair to say that five have been of outstanding importance .
29 The rapidity of Japan 's economic and political transformation and the enduring influence of Tokugawa practices and ideas into this century mean that in Japan , as in other late industrializers such as the USSR , agricultural issues and the impact of the rural sector have been of crucial importance throughout the past 150 years .
30 Among these colour and texture have been of prime importance , but durability has always been valued in civilized societies concerned with maintaining wealth .
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