Example sentences of "been [noun] [prep] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unix System Laboratories , which has never officially been part of X/Open though it 's had a lot of informal dealings with it , is also expected to take advantage of the new technical membership and sign up . |
| 2 | In July 1990 there had been tension with Turkey as Greece contemplated extending its territorial waters from six to 12 miles . |
| 3 | Further , there have been differences of opinion as to whether any such liability of member States is joint and several , or proportional to budgetary contributions . |
| 4 | There have been differences of opinion as to how such matters should be most advantageously introduced to school children , and some have argued that the " library period " where children systematically practise " library skills " , in isolation from any other work they may also be doing , is a mistake . |
| 5 | Moreover , while they do show that official statistics tend to underestimate the amount of crime , it is likely that victim studies also under-record the amount — mostly because people can only report having been victims of crime if they know that they have been victimised . |