Example sentences of "been [prep] [det] [noun] [art] " in BNC.

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1 If the client has not been through this process the search brief should be broadened to include this .
2 ‘ owing to the presence of which ’ This point is normally covered in any witness statement that might be available , viz. ‘ I saw four vehicles were involved etc. ’ or ‘ if it had not been for that vehicle the accident would not have happened ’ .
3 The place anciently belonged to the Fauconbergs , but has been for many generations the seat of the Bethells .
4 The Faroe Islands are self-governing , but have been for many years a colony of Denmark , and still rely on the government of the old mother country for international representation .
5 Aware that Madcap Agnew 's name was scarcely mentioned in the Hall , that the Lodge had been for many years a forbidden place , and that her father 's heart still quailed to reflect on the terrors he had suffered as a child , Louisa had not dared to let her reflections on this unhappy history reach far enough .
6 An older age group of superior tradesmen here and there — the public bar fraternity shunned the place , for this had been for many years the snob pub of Belgravia .
7 And there had also been for many years the musical evenings at your parents ' home .
8 Suppose State C has been for many years the major supplier of wheat to State A. If States A and B make an agreement that A will buy wheat from B instead of from C , this will affect C which will have to decide upon its response .
9 He had been for many years an Examiner with the Joint Matriculation Board , and latterly Chief Examiner for the Cambridge Board .
10 Since the inter-war years , Britain has been for many people an upwardly mobile society , with children from working-class homes winning jobs in the expanding service class .
11 The drug AZT , an inhibitor of DNA synthesis , has been for several years the only treatment for those with symptoms of overt AIDS .
12 According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force .
13 Bob Gunnell , of course , is an was and has been for some time a very supportive member of South East Arts and active in many of its committees .
14 " Yes , " said Clara , beginning to understand the nature of her mother 's satisfaction ; the lack of telephone of Mrs Hanney had been for some years a subject for discourse in a vein of amazed contempt .
15 There has been for some years a basic agreement that the parliamentary salary should be sufficient to prevent MPs feeling the need to seek supplementary income .
16 He looked at me apathetically through a mist of weakness and pain and one could see he 'd been in that water a lot too long .
17 I have been in this city a week today .
18 ‘ I have been in this game a lifetime and wonder in what direction it is going and where it will all end up .
19 What she has achieved is remarkable given she is still very young and has only been in this business a couple of years .
20 Has the LDDC , in spite of all the hype and political prominence , been in some sense a failure ?
21 Boy thought that this had been in some ways the perfect night , the best that he had ever had since he 'd arrived at The Bar .
22 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 ’ .
23 ‘ But I do n't want to be sharing my life with anyone , gorgeous hunk or not , ’ Shannon had pointed out mildly , managing with an effort not to remind Kelly they 'd been over this ground a hundred times before .
24 Owing to his lack of resources he had always been to some extent a figurehead , but he had become an indispensable one .
25 ‘ Look , we have been on this world a matter of a few days .
26 When you 've been around those guys a lot , you notice that they 're performers and that they perform for you .
27 And after all , Rothesay , so they said , had led Margaret a dog 's life after all her father 's pains to secure him for her , and been by any standard a poor bargain for any girl , having worn out so many before her — including , the bolder gossips whispered , Dunbar 's unhappy daughter , affianced and bedded but never wed .
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