Example sentences of "have only be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The interesting thing has been that each time we have revised the strategy we have been partially right , but it has only been as a result of a whole series of revisits , reorganizations and reassessments , as well as changing people , perspectives and systems , that we seem to have got enough right to be able to fight our corner . |
| 4 | During the past four years , and it really has only been with us for that long , desktop publishing has managed to get itself a fairly bad name among the professional graphics community . |
| 5 | He barely speaks Italian and in fact has only been to the country of his ancestry once — on a school trip . |
| 6 | Due to lack of time , contact with Churches has only been on an informal basis . |
| 7 | There has only been on eprevious report of the presence of epoxide hydrolase in normal colonic tissue . |
| 8 | The updated Accord has only been on sale in Britain for six weeks , but already Honda 's well ahead of its target of three and a half thousand sold by Christmas . |
| 9 | SINBAD has been cleaning the windows in Channel 4 's Brookside since 1984 , although he has only been on a regular contract for the last two years . |
| 10 | What she has achieved is remarkable given she is still very young and has only been in this business a couple of years . |
| 11 | The reviewer has only been in office for eight months but so far has not had cause to uphold a single application for a review . |
| 12 | Exemplar , which has only been in development since the beginning of the year ( UX No 423 ) , will be used for creating , storing and retrieving application objects across multiple platforms and networks . |
| 13 | Marian welcomes the more interventionist role available to the Court under the new Act which has only been in force since October 1991 . |
| 14 | Since the First Directive has only been in operation for a matter of weeks , much has still to be learned about its full impact . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The system has only been in place for a month but already , says ‘ we are seeing the benefits . ’ |
| 17 | If the first retailer has only been in business a short time before the second retailer opens his store then it is unlikely that anything can be done . |
| 18 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 19 | I met him at a dance held in the Airmen 's Mess ( so romantic ! ) , when I 'd only been at Binbrook three weeks . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd only been at Rangers five minutes when he offered me the use of his villa in Florida . |
| 21 | She 'd only been at school 2 months and she was found to be blind . |
| 22 | first time I ever one , was old Freddie and I 'd , I 'd only been to depot . |
| 23 | But he 'd only been inside the place a few minutes . |
| 24 | And er I remember one one chap he were a bit scared , very much so , and oh dear dear dear , he 'd only been within other bloke , a chap A chap from , what was his name now ? |
| 25 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 26 | He 'd only been in eighteen months , ’ said the Bishop , in the manner of a man who is used to a longer temporal perspective . |
| 27 | She 'd only been in Dane 's company for a matter of days , but he 'd left a mark on her , a mark it could prove impossible to erase . |
| 28 | I was a gunner , I 'd only been in er |
| 29 | Christ , I 'd only been in the hospital for about ten minutes before I snuffed it ! ’ |
| 30 | Glancing at the clock on the wall now , Rory realised to her amazement that he 'd only been in the farmhouse for three hours . |