Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] have [been] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes a figure that 's been around that anyway , yes . |
| 2 | hold a position of responsibility within the industry and have been in such a post for at least two years |
| 3 | This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health . |
| 4 | Election expenses are limited by statute and have been since 1883 . |
| 5 | Country houses that have been in institutional use |
| 6 | The conduct had also to be intended to provoke a breach of the peace or to have been of such a nature as to have been likely to have occasioned such a breach . |
| 7 | Even more importantly , Maisie did n't like chicken , especially free-range , corn-fed , humanely killed chicken that had been through Jungian analysis . |
| 8 | She keeps busy with local activities and has been for many years editor of her church magazine . |
| 9 | So I do n't know if any of you are old enough to have worked in factories or have been in any in the services ? |
| 10 | But , whatever their idiosyncrasies and complexities , this highly individual body of printers served the book well and , if they sometimes failed in their human relationships , achieved in print a beauty and harmony that have been of inestimable benefit to us all . |
| 11 | The NHS has much to learn from other industries and organisations that have been through similar changes . |
| 12 | Lower School was opposite the Chapel and here , under the dark oaken beams and arches , I was taught in a classroom that had been in continuous use as such since 1443 . |
| 13 | Section 4 assistance to the industry has tripled from £1 million to nearly £33 million during the same period and has been of great advantage to the economy of Wales . |
| 14 | These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years . |
| 15 | For one thing , Kelly 's very happily involved in a relationship and has been for some time , so I 'm quite convinced her eyes wo n't stray towards any ski-bums , no matter how handsome . ’ |
| 16 | He fervently denied that he had been at the scene of the murders or had been in any way involved . |
| 17 | there 's been a lot of people that have been on that level for a long while . |
| 18 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
| 19 | ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years . |
| 20 | Sales in the product 's first year of deliveries amounted to only $1m , a drop in the bucket for a firm that 's been through two rounds of venture capital totalling $7.5m provided by Aspen Partners , Menlo Ventures and Matrix . |
| 21 | I mean , Diana herself has never in her lifetime uttered one statement that has been of any use to any member of the human race . ’ |
| 22 | Erm the certification of the flight control system is the critical path item and has been for some considerable time . |
| 23 | Swan Hunter , whose present workforce numbers 2,200 , is now in the hands of receivers and has been in acute crisis since failing to win a vital Ministry of Defence helicopter-carrier order . |
| 24 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 25 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 26 | Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
| 27 | Statistics up to 1971 showed it as having an old-age structure and to have been in continuing decline , though there are recent signs of improvement ( Census of Ireland 1981 ) . |
| 28 | At this village off the A40 south of Fishguard is the Tregwynt Woollen Mill , which dates from the middle of the eighteenth century and has been in continuous production of woollen yarns since then . |
| 29 | ‘ Hopkins 's sister is a widow and has been for many a year , ’ the fellow replied . |
| 30 | Carved in Germany in the late tenth or early eleventh century , the plaque measures 13.7x11.3 cm and has been in private ownership throughout this century . |