Example sentences of "[noun] has been [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The task of loading and storing the data has been far from trivial ; for one thing , the total raw data in the SAS/LBS for Great Britain at all areal levels comes to some 6–7 gigabytes . |
| 2 | Eight key tasks are identified and work has been underway on these for some time . |
| 3 | A certain narrow-mindedness has pervaded studies of electronic information as the focus has been predominately by national archives on the preservation of records about the national governments themselves . |
| 4 | ‘ The town has been here since 1210 . |
| 5 | Manager Sue Surrey is seen here being presented with the southern regional quarterly audit prize by Eugene Kertzman and CCG client Ewart Wooldridge , and she has no doubt about the reason : ‘ CCG has been here for 12 years , myself for the last seven , and you can put our success down to working together as a team . |
| 6 | His role has been rather like that of a stand-up comic warming up the audience for the main event . |
| 7 | ‘ Or maybe she just learned from a more rational neighbour that the real Delia has been abroad for six months . |
| 8 | ‘ Since its launch in 1989 , Drayton Asia 's investment performance has been significantly below that of Dragon , ’ the letter stated . |
| 9 | All I have ever known of love has been here in this house . |
| 10 | Even though there are signs that the world 's economies are beginning to operate closer together in time terms , nevertheless in the past it has been seldom that every part of the world has been simultaneously in total depression . |
| 11 | Four of the committee members are from developing countries , and the experience of several of the others has been mostly in these countries . |
| 12 | Today people spend their money more evenly and the standard of hospitality has improved This unit has been here for ten years and can take 350 people , it 's well established . |
| 13 | But the year since Robert Maxwell 's death has been far from comfortable . |
| 14 | The same family has closed it 's delicatessen which has now become an art shop and the butcher whose family has been here for 176 years , closes this weekend . |
| 15 | The cricket pitch has been there for thirty five years . |
| 16 | The carpet has been there for three years and is still in good condition — the only signs of wear are the marks left by ‘ wee Lachie ’ , the Stewarts ' three-year-old son . |