Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [noun] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand this expansion offered for the first time a substantial number of teaching posts which together formed a fully-integrated career structure , and on the other it considerably lessened the security of both the " historical " and " critical " paradigms for which Bateson had been at such pains to seek some form of mutual accommodation . |
| 2 | It has taken up the cause of a South Ronaldsay mother , seven of whose children have been in care since November 1990 . |
| 3 | Finally this study has given me a good idea of what life has been for people living in the past in America , where as before , I would n't have had a clue and it 's also taught me that no matter how many times you read a book , you 'll always find new links and connections . |
| 4 | The effect in Britain was a polarising into allies and enemies of the tribes with which Rome had been in contact . |
| 5 | The Community already has a substantial agenda for enlargement before it — an agenda in which Britain has been in the lead . |
| 6 | Yes , the cases quoted are clear ones , in which carers have been in the home for a long time , but obviously we would wish to avoid a position in which the carer was in the home for a short time in the expectation that he or she would then be allowed to stay there . |
| 7 | Formal approval of detailed proposals , on which negotiations had been in progress for five months , was expected at the end of February . |
| 8 | Kuwaiti electoral law restricted the franchise to men aged 21 or over whose families had been in the Emirate since before 1921 , limiting the number of voters to 81,400 of the country 's 606,000 nationals . |