Example sentences of "[adv] been [prep] [noun] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a much older problem and one which precedes the rise of environmentalism , because in addition to the environmental lobby the exclusive rights of the farmer have long been under threat from another source — the massed ranks of the urban population , intent on using the countryside as a source of recreation and determined to gain access to what they consider to be semi-public territory . |
| 2 | He was fully dressed , his shirt creased enough to imply he had not been to bed at all . |
| 3 | The reasons given for these sales are that the Museum has limited storage space in its present building , and that the works in question have not been on exhibition for some considerable time , or duplicate existing holdings . |
| 4 | On 21 May , Christie 's New York will sell thirty-one Italian paintings from the Getty 's collection , most of which have not been on view for many years either due to their unsatisfactory condition or their downgraded status : a ‘ Rest on the Flight into Egypt ’ was described in 1963 as ‘ the greatest reward for visitors to the collection … by Orazio Gentileschi , a Caravaggesque masterpiece by an artist who had learned the lesson of realism ’ , only to be dubbed a later copy , probably Francesco Gentileschi , in the opinion of R.W. Bissel , the leading authority on the artist ( est. $50–70,000 ) . |
| 5 | Describing the plight of Somali children , it explains : ’ Many of them have not been in school for several years when they arrive in this country ’ . |
| 6 | Equally , triumphalism of the dotty kind has not been in evidence at all ; nobody , for example , has let slip the belief that the present knowledge of genetics is so certain and detailed that the future of the human race can now be predicted . |
| 7 | Russell Bryant had not been in touch for some time and she seemed to think he had given up . ’ |
| 8 | It is probable that a maypole tradition had already been in existence for many years , if not centuries . |
| 9 | At a time when copper coinage had already been in use for some centuries at the heart of the Han empire , wealthy leaders of the tien community in the southern province of Yunnan were storing hundreds of thousands of cowries in the great bronze drums which were a prominent feature of the Dong-Son culture focussed on northern Indo-China . |
| 10 | Ever been in contact with any person carrying typhoid ? |
| 11 | Russell Peters , who has hardly been in contention at all so far , won the Soling race , and although he is well behind Lawrie Smith on points , needs only finish in the top six to gain a match racing play-off for the team spot . |
| 12 | Furthermore Jack , Larry , Terry , the Secretary of the Greater London Labour Party , have also been in possession of this evidence , and before and after receiving that evidence have apparently completely failed over a period of eight months to get Islington Labour Council to behave in a responsible fashion , just like Liverpool , and I 'm sure , just like a number of other Labour Councils . |
| 13 | basically so am I , I 've got to write a news in the next few days so I 'll see in early February tell him about the ideas , I 've also been in touch with another lobbying firm , I say been in touch but it 's quite easy because |
| 14 | Today the large populations are in varzea rich in fish and turtle protein , much smaller ones on the terra firme , but they have now been in decline for some 500 years since the European invasion . |
| 15 | He had come here on a misunderstanding ; believing that Wavebreaker had been at Murder Cay when in fact we had not even been within sight of that mysterious island . |
| 16 | For those who have n't been to Versailles for many years , there is now much more to see . |
| 17 | Till then I had felt I was beginning to get his measure ; first of all , his English , though excellent , was somehow not contemporary , more that of someone who had n't been in England for many years ; and then his whole appearance was foreign . |
| 18 | The pub has n't been in use for several years . |
| 19 | Her family were good , she said , " never caused us any bother " , and her husband was good , " d' you know , he 's never been to court in all his life . " |
| 20 | We were in our own parish and had never been to Henfield at all … we said we would obey the law , if they would show us any part that empowered them to take a man from his own poorhouse and put him into one of another parish . |
| 21 | The Residency itself would be lost : the Collector had never been in doubt about that . |
| 22 | ‘ I have never been in attendance at such a consecration myself , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Never been in trouble at all like and and I 've certainly not seen any trouble . |
| 24 | In consultation with the Department of the Environment and the Scottish Office , which are represented on MOD 's housing task force , my Department has recently been in contact with all local authorities , seeking information on their arrangements for the provision of housing for ex-service personnel . |