Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [conj] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most leading merchant banks have established their own property investment departments and have been at the forefront of developing innovative methods of financing projects through equity and long-term debt . |
| 2 | The Paddington Bear wallpaper that had been on the walls for years was mocking her . |
| 3 | And saved : The ice rink that had been on the skids . |
| 4 | But this is my dwelling place and has been for nearly four months now . |
| 5 | Nigel went along on his own with a nice little pair of mother-of-pearl binoculars that had been in the family for generations . |
| 6 | They got ashore dry shod — as they described those landings in which you do not get your feet wet — but in these harsh conditions , Lieutenant Arthur Komrower suffered severe back and leg injuries when he was crushed between a rock and the 10-ton assault craft that had been on fire . |
| 7 | They are meant to plug the gaps in the trade embargo that has been in force for almost a year . |
| 8 | So the Dimbleby company turned to TBF ( Printers ) Ltd , which was itself a company closely associated with ( same shareholdings , same management ) T. Bailey Forman Ltd , with whom the NUJ was engaged in a trade dispute and had been since 1979 . |
| 9 | When releasing barn owls that have been in captivity for a long time , we keep them confined to the barn until we 're sure that they are going to adapt happily to their new surrounding . ( ) |
| 10 | Howard , from Liverpool , has an England record of 20 Tests , officiated in both World Cups and has been on the panel for nine years . |
| 11 | It is offering a special 4.99% two-year mortgage on leasehold properties that have been on its books for more than six months . |
| 12 | Answers to questions about their fellow workers ' reactions when they heard the news of planned redundancies suggested a difference in attitude between some of those who were close to pension age and had been with the company for long periods and other workers . |
| 13 | Erm the certification of the flight control system is the critical path item and has been for some considerable time . |
| 14 | Tough Epsom Derby winner Dr Devious ( 10–1 ) ran a blinder to finish fourth to Fraise in the Breeders ' Cup Turf but has been on the go since April . |
| 15 | Users of the ‘ Pentium-ready ’ personal computer systems that have been on sale since the middle of last year — Intel Corp 80486-based boxes with a Pentium upgrade socket — wo n't get their OverDrive Pentiums , code-named the P24T , which plugs into the socket , until 1994 . |
| 16 | Country houses that have been in institutional use |
| 17 | Ramsgill Moor varies from 1,000 to 1,700ft. above sea level and has been in the Briggs family since 1946 . |
| 18 | Two whaling nations that had been among the largest , the United States and Britain , gave up whaling , and others have recently given up or are showing signs of doing so . |
| 19 | Not only is that generally helpful in being a recently approved structure plan that 's been through the Secretary of State 's hands , but of course it is also part of this region . |
| 20 | A country pub that 's been in the same family for more than a hundred years is about to be sold off . |
| 21 | Janet works in the Sales Office on Customer Service and has been with the company for two and half years . |
| 22 | This is Red Rock West ( QFT ) , a beguiling and modest little thriller which delves into the dark and murky emotions lurking underneath the sleepy face of a tiny American town — and it is as good a film noir as has been on show this year . |
| 23 | One author has got plastic pan scrubbers that have been in use for nearly twenty years and are still going strong to this day |
| 24 | But , when asked in 1947 to replace an old dirty power station that had been on the site since 1891 , he soon forgot such idealism and , like any architect , was glad to have the job . |