Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] been [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A brief literature review of the popular sedimentological journals indicates an increasing emphasis on petrography within Europe , whereas within the United States and Canada sedimentary petrology has for long been a necessary component of integrated sedimentological research projects . |
| 2 | More importantly , the amalgamation of consular with diplomatic services , the ending of the inferior status to which the former ( and therefore by implication all commercial considerations ) had traditionally been relegated , had for long been a favourite panacea of reformers in several countries . |
| 3 | The public road to Killilan has for long been the usual route taken by motorists wishing to see the Falls of Glomach , permission to use a private road continuing into Glen Elchaig being a formality . |
| 4 | Programmes in cookery , waiting , house-keeping , reception have for long been the recognised route by which the industry 's craftsmen and supervisors have acquired their qualifications at all levels . |
| 5 | In England and Wales , as elsewhere , there has of late been a good deal of concern expressed about improving the quality of teaching in schools . |
| 6 | Fortuitously , there had of late been a fierce trade war in part of Trazior 's largest sister spire , Titania — Trazior , that trio of bleached , leprous giantesses fused from the waist down was popularly known , indeed , as ‘ the Three Sisters ’ . |
| 7 | While such statements could be interpreted as being passive rather than negative in terms of the advancement of building surveying , the Report went on to state that building surveyors ‘ have been less ebullient [ than quantity surveyors ] in recent years — partly because they are less numerous and their work less homogeneous or well defined ; but , to a large extent because they have made a less prolonged and concerted effort to develop their skills and explore the horizons of opportunity , although there has of late been a welcome resurgence in this respect ’ . |
| 8 | The former Prime Minister has until now been a firm supporter of the Premier , backing his stand over Europe . |
| 9 | It has until now been the general policy within treatment centres specialising in addictive disease that nicotine , caffeine , sugar and white flour have generally been ignored — or their use may even be encouraged — in the early stages of treatment while sufferers learn to do without their prime drugs of choice in their recovery from Chemical Dependency . |
| 10 | The hatcheries have until now been the missing link . |
| 11 | Much current research in quantum physics , immunology and genetics seems to come together in the ultimate basis of homoeopathy and helps to throw light on what has until recently been an inexplicable mystery . |