Example sentences of "[adv] [been] [verb] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have latterly been speaking only of causal circumstances , and not causes . |
| 2 | ‘ Whoever it is has presumably been coming regularly since last November so he or she must have been seen by other people . |
| 3 | Policing issues are never long out of the headlines ( Chibnall 1977 ) , and this media obsession has been transmitted into a wealth of analyses of policing — which have mostly been carried out by outside observers . |
| 4 | In Scotland the most obvious example of this — the Scottish Development Agency ( SDA ) — is not strictly a local government but a regional organization , yet in many ways it has provided a model for initiatives which have since been developed elsewhere at local level . |
| 5 | The original 260,000 employees have since been whittled down to 50,000 and Sir Monty is a little resentful that he is probably most remembered for setting that radical rundown in motion . |
| 6 | If Robson Rhodes had not decided to make fundamental changes in its operating style five years ago , the chances are that it would have long since been swallowed up by one of its rivals . |
| 7 | The more fertile areas of farmland along the coast had long since been taken over by German farmers . |
| 8 | They illuminated the structure of chemical compounds , which had hitherto been seen simply in quantitative terms ( i.e. the number of atoms in a molecule ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 10 | Until this weekend mother and children had only been kept apart by official engagements . |
| 11 | Daru has only been beaten once in six starts this season , when starting slowly in a moderate handicap at Ripon , and he will be a tough nut to crack . |
| 12 | It originated probably with St Bernard in the late 1140s or early 1150s in his address to the first Cistercian pope , Eugenius III , whom he calls " vicar " and " vicar of Christ " , but it had only been employed domestically within papal circles before Innocent 's time . |
| 13 | Breeding has only been recorded once since 1938 , although it was certainly more regular prior to that date . |
| 14 | Representatives of the company 's director Henny Vollenberg saythe equipment has only been taken away to another firm for storage . |
| 15 | But the process has also been a more subtle one , as new initiatives have apparently been tacked on to existing local government . |
| 16 | Certain problems have long been acknowledged even in popular accounts of scientific practice where emphasis is placed on the role of aesthetic criteria in theory selection . |
| 17 | In France unions have long been organised predominantly along industrial lines . |
| 18 | Colic , eczema , asthma , persistent runny nose , glue ear , headaches , migraine and even behavioural problems , have all been traced back to certain foods or food additives . |
| 19 | ‘ It was as if they had all been locked up for three days the way they rushed in , ’ said a security man who saw the 8.30am rush . |
| 20 | " Gemma dear , he has a right to be considered and I believe he is a fresh-air man — the Gages and the Bartram-Hyndes have all been brought up to that . |
| 21 | Ghosts , fairies , dragons , giants , the devil and visitors from space have all been brought in at one time or another . |
| 22 | The ‘ problems of assignment ’ have all been mentioned briefly in earlier chapters . |
| 23 | They had all been sitting quietly for some time , waiting . |
| 24 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 25 | Although this procedure ( known as bonorum distractio ) was both fairer and more convenient than bonorum venditio , it had none the less been admitted only in exceptional cases under formulary procedure . |
| 26 | While individual players have rightly been singled out for special mention , the very considerable success of Canada 's World Cup campaign was based on a concerted team effort . |
| 27 | The last revellers had finally been seen off at nine in the morning ; they and Margot had done some cleaning up before going to bed , though Ken had anyway had a couple of hours ' sleep between three and five , when he 'd fallen into a deep slumber on the wicker couch in the conservatory . |
| 28 | of places that they can not fill because miners have already been moved there from other pits . |
| 29 | Such concerns have already been voiced earlier in this chapter when considering the impact of Japanese plants . |
| 30 | Administrative assets " primarily used for the purposes of the former Ministry of State Security/National Security Office " would " accrue to the Trust Agency unless they have already been given over to new social or public purposes since the above mentioned date " . |