Example sentences of "[adv] [been] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Even during the All Black tour of South Africa Ant Strachan , the surprise-packet of an All Black halfback this year , realised he was not likely to displace Jason Hewett , the World Cup no.2 halfback who has since been rejected by Mains and his selectors , from the Auckland position .
2 A Cheltenham man has since been charged with murder and wounding a second student .
3 I shall not attempt to repeat what I said then , for repetition makes bores of us all in the House ; I am glad , however , that the scepticism that greeted what I had to say about the benefits of a single European currency has since been replaced by understanding and support in several quarters .
4 If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ?
5 Alternatively he may consider that the transaction has only been agreed in outline and requires the lawyer to negotiate the details .
6 Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully .
7 The vast majority of functional objects and many prestigious artefacts have long been manufactured from copper and its alloys .
8 Surprisingly , in the last decades is that literary studies , perhaps especially classical studies , which may seem to be at the other extreme of the academic spectrum from the sciences , have shown themselves more self confident in the use of computers than history has done , even though history is closer to the social sciences which have for long been acclimatized to quantification and computerization .
9 Boscastle itself has long been associated with smuggling and witchcraft , and today has a witchcraft museum .
10 In India , dowry taking has long been forbidden by law but it persists strongly even in the cities .
11 Lead has long been used by man and its toxic properties have long been recognised .
12 For example , the information booklets prepared for parents had obviously been written with care and many of the right sentiments were expressed .
13 The statements had furthermore been made in confidence and the liquidators claimed public interest immunity .
14 The 29-year-old has constantly been dogged by controversy and has earned himself something of a rebel tag .
15 Economics has usually been subordinate to politics , and politics have generally been dominated by localism and authoritarianism , the latter being reflected in a view that ‘ big ’ government was best .
16 This has already been done in health and appears to be markedly reducing the take-up of services .
17 By the time the conference was held in September approval had already been given for undergraduate and postgraduate courses at six colleges and polytechnics in England , Ulster Polytechnic and Dunfermline College of Physical Education .
18 Thirty others have already been deported for drunkeness and violence .
19 Timber which has already been affected by fungus or decay offers a special attraction .
20 It has already been shown on Ugandan and Swaziland TV and is available on high band and VHS for use in anglophone areas .
21 He says thousands of families have already been thrown into chaos and we 've had the first suicide as a result of the operations of the Child Support Agency .
22 This method of analysis works on the assumption that demand patterns in country or region B will follow demand patterns that have already been experienced in country or region A. The demand in country A can therefore be used to predict how demand will change in country B.
23 The file must have already been opened for output and the file handle stored in " fnum " .
24 ( 6 ) showed that , beside TFIIIB and TFIIIC , TBP is required for in vitro transcription of classical polIII genes , as had already been described for yeast and vertebrate U6 snRNA transcription by RNA polymerase III ( 5 , 9 , 10 , 11 ) .
25 Though , it 's just that , one of the things that Caroline actually , er working on with Warwick University is a way of re-looking at public services and how there funded right , it 's basically to help David to make the case with Margaret Margaret for more money with the local Government , but erm I mean the sort of things we 've been getting into is like when you considering paying for public services , should you , should you pay like in advance like through the National Insurance System or like , like I mean the French Health Service for example , people pay it for ambulances when they use them , though they pay on a differential rate , but I mean it 's an issue to debate , it 's right , and I 've just been thinking about lavatory while you 've been speaking .
26 Similarly , in the report of ‘ a sex beast nicknamed ‘ The Acne Kid ’ ’ ( Star ) , who boasted to the victim that he had just been freed from prison and said : ‘ I 've served time for rape before ’ , speculation about this possible link was scotched quickly .
27 I 'm not sure whether the change in areas was the reason for the last flurry or whether they had just been triggered by instinct and gone on the feed .
28 The red ball had just been introduced into Soccer and there was a ball in the goal , this time in red chrysanthemums .
29 Second was the husband of Mrs Chapple ; Mrs Chapple had just been admitted to hospital and seemed unlikely to return home :
30 My Lords , I can give My Noble Friend an assurance that Christianity as the main traditional religious tradition of this country will be taught at every key stage , both key stages er at key stages , one , two , three and four and that er knowledge of other religious is also a requirement , but I can also say to My Noble Friend that model syllabuses have just been released for consultation and there is a real concern which I share with My Noble Friend that young children at the ages between five and eleven are required to cover too many religions and that 's a question that will be covered during the consultation period .
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