Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have [adv] been on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The engine has always been on schedule , our engineers just started talking about it too soon . |
| 2 | He explained that although the lad had not been on the mainline before , he was a good , reliable and sensible lad . |
| 3 | This , too , has been a frequent component of the instruction , though the emphasis has generally been on the retrieval of information from the stock , with the organization and communication of this information for effective learning left in the background . |
| 4 | The emphasis has always been on producing verifiable statements of income and expenditure , balance sheets and , latterly , cash flows . |
| 5 | One caller believed the man had recently been on an internal flight in Britain and could now be in the south of England . |
| 6 | The price is not reduced , the property has never been on the market before . |
| 7 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 8 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 9 | If the tortoiseshell had still been on the windowsill she probably would not have looked in , but the tortoiseshell had removed itself to the hearth rug . |
| 10 | An opening example : If the price is advertised as being reduced and yet the house has never been on the market before , then it clearly can not have been reduced . |