Example sentences of "have been [adj] [prep] [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kerr , 27 , has been transfer-listed by Millwall at his own request and plans to settle in the North-East during or after his playing career . |
| 2 | There is sometimes a hidden symbolism that would have been apparent to people at that time . |
| 3 | The success experienced among the eastern Angles with the conversion of Eorpwald may have been due in part at least to the influence of older patterns established by missionaries in the time of Raedwald , but nevertheless it testifies to Eadwine 's real influence in the East Anglian area at this time . |
| 4 | Many of these candidates had completed their studies much earlier in the session and would have been eligible for certification at earlier dates if centres had requested this . |
| 5 | A week ago she would have been full of indignation at the thought of losing her accommodation . |
| 6 | The uprising continued along the same lines as the bread riots which had been rife in Russia at that time and so the Tsarina was worried but thinks everything will be alright and informed the Tsar , who was away inspecting troops , to this effect . |
| 7 | The two surveys indicated that 33% ( June ) and 30% ( November ) of pupils had been absent from school at least once in the survey . |
| 8 | Our findings showed that about one in three pupils had been absent from school at least once during the survey weeks . |
| 9 | She had been good at art at school and , had the war not come , she might have tried to make a career out of it . |
| 10 | Tim Roberts , prosecuting , said Summersgill had been involved in burglaries at a butcher 's , a shop and a show house . |
| 11 | Of the 532 — members of all social classes and from all over the country — 24 girls and 13 boys said they had been involved in prostitution at some time . |
| 12 | 6.6% ( 125 ) men and 14.0% ( 297 ) women had been incontinent of urine at some time — 2.8% ( 52 ) men and 7.5% ( 159 ) women in the previous two months and 61% ( 124 ) of these for more than four years . |
| 13 | The common feature in these five cases is that the mother had been resident in Seascale at some time since the early 1950s , when the Sellafield nuclear plant came into operation . |
| 14 | The first and most important consideration is that in the forty years since 9 August 1945 , despite the fact that all the nuclear powers have been involved in wars at one time or another , nuclear weapons have not once been used militarily . |
| 15 | Among some people who have been involved in negotiations at Geneva on laws-of-war matters there is a genuine concern that any neat set of rules limiting the use of nuclear weapons in one way or another might have the unfortunate effects either of weakening deterrence ; or else , contrariwise , of seeming to legitimise such uses of nuclear weapons as are not covered in any agreement ; or else of being nothing more than a paper accord , which would be of little real value in a conflict . |
| 16 | Let's just check No it 's been quiet on break-ins at the moment . |