Example sentences of "they have [be] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enjoying widespread support in the constituencies , the supporters of the tariff threatened to become a danger to Baldwin 's leadership — as they had been during the 1929–31 period . |
| 2 | In time , she hoped that some theatrical Producer would see to it that Shakespearian plays were performed on the cliffs again , as they had been in the nineteen thirties . |
| 3 | The cumulative effect was that by Anne 's reign relations between Dissenters and Anglicans in many communities were no better than they had been in the 1680s . |
| 4 | Bright colours were no longer confined to the ‘ fun ’ shoe as they had been in the Seventies . |
| 5 | Yet , without minimising the very real material and political benefits gained by ordinary working-class people in the 1940s , one must recognise the qualitatively ambiguous nature of these welfare innovations : a National Health Service which greatly benefited working-class women and children but also consolidated the power of an elite of consultants ; secondary education for all , but qualitatively differentiated , with selection by and large on grounds of social class , and the independent sector left intact ; a comprehensive social security system , but with benefit rates no higher in relation to average earnings than they had been in the 1930s . |
| 6 | Bans had to be introduced to give the fish stocks time to recover , and they are better now in the 1980's than they have been since the mid-1960's . |