Example sentences of "have been on the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the blame must be laid at the door of the disorganised America 's Cup Organising Committee , who for the past 10 months have been on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 2 | ‘ There is no Gook or Kraut or Nip for this war ’ , he writes , ‘ and the only Iraqi jokes I 've heard have been on the telephone from back home ’ . |
| 3 | I have been on the council for three or four years , perhaps one of the more outspoken ones . ’ |
| 4 | WHILE most British eyes have been on the election of a new Westminster parliament , a 500-member pensioner 's parliament from all 12 countries of the European Community has called for better pensions throughout the EC . |
| 5 | The views of the CBI could scarcely be clearer than they have been on the subject of the minimum wage . |
| 6 | We there 's Don and myself two individuals who have been on the course for incident training with Fire Brigade . |
| 7 | The Queen harmony vocal idea was pretty much fully developed even on your first album , and it seems like the most significant developments since have been on the part of technology catching up . |
| 8 | There are now almost 50,000 people in the region who have been on the dole for more than a year . |
| 9 | More recently I have been on the phone to Minsk , Nottingham 's twin town , in connection with the Lord Mayor 's appeal for aid to the victims of Chernobyl . |
| 10 | Since a success with Corydoras panda I have been on the lookout for other species of catfish to work with so I gratefully headed home with my new charges . |
| 11 | Nine of DTC 's 50 strong fleet of single decker buses and 13 of United 's 216 fleet have been on the road for almost 20 years . |
| 12 | ‘ These new premises have been on the cards for some time . ’ |
| 13 | Many of the refugees have been on the move for several years . |
| 14 | ‘ I have been on the bus since then and there has been nothing quite as bad but I have still heard very loud swearing and seen emergency doors open . ’ |
| 15 | Erm , if you turn over the page it says seventy eight percent of female claims have been on the diagnosis of cancer , and it gives you a breakdown of the condition and the age when diagnosed . |
| 16 | Managers have not , on the whole , been predisposed to numerically oriented analysis , clinicians have not pushed for cost or outcome data preferring to focus upon patient care processes and cash inputs have been on the basis of fairly crude recurring allocations . |
| 17 | Some of the claims have been on the basis of debatable information , and all have been highly selective and have only drawn attention to the adverse elements of research whilst ignoring much encouraging , positive information . |