Example sentences of "has be [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEC has been ahead of the field in cultivating computer-aided drug design and other molecular modelling companies , and its latest is Waltham , Massachusetts-based Molecular Simulations Inc . |
| 2 | Chemicals has been ahead of the legislators , with 60 people already trained as manual handling assessors after completing a course devised with the help of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents . |
| 3 | It was in the nature of a revelation but like all revelations , she thought , it has been just below the surface of my mind , lingering unrecognised , waiting , and now I see it and it is a familiar friend . |
| 4 | Has been probably since the foundation of the club . |
| 5 | She may also use it as a greeting when she has been away from the kittens for a while . |
| 6 | In this sense the particular manipulation of reality found in the adventure story , at least until the past two or three decades , has been away from the practicalities of extended cohabitation , whether in or out of marriage . |
| 7 | But as someone who has been away from the industry for five years , I see a surprisingly rosy future for the book itself . |
| 8 | Funding of the scheme has been largely by the developers of the Gyle Centre and the Scottish Office . |
| 9 | Then again , his fast-bowling policy , more than any other factor , has hastened the decline of the spinner , a decline that has been hugely to the game 's detriment ; and with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of young speed men reaching the Test team and creating further successes , there is little sign that the decline might be halted . |
| 10 | Information has been around since the garden of Eden . |
| 11 | Wilson , who made a quiet yet effective impact in the 2–0 midweek World Cup defeat of Latvia has been around in the game with spells at Derby County , Ipswich , Chelsea and his present club where he is happy but would consider a move to a higher grade of football if possible . |
| 12 | The appeal has been shamelessly to the pocket calculator , not the heart ; to the purse , not to pride . |
| 13 | So far as terminals are concerned , the trend of the 1980s has been overwhelmingly towards the setting up of private distribution depots , so running down BR 's own facilities . |
| 14 | In the context of urban and regional geography the debate has focused mainly on employment and the concern has been primarily with the definition of deindustrialization as an absolute loss of manufacturing jobs . |
| 15 | HIGH winds and heavy seas have prevented the salvaging of the 1,500-tonne Danish cargo vessel Bettina Danca , which has been aground on the island of Stroma in the Pentland Firth since last weekend . |
| 16 | Oh all of my stuff has been up in the loft it 's like you say , I mean if they 've been double wrapped and everything and you wash them |
| 17 | The doorstep talk has been mostly of the economy ; Willesden County Court , has dealt with the second highest number of repossessions in the country . |
| 18 | The distinction has been more in the minds of the negotiators ( especially the British negotiators ) than it has been a reality or , more important , likely to be given much credence by the Court of Justice if and when it comes to adjudicate on the basis of the Treaty . |
| 19 | Forty-five years later Erika Barnes has been back to the village , now a thriving community . |
| 20 | Service intervals of 3000 miles , plus an initial 500-mile check , mean the car has been back to the Dartford factory five times since April and have produced bills for a total of £826.05 , although £96.50 of that was to replace one of the 205/45 ZR16 Goodyear Eagle GS-D tyres , which had collected a nail in its tread . |
| 21 | Iain saying he has been back to the body , and looked into Christopher 's eyes . |
| 22 | The man who ran the world 's first sub-four minute mile has been back to the track where he made history nearly thirty five years ago . |
| 23 | Last year a team from Hereford were the winners and the Castaways raft has been back on the Wye this week practising to make it a double . |
| 24 | Public opinion has been solidly behind the Review Panel . |
| 25 | Ever since then he has been solidly in the ranks of the anti-Establishment , commenting in his work on the political evils of the day particularly the arms buildup of recent years . |
| 26 | It 's nice and cool inside the cellar , and not damp , though I guess it can only be just above the water table , and my father seems to know what he 's doing and is confident that the explosive has n't become unstable , but I think he 's nervous about it and has been ever since the Bomb Circle . |
| 27 | A legend in the power boat world , Shurdington signwriter , John has been in at the top of his sport for over 30 years . |
| 28 | The wood has been there since the days of King John . |
| 29 | The Hercules has been there with the RAF and got on with the job . |
| 30 | Since 1987 an extensive programme of restoration has been underway on the fresco cycle by Masolino in the chapel of Saint Catherine in the upper church . |