Example sentences of "has been [adj] [prep] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , in the context of 19 barren years , the season just ended has been one of note in these parts . |
| 2 | Boyd , a 6ft 5in American in his first English season , has been top-scorer for Brixton in every game — although on Saturday he shared the honour with his team-mate , Jody John , each scoring 33 points . |
| 3 | In discussing the extent to which sentencing discretion in England and Wales has been subject to control in the past , or is likely to be in the future , we will adopt the threefold classification elaborated by K.C. Davis ( 1969 ) : viz. confining discretion ( or restricting the scope of discretionary power that is available ) ; structuring discretion ( or regulating its exercise in advance ) ; and checking discretion ( or reviewing the way it has been exercised in the past ) . |
| 4 | His motive for doing so is that he thinks that English verse has been ill-served by prosodists in the past . |
| 5 | Dyspareunia has been troublesome after operation in eight of 97 women ( 8% ) . |
| 6 | The racial card has been used to effect in previous New York elections , but in Mr Giuliani 's case he is being criticised as an opportunist for his attacks on the city 's first black Democratic nominee . |
| 7 | The logic instantiated in this research design has been used to effect in some branches of psychology and medicine as a method for testing causal explanations . |
| 8 | There seems to be some justification for this since most of the contemporary debate has been concerned with accountability in a ‘ strict ’ or contractual sense . |
| 9 | It always has been desirable for governors in special schools to have some knowledge of the curriculum in mainstream schools and for this awareness to be reciprocated . |
| 10 | The British policy stance since 1962 has been sceptical of space in general , and of its economic viability in particular . |