Example sentences of "has been in [noun] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Anyone who has been in receipt of this form of grant aid from the Sports Council has already received guidance notes and application forms direct from that Council .
2 And so the incredible growth of government throughout this century has been in response to all kinds of problems : economic insecurity , unemployment , declining industries , poverty , natural monopolies , external costs , pollution , inflation .
3 In Germany the nature of the educational system has been in tune with both the needs of industry and prevailing social values [ Locke , 1984 ] .
4 The Village Trust is a respected body which has been in existence for many years .
5 Lyn de Alwis , Director of the Sri Lanka National Parks , had a secret weapon , although it is debatable whether you can call a facility that has been in existence for several thousand years ‘ secret ’ .
6 Although it has been in existence for some considerable time , train operation for passengers has been provided by battery-electric power .
7 Knighton has been in contact with several businessmen from the Manchester area in attempts to get wider backing for his £20m bid , which has hit financial snags .
8 June Bascome has been in contact with several areas and Kent , Essex , Surrey and London have each promised to supply the manning power for one of the days .
9 The WISE Vehicle Programme has been in operation for many years now , following the launch of the original WISE I bus in WISE Year 1984 .
10 However , where a discriminatory practice has been in operation for some time it may be easier for the Commission for Racial Equality to produce evidence in support of an allegation .
11 ‘ Although the calcinating plant has been in operation for some years now , it is the most modern of its type in the industry , ’ commented senior mill manager Graham Jones , ‘ and while it may not be attractive to the eye , it does produce beautiful materials . ’
12 A standard Northern Ireland training package has been in operation for some time including intensive urban and rural patrolling , riot control techniques , shooting at fleeting targets , powers of arrest , orders for opening fire , bomb and weapon recognition .
13 The stop has been in position for many years and is provided for within the parking arrangements and controls within the area .
14 If we consider the environment in the broadest sense , much monitoring of it has been in progress for many years and by an enormous diversity of organizations in the UK ; these include the DoE , the Forestry Commission , the Nature Conservancy , the Health and Safety Executive , local authorities , the component members of the Natural Environment Research Council ( such as the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology and the British Antarctic Survey ) , individuals or research groups in academia , the CEGB , the Friends of the Earth , and UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development ( CEED ) ( 1989 ) .
15 The most significant increase , however , has been in registrations on those modules from fields classified as ‘ applied ’ , i.e. those on which the degree student can also achieve professional recognition .
16 In particular , who in the nine months has been in charge of this section and shown great dedication and commitment .
17 But until changes in the registration of women 's occupation were introduced in 1986 there was a major difference between men and women : ‘ At the registration of the death of a child … the instructions to the registrars specify that the occupation … of a woman should not be recorded unless she has been in employment for most of her adult life . ’
18 A furniture shop which has been in business for more than a century is closing down .
19 The disputes procedure , that has been in place for some time , and enables us to resolve disputes locally , if they can not be resolved locally , then they are referred up through the management systems .
20 It has been in implementation of this principle that states have agreed on specific treaty obligations banning chemical and gas weapons , culminating in the 1925 Geneva Protocol banning Asphyxiating , Poisonous or other Gases and Bacteriological Methods of Warfare .
21 One such system , telex , has been in use for many years .
22 The FileNet workflow system ( supplied by Olivetti ) has been in use for some time within the customer services department of the BT mobile division .
23 Acknowledge cards has been in use for some months now just that
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