Example sentences of "has been in [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | The police national computer has been in operation since 1974 . |
| 35 | Essentially this document brings a process which has been in operation since 1980 into line with the accreditation agreement with the Council . |
| 36 | The Mid Glamorgan Education Business Partnership has been in operation since 1989 . |
| 37 | It has been in operation since last month , giving advice to around six established small and medium-sized businesses a day . |
| 38 | The trade balance of the motor industry has been in deficit since 1982 and in 1989 , at £6.55 billion , accounted for 28 per cent of the UK visible trade deficit of £23.1 billion . |
| 39 | ‘ It will certainly be a big change from Hoylake but we know the area well and we have friends there , ’ said Mr Williams , 53 , who has been in Hoylake since 1986 . |
| 40 | ‘ It will certainly be a big change from Hoylake but we know the area well and we have friends there , ’ said Rev Williams , 53 , who has been in Hoylake since 1986 . |
| 41 | The stop has been in position for many years and is provided for within the parking arrangements and controls within the area . |
| 42 | Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche has been in England since 1975 and most ordained people take either Kelsang or Gyatso in their names . |
| 43 | It is nonetheless likely that an export licence will be denied , to give a British institution the chance of raising the necessary matching funds to purchase the picture , as the Cook panel has been in England since 1863 ( in the Cook family since 1868 ) and as Messrs MacGregor and Rosenberg ( Director of the National Gallery and Curator of Paintings at the Louvre , respectively ) would agree , one can not have too many Antonellos . |
| 44 | 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 ) . |
| 45 | Defending the seat for the Conservatives is Home Office minister John Patten who has been in parliament since 1979 . |
| 46 | The England coach , who is also assistant to Ian McGeechan on the Lions tour to New Zealand this summer , and who has been in Scotland since last Thursday , admitted yesterday that the Scots ' performance against Wales ‘ had been very impressive and must have surprised quite a few people , especially down south ’ . |
| 47 | Craine says Rabbit has been in talks with various companies , but declined to comment any further . |
| 48 | This 3-man team has been in post for three years and results are being seen on the ground . |
| 49 | In Malaysia , where the beer market has been in decline following three substantial duty increases , GBW 's overall market share has been maintained . |
| 50 | Geometry is a part of the mathematics syllabus which has been in decline in recent years . |
| 51 | Timex has been in Dundee for 47 years . |
| 52 | A government that has been in office for 13 years is bound to be judged overwhelmingly on its record . |
| 53 | An IWC moratorium on commercial whaling has been in effect since 1986 . |
| 54 | MY marriage has been in trouble for two years , ever since my husband started having affairs . |
| 55 | MY marriage has been in trouble for two years , ever since my husband started having affairs . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | He has been in charge of professional advice on listed buildings since 1975 and was made Chief Inspector in 1988 . |
| 58 | In particular , who in the nine months has been in charge of this section and shown great dedication and commitment . |
| 59 | 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 . ’ |
| 60 | BP and Conoco each have a 50 per cent share in Viking which has been in production since 1972 and all the gas was sold to British Gas for a fairly low price in present terms . |