Example sentences of "have been [verb] [prep] the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Richard Aiken , counsel for BBC Enterprises , had told the court that a decision on whether to continue the BBC Europe service should have been made at the end of November but had been deferred until a meeting of the directors on December 29 . |
| 2 | If the devastation continues at current rates , much of the Amazon Rainforest will have been obliterated by the end of the century , now just ten years away . |
| 3 | Up to 94 per cent of the UK 's water voles will have been lost by the end of this century , according to a recent survey . |
| 4 | He confirmed that 150 beds should have been opened by the end of March . |
| 5 | A special commission which would have been held at the end of the month has had to be brought forward because of Mr McTear 's deteriorating condition . |
| 6 | A Royal Ulster Constabulary spokesman said : ‘ Although he may have been coming to the end of his racing career , he was potentially valuable for stud purposes . ’ |
| 7 | At the end of 1990-91 , £1 billion of the poll tax remains uncollected in England alone and about 7.5 million summonses will have been issued by the end of the year . |