Example sentences of "have been in [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they finally moved out their successors found the floor covered with six layers of linoleum — the bottom ones must have been in position for many a long year ! |
| 2 | For example , suppose that last year people expected a rate of inflation this year of 10 per cent ; if the actual rate turns out to be 16 per cent , the expectation will have been in error by 6 per cent . |
| 3 | ‘ In May next year she will have been in remission for five years , ’ explains her mum . |
| 4 | But I could n't tell my mother or father because I should have been in bed by that time . |
| 5 | Although the conference was just up the road in Edinburgh this time , it might as well have been in Timbuktu for all the relevance it held for must of us . |
| 6 | Had the system been accepted the first commercial power satellite might have been in operation by 2010 . |
| 7 | New courses appear every year to compete with those which are already on the market ( some of which may have been in use for many years ) and which are quite successful in their various ways . |
| 8 | These vessels could have been in use from any time from c . |
| 9 | The restoration enables visitors to see it as it would have been in use in good running order but not ‘ as new ’ . |
| 10 | He must have been in town after all . |
| 11 | I 'm glad you asked that erm yes we did , we did give it consideration er er we decided against it , because it would have meant er to declaring the dividend on Friday for technical reasons and announcing our results erm today and this could have been in danger of misleading er the market er because this lower results and we have an increased dividend and that was erm probably the main reason why we decided that we would n't do it er the slight increase in net dividend in fact should compensate erm and this is coincidence er er f fo for the increased A C T on the |
| 12 | By the next general election ( say 1 991 ) the Conservatives will have been in office for sixteen of the twenty-one years since 1970 . |
| 13 | That investigation had been initiated under rule 7.9(1) ( b ) of the Rules on the direction of the Chief Executive to the chief enforcement officer in the light of evidence that had come to Lautro 's attention suggesting that Norwich Union might have been in breach of various of the rules in failing adequately to monitor the business and operations of the Winchester Group and to ensure compliance with the Code of Conduct . |
| 14 | If France had exceeded its authority it would have been in breach of this agreement , but the effects on the relationship between Morocco and a third party are less clear . |
| 15 | To belong , a dealer must have been in business for three years and have a proven reputation for expertise . |