Example sentences of "[noun pl] has been [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 In marriages in which only one of the partners has been down the aisle before , the number of divorces has jumped 67 per cent since 1980 .
2 Also , the pressure on interest rates has been down and the balance of trade has shifted into surplus .
3 Most private forecasters now expect no growth in America this year , and lately each of their succeeding revisions has been down .
4 The idea of solitary waves travelling along rivers and canals has been around since 1844. it was considered a novelty until the early 1960s , when scientists discovered that two solitary waves travelling in opposite directions need not destroy one another , but could in fact continue unscathed .
5 And er the trainer on medical practices has been out there for a long long time doing this so there 's a lot a wealth of experience there .
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