Example sentences of "[noun] have been in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably , for we later read that ‘ want of opportunity has been in some respect a prejudice to my business ’ , and , ‘ the noble act of embalming has been entirely ruined by the undertakers ’ . |
| 2 | I think we would be wise to reflect a little longer and to think that perhaps the Government is not so far wrong in what it is saying and I have to say finally My Lords that I never in my public life , or indeed in my private life have met anybody who has said to me that their attitude towards their local police force has been in any way influenced by the fact that the members of the police authority were or were n't democratically elected . |
| 3 | For some weeks now , Rusty had been in that peculiarly unreal state when words leap out from pages , voices or one 's own thoughts , and rudely rattle their bones about , or shove their meanings under one 's nose like exhibitionists until the meanings themselves vanish in a dance of death . |
| 4 | The Arab armies that invaded the new Israel were driven out , together with between 500,000 and 700,000 Arab Palestinians whose homes had been in that part of Palestine that was now Israel or in those areas of Arab Palestine that the Israelis captured . |
| 5 | blah , blah , blah , recommended that interview have been in both directions despite in this difficult across , and I could n't say when you could do that at midday , but the implication is you have to do it when you |
| 6 | The research of Jane Rowe and Lydia Lambert , published in Children Who Wait in 1973 , showed us how inadequate our work had been in that respect . |
| 7 | She supposed most normal people in a situation like the one she and Alan had been in all day , would have ended up in bed together , here in this comfortable bed at Rose Cottage . |
| 8 | It is difficult to assess exactly how important such credit effects have been in this recession . |
| 9 | My beloved 's been in this cupboard and messed it all up . |
| 10 | The Garlands have been in this game for eighty years — accumulating , not spending . |
| 11 | Fortunately , not all recent pub refurbishments have been in this vein . |
| 12 | Buckley has been in this job since 1988 and in the department since 1981 , but she started as a lawyer in private practice , a profession where equality is far more of a reality than in industry . |
| 13 | Steve Cauthen is confident of a good run from Irish St Leger winner Mashaallah , but Magic Night has been in this battle before and this time she can win . |
| 14 | She wondered again what her grandfather 's thoughts and feelings had been in those few days at Dudley House . |
| 15 | Impressive as its successes have been in such matters as the unravelling of the genetic code , nevertheless they represent only an infinitesimal step towards a complete account in conventional physical terms of even the simplest animal brain . |
| 16 | The growth of the Theatre Collection has been in some way analogous to that of the proverbial snowball , for as its reputation has increased so too has the number of donations and bequests in the form of private collections , both large and small . |
| 17 | Oh Danny 's been in this bloody car . |
| 18 | ‘ That is how vital the help of the Mirror has been in this crisis . |
| 19 | The development of study skills was implicitly or explicitly part of every proposal made for inclusion in the ESSE/L Project , and as we have seen , the major thrust of recent inservice developments has been in this area . |
| 20 | He smiled to think how accurate his suspicions had been in that direction . |
| 21 | I wanted to get on with the drop — the pilot had been in that freezing water for long enough ! i changed to a right-hand hold , then I talked to my passengers as much as possible to keep them calm and show that everything was under control . |
| 22 | ‘ I mean , maybe Scotland Yard have been in that area . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Billy Bingham has been in this position so many times before and come up smiling . |
| 24 | People who died of cancer were less likely than those dying from other causes to have been in such homes , 7 per cent against 29 per cent . |
| 25 | Or again , the Friar had been in that area when last seen . |
| 26 | A few of the teenage mothers in this book had been in such a home . |
| 27 | Sentencing McPherson , the judge , Lord Cameron , said he accepted that McPherson had been in some part less responsible for the violence to Mr O'Donnell that evening , but added : ‘ Nevertheless you played a full part in luring him into the hands of those who were responsible for repeated acts of a bizarre and terrible character upon him . ’ |
| 28 | Merlin had been in these parts , Joseph Robinson had told him . |
| 29 | Here , the appropriate leader of change had been in some doubt . |
| 30 | Instead she asked Stan whether Shildon had been in that night . |