Example sentences of "[noun] has been [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Funding for research of this kind has been on a scale not approached by any other area of sociological enquiry . |
| 2 | Since then the pickup has been in a police pound near Cheltenham . |
| 3 | While human evolution has oriented around the use of hand and eye , and developed down a highly visual and linear path , the dolphin mind has been on a very different track — acoustic , non-linear and non-manipulative . |
| 4 | Indeed it could be argued that ever since the 1960s when inclusive charter holidays began to ‘ take-off ’ the United Kingdom industry has been in a continued state of flux . |
| 5 | The protection is acquired once an employee has been in a particular employment for two years , though there are special rules concerning part-time employees and for calculating the date up to which the continuous employment is measured . |
| 6 | The 23-year-old has been on a weekly contract since last season , but emerged as a leading figure following the injury to Paul Elliott . |
| 7 | Stephen Dent has been in a wheel chair since an accident seven years ago , which left him paralysed from the waist down . |
| 8 | Another means of keeping contemporary teachers better informed and less parochial in outlook has been through a range of central and local government books and reports . |
| 9 | Since late 1989 , when Steinlager 's three-year contract was not renewed , U.S. rugby has been without a principal sponsor . |
| 10 | That poor girl has been through a terrible ordeal , and if I know anything of gipsies , it 's not over for her yet . ’ |
| 11 | The girl has been in a council children 's home and with foster parents since being made a ward of court . |
| 12 | Over the past few weeks , their National Team has been on a British Tour and wherever they play , the house is packed . |
| 13 | Ever since the record industry walked off the dancefloor , disco has been in a constant state of revival . |
| 14 | A great deal of diversification has been of a conglomerate , ‘ unrelated ’ nature , but it seems hard to find any justification for unrelated diversification . |
| 15 | Next day the guns of the Tower fired a victory salute and Sir John Ligonier wrote to Cumberland on the 25th : ‘ This town has been in a blaze these two days . |
| 16 | The HCIMA bibliography has been established over nearly 10 years , and the past seven years has been on a computer database . |
| 17 | One aspect of IBM Corp 's business has been in a state of suspended animation throughout its woes so far : its turnover has not declined significantly . |
| 18 | One aspect of IBM Corp 's business has been in a state of suspended animation throughout its woes so far : its turnover has not declined significantly . |
| 19 | Police say a battle for territory between crack cocaine dealers has been behind a series of recent shootings in South London . |
| 20 | Jessica Charles-Jones also from Wantage has been in a wheelchair since an accident in 1988 . |
| 21 | The corpse has been in a freezer in Hawaii since he died there in exile in 1989 . |
| 22 | Although it is less the case now than in the past , the longer a person has been on a particular committee the greater the likelihood that he or she will eventually succeed either to its chair or to the senior minority party position . |
| 23 | Historically the BBC has been in a privileged position to negotiate coverage with the ‘ gentlemen amateurs ’ of the MCC , the Committee of the All-England Club , and the four rugby unions . |
| 24 | So our National Anthem has been about a bit , particularly when you think that it came , probably came from , or was used in , erm a piece of music simply by Haydn . |
| 25 | And much of the concerns that we 've been able to express about the Health Service has been as a direct consequence of us having information as to for example the numbers of bed closures , as for example the numbers of people on waiting lists . |
| 26 | Which is , of course , roughly where conventional rubbish-collection policy has been for a long time . |
| 27 | The media has been in a frenzy over Christmas retailing . |
| 28 | A 32 year old manager may be full of vigour , enthusiasm and malleable but a 52 year old manager has been through a couple of recessions , knows the ropes and cap pull a few more rabbits out of the hat . |
| 29 | YES , IT APPEARS THAT THIS KEELER WOMAN HAS BEEN IN A CLINCH WITH PROFUMO AND SOME RUSSIAN GEEZER |
| 30 | It has been suggested that the shock of widowhood for a woman is like compulsory redundancy for a man ; and for a woman whose career has been as a housewife this might certainly be the case , even though for others it could prove a relief from the narrow constraints of their domestic role . |