Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] have been in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our knowledge of graded tests comes from modern languages , where tests have been in use for more than a decade ; from mathematics , where two sets of tests are currently in use ; from science ; and from the long-established Associated Board Examinations in music , dancing , and spoken English , or recitation . |
| 2 | He tells me that Spurs have been in touch to say their computer was knackered ( bloody things , who wants em ? ) so there is a delay in sending them out , but we are getting some . |
| 3 | The characteristic of all those areas is that for a long time they have been Labour controlled , although Conservatives have been in control in Brent for the past year and the Liberal Democrats have recently been in control in Tower Hamlets . |
| 4 | Everywhere in public life , old families , old money and titles have been in decline , while business has advanced . |
| 5 | The winding-sheet with its top- and bottom-knots had been in steady decline during the last quarter of the seventeenth century , its place being taken by the open-backed long-sleeved shift with draw-strings at wrist and neck , either with or without an integral hood . |
| 6 | The report and accounts have been in your hands for the statutory period er , and you 've had the chance to read my statement . |
| 7 | If workers had been in the vicinity , they would have received high doses of radiation . |
| 8 | She wondered again what her grandfather 's thoughts and feelings had been in those few days at Dudley House . |
| 9 | The problem is to seek the correct balance , and to this end monitoring and studies have been in progress since 1989 . |
| 10 | IBOA and its members have grave concerns about this development and negotiations have been in progress for the past number of months . |
| 11 | Erm er just made an observation about er experience in hospital with children and apparently when kids have been in hospital for a length of time they do n't object so much when you go along and stick a the |
| 12 | For some of them their changed lives had brought a realisation of what their roles as women had been in the past . |