Example sentences of "[conj] have been in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A French-lexified Creole is , or has been in common use in several other territories as well — Trinidad , Grenada and St Vincent among them . |
| 2 | He fervently denied that he had been at the scene of the murders or had been in any way involved . |
| 3 | If he had a dubious work record , or had been in any kind of trouble , it often did n't matter . |
| 4 | It is of great significance that most of the NICs are presently or have been in recent times one-party states , not necessarily totalitarian in the classic sense , but certainly lacking in most of the genuinely pluralistic institutions that characterize advanced industrial societies . |
| 5 | So I do n't know if any of you are old enough to have worked in factories or have been in any in the services ? |
| 6 | Lower School was opposite the Chapel and here , under the dark oaken beams and arches , I was taught in a classroom that had been in continuous use as such since 1443 . |
| 7 | Only once had he said he loved her , and that had been in extreme circumstances . |
| 8 | Country houses that have been in institutional use |
| 9 | Swan Hunter , whose present workforce numbers 2,200 , is now in the hands of receivers and has been in acute crisis since failing to win a vital Ministry of Defence helicopter-carrier order . |
| 10 | At this village off the A40 south of Fishguard is the Tregwynt Woollen Mill , which dates from the middle of the eighteenth century and has been in continuous production of woollen yarns since then . |
| 11 | Carved in Germany in the late tenth or early eleventh century , the plaque measures 13.7x11.3 cm and has been in private ownership throughout this century . |
| 12 | Statistics up to 1971 showed it as having an old-age structure and to have been in continuing decline , though there are recent signs of improvement ( Census of Ireland 1981 ) . |
| 13 | It was a new school for us too , but at least we were all there together , and had been in Junior School together . |
| 14 | The 2nd Battalion , Royal Regiment of Fusiliers , was then the infantry battalion in the ACE Mobile Force , and had been in that role since May 1987 . |
| 15 | Leader of the ‘ Prague Spring ’ reform movement that was crushed by Soviet tanks in 1968 , Dubcek was 70 when he died in Prague , and had been in intensive care after his car plunged off a road in heavy rain on September 1 . |
| 16 | This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health . |
| 17 | Of the sixteen women in their survey who were currently working-class and had been in institutional care , ten had premarital pregnancies . |
| 18 | hold a position of responsibility within the industry and have been in such a post for at least two years |
| 19 | Have a degree or equivalent qualification directly relating to your employment , and have been in regular employment for at least two years ; and |
| 20 | Laura 's Beau was third last year but has been in rotten form since then having been plagued by blood trouble . |
| 21 | But , he said , last week the beleaguered Mr Major had found new friends in the SNP — which had for weeks been urging all-party opposition talks on the government of Scotland , but had been in secret negotiations with a Tory government . |
| 22 | The reference to ‘ all the circumstances ’ was not included in the Bill , but had been in earlier legislation , and was reinstated for fear that the courts might read into the omission a legislative intention that was not truly held . |
| 23 | But Benedict 's eyes were on her , as compelling a question in them as had been in those of his godmother . |