Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [vb -s] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes a figure that 's been around that anyway , yes . |
| 2 | Simply expressed , the accountability , or responsibility , of single-party government to the people a responsibility that has been of the very essence of our system of parliamentary democracy-would be rendered less likely with proportional representation . |
| 3 | ETA is passionately campaigning and investigating to try and maintain the total ban ; a ban that has been in place barely enough time for a baby elephant to have been conceived and born . |
| 4 | ETA is passionately campaigning and investigating to try and maintain the total ban ; a ban that has been in place barely enough time for a baby elephant to have been conceived and born . |
| 5 | It is only the most recent work that has been of an acceptable standard in this respect , and the finding may be summarised as showing a modest correlation between the level of lead in the blood and hyperactivity in children , and between high blood levels and low intelligence , with the latter conclusion more firmly established . |
| 6 | This project continues the work that has been in progress at the London Business School since 1965 . |
| 7 | A country pub that 's been in the same family for more than a hundred years is about to be sold off . |
| 8 | Not only is that generally helpful in being a recently approved structure plan that 's been through the Secretary of State 's hands , but of course it is also part of this region . |
| 9 | Six tries was just what the doctor ordered for a Gloucester team that 's been under the weather for too long this season … and this win was even more rewarding when you think that six first teamers were missing … |
| 10 | SongWright 5.1 is the latest version of a package that has been on the market for several years . |
| 11 | He says this one comes from Brazil , South America and the flowers are not immediately remarkable , but what 's special out it is it has the most wonderful smell of red wine — actually it perhaps smells of red wine that 's been in the carpet overnight rather than Chateau Lafitte . |
| 12 | I have n't got a clue , it 's up to you there 's a box of wine that 's been in the fridge for about six weeks ! |
| 13 | Equality of opportunity — the idea that everybody should have a fair chance of doing themselves justice — is a notion that has been at the basis of public provision of education and indeed of much educational charity for a long time indeed . |
| 14 | now do I do n't suppose I 'm the only person that 's been in a pub toilet , a ladies toilet and I 've heard the females in the toilet saying what , exactly what they would like to do the males ! |
| 15 | Lyn de Alwis , Director of the Sri Lanka National Parks , had a secret weapon , although it is debatable whether you can call a facility that has been in existence for several thousand years ‘ secret ’ . |
| 16 | If , for example , we survey the field of regulation in airline operation , financial services , and so on it is all too obvious that hitherto it is the member state governments that in the main have clung on to their controls and the EC Commission that has been in favour of deregulation and more competition . |
| 17 | They are meant to plug the gaps in the trade embargo that has been in force for almost a year . |
| 18 | Sales in the product 's first year of deliveries amounted to only $1m , a drop in the bucket for a firm that 's been through two rounds of venture capital totalling $7.5m provided by Aspen Partners , Menlo Ventures and Matrix . |
| 19 | Yet , he still somehow manages to listen to virtually everything that 's sent in and retain the same enthusiasm for music that has been with him through his 23 years at Radio 1 . |
| 20 | Yet , he still somehow manages to listen to virtually everything that 's sent in and retain the same enthusiasm for music that has been with him through his 23 years at Radio 1 . |
| 21 | A government that has been in office for 13 years is bound to be judged overwhelmingly on its record . |
| 22 | ‘ This is the Government that has been in touch with the SNP in order to save themselves , but has not been in touch with the Dutch government in order to save Albion , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I mean , Diana herself has never in her lifetime uttered one statement that has been of any use to any member of the human race . ’ |
| 24 | A marvellous opportunity to visit a forge that has been in the same family for five generations to see a working blacksmith . |
| 25 | As a general rule , it is sensible to select a large , well-known company that has been in the market for a long time . |
| 26 | This readiness to see a company that has been in state hands since 1922 pass into private , maybe foreign , ownership is rare . |
| 27 | What we are staring at for the moment is a ‘ permanent ’ Conservative ascendancy , rooted in the Thatcher ‘ revolution ’ and the sea-change in the political culture that has been in progress throughout the eighties . |
| 28 | raises yet again a problem that has been before the Court of Appeal on a number of occasions over the past 10 years or so . |
| 29 | Well the first thing is that the City Council is charged with the defence of common land that and Port Meadow is a piece of common land that 's been in the possession of the people of Oxford and Oxfordshire and of England for over a thousand years . |
| 30 | look , look you 're you 're you 're a guy that 's been through a lot . |