Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] [verb] [prep] several " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 2 | Brian Clough has been trying for several weeks to recapture the man he sees as a key player in his fight to lift Forest off the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 3 | The increasing control of TDC by the Texas courts has been referred to several times already . |
| 4 | This hypothesis has been examined in several studies looking at the PiZ phenotype and periportal α 1 AT granules in patients and controls , and no evidence to support involvement of α 1 AT in genetic predisposition has been found . |
| 5 | A possible Christian presence has been suggested by several fourth century burials in the Northover cemetery , because of their east-west orientation and similarities with Poundbury , but this evidence is insufficiently conclusive . |
| 6 | A food co-op which tried to replace the burned-out shops has been closed after several break-ins , and even the drop-in centre is burgled weekly , according to project worker Sheila Auld . |
| 7 | A similar effect of DNJ on integrin mediated cell adhesion to collagens has been described for several myoblast cell lines . |
| 8 | Ritual has been regarded by several anthropologists as a social event in which pent-up emotions can find some form of release . |
| 9 | The effect of pure ethanol on gastric acid secretion has been investigated by several workers . |
| 10 | The latter is composed of a penis which is usually unpaired ( but may be double , as in the Ephemeroptera and some Dermaptera ) and a pair of more lateral structures which are perhaps best referred to as parameres , though this term has been used in several different senses . |
| 11 | The importance of potassium depletion has been suggested in several studies ( Conn , 1965 ; Gorden , 1973 ) , and in another potassium supplementation was noted to reverse the detrimental effect on carbohydrate metabolism ( Helderman et al , 1983 ) . |
| 12 | However , the spokesman , Mr Vladimir Mestensev , said Mr Gorbachev had been outvoted by several Praesidium members led by the former Moscow Party Chief , Mr Boris Yeltsin . |
| 13 | However , the spokesman , Mr Vladimir Mestensev , said Mr Gorbachev had been outvoted by several Praesidium members led by the former Moscow Party Chief , Mr Boris Yeltsin . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , enough weight had been given by several sources to make it worthwhile checking . |
| 15 | Along the crest of this ridge the rock had been exposed in several places , and eroded into a line of towers and pinnacles . |
| 16 | ‘ Sheffield ’ type parking stands have been placed at several public cycle parking places in central Edinburgh marked overleaf by . |
| 17 | A number of small bronze figurines have been found in several locations in southern Britain . |
| 18 | According to the Link 's busy manager Ken Lee , the Woodland Road offices have been contacted by several other business ventures around the which are interested in emulating Darlington 's success . |
| 19 | These sectors have been chosen for several reasons : their services are provided for wide sections of the community ; they are major employers ; and new technology is being introduced into their central work activities . |
| 20 | You will soon discover that a bewildering variety of history books have been written over several decades on the modern period alone . |
| 21 | RG and RGGF sequences have been found in several proteins related with nucleolar localization and binding to RNA ( 4 , 5 ) . |
| 22 | Coronary vasoconstriction has been suggested by several case-reports but full cardiac investigations have seldom been carried out . |
| 23 | To date , some work has been done in several areas including planning and learning and induction . |
| 24 | More recently , a new class of 5HT 4 receptors has been found in several tissues , including the guinea pig ileum and ascending colon , the cardiovascular system of the pig , and the human heat . |
| 25 | The site has a special significance for Icelanders , whose independence has been compromised on several occasions over the years . |
| 26 | The museum had been closed for several months because of a leaking roof . |
| 27 | Idaho had been selected by anti-abortionists after similar bills had been defeated in several other state legislatures . |
| 28 | When she reached there she found that Ann and Ruth had been joined by several other girls , including Sarah , and were just about to start their game . |
| 29 | Recent criticisms have been made of several aspects of this approach . |
| 30 | Prenatal diagnosis , however , has been performed on the fetus of the aunt of one boy , and genetic counselling has been requested by several other members of the extended families . |