Example sentences of "of [noun pl] has been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The traditional approach to the training and selection of headteachers has been on the basis of technical competence reinforced by practical experience . |
| 2 | Local Management of Schools has been to many of our schools . |
| 3 | ‘ A team of counsellors has been on duty over the weekend between 8am and 8pm and the helpline will remain live between these hours daily until 5pm on Friday , February 26 . |
| 4 | For example , a major preoccupation of sociologists has been with the cohesive effect of directive institutions through which power is exercised — the law , political systems , etc . |
| 5 | The balance of payments has been in surplus every year but two , external debt is less than 1% of official foreign reserves , and inflation has averaged only 2.2% in the past five years . |
| 6 | The best known use of zeolites has been as dehydrating agents — the so called molecular sieves — which can effectively filter out and hold on to water molecules thereby removing them from other liquids . |
| 7 | And the bed looks like a troop of soldiers has been over it . ’ |