Example sentences of "been in [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MAGISTRATES ' Courts have been in existence for hundreds of years , presided over by lay Justices of the Peace ( magistrates ) , that is people who have no legal qualification . |
| 2 | It is probable that a maypole tradition had already been in existence for many years , if not centuries . |
| 3 | The Beacon had been in existence for many years and in the past had catered for up to thirty children with a wide range of disabilities and needs . |
| 4 | The Village Trust is a respected body which has been in existence for many years . |
| 5 | Group savings schemes and such like which have been in existence for many years . |
| 6 | ‘ People are saying , if you 've been in existence for two and a half years , perhaps you 've got something about you , ’ he says . |
| 7 | The Young England Rugby Club has been in existence for two years but is now being relaunched as a major part of the RFU youth initiative with its own clear aims and ambitions . |
| 8 | The company has been in existence for eight years now and is completely independent . |
| 9 | However , Gen. José Dante Caridi , who had stood down as Army Chief of Staff after the rebellion , immediately denied the existence of any such deal ( as did his successor , Gen. Francisco Gassino , who warned that he would respond firmly to any further mutinies ) and accused Seineldin of excessive nationalism and fundamentalism and of being involved in a group of Army conspirators which had been in existence for 25 years . |
| 10 | CONTOUR has now been in existence for three years . |
| 11 | ‘ Are you aware ’ , she asked , ‘ that the National Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Children has now been in existence for ten years ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I thought that , since your society has been in existence for ten years , I might do an article on your work . ’ |
| 13 | Easthall Residents ' Association ( ERA ) has been in existence for 20 years and has been involved in numerous issues affecting the community . |
| 14 | Despite the fact that the Common Market has now been in existence for thirty-five years , despite also the fact that its main original raison d'être was to abolish obstacles to trade between Member States , a feature of the whole process has been the skill with which countries have managed to keep up their non-tariff trade barriers . |
| 15 | When Joyce joined the British Fascisti in December 1923 , it had been in existence for seven months . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | Braintree Concerts Music Club has been in existence for 22 years , but is looking for new ways to promote itself following the decision by the district council to withdraw its grant . |
| 18 | Although it has been in existence for some considerable time , train operation for passengers has been provided by battery-electric power . |
| 19 | At a meeting on 1 September , the " Women Compositors " , Readers " and Monotype Operators " Union " was described as having been in existence for some nine weeks . |
| 20 | English Estates had been in existence for some years , but its traditional role had been factory building and commercial development on green field sites with 5,000 factories and offices on 508 estates . |
| 21 | The EGBT have been in existence for some years and have proved themselves a respectable and reliable organisation with several completed projects to their credit . |
| 22 | Colonia Dignidad , situated in Parral , 400 km south of Santiago , and inhabited by an estimated 300 people , mainly West Germans , had been in existence for 28 years and was variously linked with slave labour , child sexual abuse , and the torture and disappearance of political prisoners . |
| 23 | Of particular interest here is the work of the Financial Information Project which has been in existence since 1979 . |
| 24 | Indy Car racing has been in existence since 1909 . |
| 25 | This cemetery has been in existence since 1965 and is lovingly tended by regular visitors who often bring fresh flowers to mark the last resting place of a faithful friend . |
| 26 | Both the US Navy and Army had run their own intelligence departments since the early 1880s while the FBI had been in existence since 1910 and had been responsible for collating foreign intelligence . |
| 27 | In consultation with the Department of the Environment and the Scottish Office , which are represented on MOD 's housing task force , my Department has recently been in contact with all local authorities , seeking information on their arrangements for the provision of housing for ex-service personnel . |
| 28 | D'Arcy knew Dave Forbes had been in contact with New Scotland Yard as he had instructed , but he was surprised to see the shabby , raincoated figure of Roy Bliss standing behind the Immigration officer . |
| 29 | Raskolnikov asks himself after he has helped the Marmeladov family and been in contact with little children . |
| 30 | OFFICIALS at Belfast City Airport have been in contact with another city-based UK airport after more than 100 people claimed fumes from a plane made them ill . |