Example sentences of "has [adv] been [prep] [num] " in BNC.

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1 The impact has not been in one direction only : the political culture has served to shape political perceptions and actions , and hence to influence the nation 's political history .
2 At 26 he has already been at eight clubs , and if Howard Wilkinson could n't stop his itchy feet people will ask , what chance have we got ?
3 There are currently 17 expeditions on Everest — the most there has ever been at one time .
4 Primarily a religious holiday , it has also been for hundreds of years a secular holiday , often with a travelling showmen 's fair visiting the village at the time .
5 It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now .
6 It has n't been for three years . "
7 Young ( 1988 ) has , for example , noted that for local and national crime surveys , the response rate ( the proportion of individuals chosen for inclusion in a survey who actually complete a questionnaire ) has never been above 80 per cent .
8 Also Parker confesses that he has never been to one of Elvis ' recording sessions : ‘ That 's his job — mine 's getting him as much money as I can . ’
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