Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] been a [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 Lack of academic training does not appear to have been a handicap for Roddick .
2 The human rights organization Amnesty International had called for a full investigation of the incident , thought to have been a reprisal for recent attacks by the rebel Popular Front for the Liberation of Azawad , which marked the collapse of a peace agreement signed in January 1991 [ see p. 37947 ] .
3 Comfrey is one of the herbs that seem to have been a remedy for all ills , and one that the mediaeval and Elizabethan physicians and herbalists would never be without .
4 Burstall and Kay report that in the case of NAEP early opposition from teacher unions was partly based upon fear of a backwash effect and , indeed , it appears to have been a worry for those involved with setting up the APU testing programme .
5 From the evidence of the biographical sources , this would appear to be a nearly complete list of the mevleviyet kadiliks of the time ; the only surprising omission is the kadilik of Mecca , which seems to have been a mevleviyet for some years before 963 .
6 There seems to have been a windmill for practically every village and sometimes two or more in the market towns .
7 Offa 's victory over Cynewulf in 779 , therefore , would seem to have been a signal for intensified Mercian activity on Offa 's southern border which may have been an essential prerequisite to any sustained involvement in the south-east .
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