Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The national park has been concerned for some time about the volume of heavy lorries using roads through the park . |
| 2 | ICI has been responsible for many major developments in acrylics since the 1930s . |
| 3 | The world recession has been tough for all of us , at home and abroad . |
| 4 | The board has been concerned for some years about the possible impact of excessive dependence on coal — used for 80 per cent of electricity currently generated — if developments in the domestic or international coal market push prices up rapidly . |
| 5 | My experience has been that for many people there is not all that difference between bringing ‘ God ’ in and touching wood . |
| 6 | Assume as before that national income has been constant for several time periods at £1,000 , and that autonomous investment is initially equal to £500 . |
| 7 | Benjamin Libet of the University of California at San Francisco has been responsible for two sets of experiments which are often cited as crucial evidence in the debate about the relationship between brain and mind . |
| 8 | Moreover , to offer vocational courses such as TEC and BEC , where these were not previously available , would have required suitably qualified staff and appropriate facilities at a time of recession when money has been available for neither . |
| 9 | The warehouse has been empty for many years , but holding repairs have meant at least that water penetration to the fabric is reduced . |
| 10 | Depo-Provera has been available for short-term use in Britain since 1978 . |
| 11 | And it 's particularly , I think , acute in the parish of Saint Mary 's and Saint John 's because the vicarage has been empty for two years and erm they built a new house , it was more it was cheaper to build a new house than to do the old one up , but there it 's been sat , empty for two years , and erm they 've been trying to find a buyer . |
| 12 | The effect has been that for most of this century Britain has had to hold interest rates higher than has been necessary or desirable . |
| 13 | In fact the light has been green for some time already . |
| 14 | Small dedicated games units had been available for some time but had always had only crude multimedia capabilities . |
| 15 | Donald and Sheila Baughan had been married for 20 years . |
| 16 | St Wulstans had been empty for 4 years . |
| 17 | The stables have been open for one year this November . |
| 18 | In recent years the Employment Department and the Department of Trade and Industry have been responsible for appropriate interventions but they have been more of a fire fighting nature than a sustained development of policy and role — which in any case , has not been the way government departments have tended to behave since they are organised to implement government policy in the immediate rather than long term . |
| 19 | Rents linked to the tenant 's turnover have been common for many years , particularly in mining leases . |
| 20 | Economists and economic historians have been interested in measuring poverty and wealth on a per capita basis for some time , and such data have been available for some of the advanced industrial countries for many years . |
| 21 | The past few months have been remarkable for that . |
| 22 | Margaret McGregor , convener of the district council 's women 's committee , said : ‘ The women 's committee has been aware for some time that there are a lack of resources and refuge spaces for women fleeing violent situations . ’ |
| 23 | In case police behaviour changes as new procedures and rules become familiar , then whole research exercise will be repeated again after the Act has been operational for eighteen months ( summer 1987 ) . |
| 24 | IBIsys has been available for four years and has around 15,000 customers scattered across Italy , Europe , Canada , South Africa and Australia . |
| 25 | Middle management has been vulnerable for some time . |
| 26 | Abroad , the idea of Freeports has been current for many years . |
| 27 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils much closer together and this important aspect of our work has expanded considerably in recent times . |
| 28 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils closer together . |
| 29 | The same is true in the US , where the banking sector has been eager for some time now to find loopholes in the Glass-Steagall Act 1933 ( which segregates to a large extent the banking and securities business ) and expand into other , more profitable , areas of financial service activity . |
| 30 | The gallery has been empty for several years . |