Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] have been [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 2 | Electronics is a universal tool that has been around for a while and which can be used to control electrical circuits — not a common art form . |
| 3 | Computer Users of Europe ( CUE ) , a user group that 's been around for some time on an informal basis , has gone official : it has drafted a constitution and has a steering committee working on making it formal . |
| 4 | Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms . |
| 5 | Er it 's partly using some questions that 've been around for a very long time but there 're some subtle variations and some new ones added in , okay ? |
| 6 | I mean surely that is a subject that 's been around for a hundred years ? |
| 7 | As veteran commentator George Melly remarked : ‘ The trad boom was both unexpected and untypical ; its heroes were far older than the norm and had been around for much longer ; the emphasis was instrumental rather than vocal ; the sexual aspect was almost non-existent . ’ |
| 8 | We decided to test a model that has been round for some time on the professional market , and is popular amongst tradesman working on side — the Makita 6012HDW Cordless Driver Drill . |
| 9 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |