Example sentences of "[noun] has be [v-ing] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A computer retailer has been operating for three years under the name of " COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SALES " and has a chain of stores in the South of England . |
| 2 | Bob Peckham has been juggling for 12 years he regularly entertains shoppers in Oxford city centre . |
| 3 | The unofficial sanctuary has been running for four years and is now looking after more than a hundred animals . |
| 4 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 5 | The Nuclear Test Veterans Association has been fighting for 10 years to get compensation for British servicemen who were on the Pacific islands when the tests took place in the 1950s . |
| 6 | The system using freezing instead of hot branding has been working for 12 years and the firm has now won a Royal Warrant . |
| 7 | ‘ Our factory in Scotland has been going for 15 years ’ says Smillie . |
| 8 | Providing the plan has been going for ten years . |
| 9 | It will be presumed that death has occurred if the Policyholder has been missing for 90 consecutive days and sufficient evidence is provided to support the conclusion that death was caused by accident . |
| 10 | Janet Aughton has been battling for two years to get her two sons , Steven who 's 7 , and six year old Jason … moved from the council school they attend in Gloucester.She says the two children are gradually going blind because of a hereditary defect that 's already made her lose her sight . |
| 11 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 12 | Professor Reg King has been working for twenty years on developing a foolproof bank cashpoint machine . |
| 13 | The Shrove Tuesday game has been going for 960 years . |
| 14 | THE national lottery may be new in the UK but in Spain the big gamble game has been running for 180 years . |
| 15 | As Mary recovered at home in neighbouring Bakewell yesterday , husband Harold , 85 , a retired engineer , said : ‘ Mary has been driving for 17 years , and is very good . |
| 16 | I mean , dammit all , Charles has been working for 40 years and I 've been working for 22 ’ ) . |
| 17 | Evidence for the effect of tax relief on private health insurance premiums for the over 60s is fairly secure since the scheme has been operating for two years . |
| 18 | The scheme has been running for 11 years . |
| 19 | Once the scheme has been running for 20 years or more , claimants will not build up any more 80ths . |
| 20 | Rick has been teaching for twelve years and is Head of Mathematics in a boys ' secondary modern school in a small town , with an intake mainly from middle-class homes . |
| 21 | SIR — The fact that Steve Redfern has been trying for six years to resume playing rugby union after playing rugby league ( Daily Telegraph , April 2 ) shows that union is a more enjoyable game . |
| 22 | The second stage of development will be considered after the first stage has been operating for two to three years . |
| 23 | Andrew 's family has been trying for three years to get treatment for him . |
| 24 | Grendon has been operating for 30 years and Judge Stephen Tumim 's report , published today , praises them for their standards of humanity , care and dignity . |
| 25 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 26 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 27 | ‘ The class has been running for 2½ years ’ What stamina ! |