Example sentences of "[noun sg] has been [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The park has been used regularly for 30 years by Yorkshire County Cricket Club and it is also home to Middlesbrough rugby and cricket clubs . |
| 2 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
| 3 | A NEW blood vessel ‘ drill ’ which can relieve blocked arteries supplying the heart has been used successfully for the first time by surgeons in Britain . |
| 4 | The tower was demolished by lightning in 1821 and since the present Abbey clock tower was erected on the site in 1822 the papingo has been placed there for every contest . |
| 5 | However , no money has been allocated specifically for this purpose . |
| 6 | Er I would , I would echo that , that we feel that they money has been paid in for work or services done by the employer and by the er fund members themselves have contributed and I do n't think it belongs to either of those parties in any more , it 's held by the trustees to pay pensions , if for nothing it 's been put there just to pay pensions , it 's not a piggy bank for er for companies to draw out with the with their tame er trustees allowing it , it it 's money the trustees hold in in trust and I believe that 's the law at the moment and er I I think we would like to see that confirmed in any new law . |
| 7 | However , money has been set aside for a refurbishment programme across the group 's 30 hotels . |
| 8 | An inaugural meeting of the Merseyside Music Industry Association has been set up for tomorrow night . |
| 9 | The dictionary has been compiled specially for people working in a business environment , and for students and teachers of business and commerce . |
| 10 | A five year programme has been drawn up for the regeneration of the town centre and the St Hilda 's area , Grove Hill , Easterside , Newport , Ayresome and Gresham . |
| 11 | Cheshire 's chemical industry has been lobbying hard for cuts in electricity pricing . |
| 12 | OSF 's singular appearance changes the rules the industry has been playing by for the past few years , narrowing the gap between the two camps , and allowing more room for the players to manoeuvre . |
| 13 | Too much emotion has been bottled up for too long and in some firms the performance-reward link is seriously distorted . |
| 14 | I felt sad about this as I have several friends from my Salford days in Hong Kong , but I understand a decision to carry out this action has been put off for some time , so perhaps it was a regrettable necessity . |
| 15 | A completely new , and as yet untitled , work has been created specifically for the spacious Sackler Octagon . |
| 16 | A helpline has been set up for anxious parents . |
| 17 | This column has been set aside for the punchcard machines , but I 'm not forgetting that some of you have manual machines and I hope in future issues in to include something for you from time to time . |
| 18 | For example , in most parts of the world , wood has been used extensively for building , fuel , tools , and even machinery , yet only in exceptional circumstances does wood survive . |
| 19 | Routine Guthrie testing has been carried out for phenylketonuria since the mid-1970s and testing for hypothyroidism since the mid-'80s . |
| 20 | Adjustment has been made throughout for intra-industry bulk Scotch Whisky sales . |
| 21 | A 20 acre site has been set aside for the Tivoli Gardens , a landscaped park with games , rides and entertainment . |
| 22 | A sort of messy , mucky drama has been going on for years , about unselectivity and conglomeration : ‘ Let them have the experience , all of them , every one of them , every minute of every time ! ’ ( p. 8 ) . |
| 23 | So far ethics committee approval has been given only for the treatment of individual patients as a debate continues about the risks of genetic-medicine misuse . |
| 24 | The process has been going on for some time . |
| 25 | Our second new product has been introduced specifically for the service and administration departments . |
| 26 | As for the more general question of overseas reprocessing at Dounreay , I emphasise again that spent nuclear fuel has been reprocessed there for more than 30 years — safely and without any adverse effects on the environment . |
| 27 | Three quarters of the first tranche has been set aside for cleaning up Phuket and Pattaya . |
| 28 | During recent years , demand has been building up for greatly increased facilities for full-time substitute care . |
| 29 | This policy has been carried out for some time by the OECD countries , Todorovic claimed , except that there the figure is between 4 and 6 per cent . |
| 30 | Indeed , such an activation mechanism has been suggested previously for DNA-PK-mediated phosphorylation of Sp1 ( 4 ) . |