Example sentences of "[pers pn] has [adv] been [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pat served for six years on the Executive Committee ; she has also been responsible for arranging the flowers at many important functions . |
| 2 | In the past 25 years he has also been responsible for the construction of the mortality tables produced by the Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau for use by the life offices and has also taken an active part in the development of a new method of analysing sickness insurance statistics . |
| 3 | For all this he has ever been grateful for his uncles , careful considerations — as his father 's executors — of his family , and especially of their kindness towards him personally . |
| 4 | When ivy is seen growing throughout the crown of a dying tree it has rarely been responsible for the tree 's decline but has taken advantage of the crown which now lets through enough light for the ivy to grow away . |
| 5 | It has thus been customary for dung and bedding to be rotted for up to a year in a midden ( or field heap ) before spreading on the land . |
| 6 | I believe it had a thatched roof and it was such a bonny place , but it has sadly been derelict for years . |
| 7 | Yes , it does : and that is why art directors love it — though it has only been fashionable for about 20 years . |
| 8 | Thus , it has hitherto been appropriate for the professional partnership where limited liability is forbidden . |
| 9 | However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ? |
| 10 | It has always been hard for them to translate their music success into a sustained movie career . |
| 11 | It has always been common for students of literature to imitate their teachers ' styles , including in seemingly incidental respects . |
| 12 | It has always been difficult for mentally handicapped people to find employment when they leave school , but now the prospects are grim indeed . |
| 13 | Consequently it has sometimes been difficult for the new patterns to establish themselves in the face of combined resistance from programme committees , established departments , and professional senior officers . |
| 14 | In many rural areas it has therefore been usual for local farm workers to work on the land ‘ man and boy ’ . |