Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] have [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problems there certainly were : the disentangling of assets with multiple uses ( for example , some offices had been used for gas billing as well as for electricity ) inevitably caused some headaches . |
| 2 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |
| 3 | Since 1918 comparatively few jewels have been designed for court wear in any country ; since 1939 hardly any . |
| 4 | Some statements have been edited for clarity . |
| 5 | The first is that some cricketers have been cheating for years in a most blatant manner . |
| 6 | Despite the fact that very few reservoirs have been functioning for more than 10 years , cases have been described in which dysplasia and carcinoma have been seen in colitic pouches and adenomas in FAP pouches . |
| 7 | Mickey Spielberg , Disney 's chief imagineer , told me that some adjustments have been made for the European park , especially in the type of catering provided . |
| 8 | Some pits have been reprieved for the time being , but the closure programme may simply be delayed , the price of buying off political defeat being a £500 million subsidy over the next two years . |
| 9 | ‘ There is no magic solution to this issue and employees who smoke will need to harness their own willpower , but the ban could be the kind of incentive that some smokers have been waiting for to help them reduce or stop smoking and improve their general health . ’ |
| 10 | Some references have been added for those who wish to check on detail or proceed further although this work has not been written as a formal review of cold fusion . |
| 11 | However , this approach towards electronics is not without its critics ( Moore and Booth , 1986 ) : few jobs have been created for the long-term unemployed ; a relatively small proportion of posts are for managerial and technical positions ; and the indigenous sector remains small , as do total exports and research and development capacities . |
| 12 | Some detainees have been held for as long as seven years without charge or trial . |
| 13 | And they would then sell these goods at high prices to those buyers who have not discovered that some sellers have been selling for low prices . |
| 14 | In the past , such films have been judged for the ideological correctness of their depictions of Black people , the extent to which they rely on stereotypes and so on . |
| 15 | No such efforts had been made for the children who preferred to be white or by those parents who brought up their children ‘ entirely white ’ . |
| 16 | Such claims have been made for a succession of international exhibitions since the first , the Great Exhibition , opened in Hyde Park in 1851 . |
| 17 | Such approaches have been criticised for failing to take account of external or structural factors which influence people 's experience of ageing . |
| 18 | These programmes have been designed for general managers at all levels who wish to enhance their career progression . |
| 19 | It was difficult to believe that these birds had been harvested for food on Mykines for generations , or to argue against the Faroese claim that the strict regulations which apply to the fowling are designed to ensure that the population numbers are not adversely affected . |
| 20 | These guidelines have been prepared for the information and guidance of staff in centres preparing and offering the National Certificate in Travel , and should be read in conjunction with the module descriptors . |
| 21 | These sectors have been chosen for several reasons : their services are provided for wide sections of the community ; they are major employers ; and new technology is being introduced into their central work activities . |
| 22 | Both these areas had been proposed for SPA status by the Nature Conservancy Council , in August 1990 and July 1988 respectively , but no progress has been made . |
| 23 | It is most unlikely that either of these areas has been used for arable in the last 1500 years , and this is confirmed to some extent by field names recorded on the earliest maps ( of the early nineteenth century ) and in medieval documents . |
| 24 | These subscriptions have been paid for 1993 . |
| 25 | These imports have to be paid for and what is interesting — and why manufacturing is vital to us — is that over the past hundred years , if not longer , seventy per cent of these imports have been paid for by the export of British manufactured goods . |
| 26 | In addition , one very broadly-based general SVQ is being introduced at level I. We are also introducing two preliminary awards at a more basic level than level I. All these awards have been accredited for two years in the first instance . |
| 27 | The popularity of these films has been blamed for the emergence of Ninja gangs in Lusaka suburbs who wear black masks , carry home-made swords , iron bars , clubs and sticks which they use during burglaries and muggings . |
| 28 | These days have been organised for 13th September at Homerton , Cambridge and Ipswich . |
| 29 | These days have been organised for 13th September at Homerton , Cambridge and Ipswich . |
| 30 | IMPACT Moling : These machines have been used for some years to lay services and pipes up to 125mm in diameter . |