Example sentences of "and [noun] have been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Runners and riders have been selected for the new Permanent Secretarial jobs and buildings earmarked to house them , their masters and the unsung legions of civil servants doing new jobs almost overnight . |
| 2 | Syrian forces , Lebanese troops , and militiamen have been poised for a week for an attack to seize the palace . |
| 3 | Syrian forces , Lebanese troops , and militiamen have been poised for a week for an attack to seize the palace . |
| 4 | And plans have been revealed for a £16 million shopping market as part of the redevelopment scheme for Gloucester Docks . |
| 5 | As my hon. Friend rightly said , the construction of the 08 , the fourth boat , is currently under way and authorities have been given for the long lead items . |
| 6 | An integral part of the development will be the reorganisation of the University 's associated library holdings , and funding has been obtained for the institute 's library . |
| 7 | Local lawyers , police and judiciary have been primed for the test case by a series of seminars organised in conjunction with BSA Europe . |
| 8 | Local people and organizations have been complaining for years about high levels of tritium found in groundwater , drinking water and in milk from local dairies . |
| 9 | As members will be aware , the Local Government Regions and Districts have been known for some time , and the areas of the Sheriffdoms were published at the beginning of the year . |
| 10 | Jasper and Bert had been gone for ten days . |
| 11 | The Caledonides of Britain and Ireland and the Hercynides of France , Spain and Portugal have been selected for study as representatives of the two main stratigraphic and structural domains of western Europe . |
| 12 | Lift and drag have been calculated for tails spread to an apical angle of 120° . |
| 13 | And the demand for jam jars had been so great that even salvage dumps and cemeteries had been searched for extra supplies . |
| 14 | The regional authority provided £40,000 for ophthalmology and £10,000 has been identified for general surgery . |
| 15 | As you will know the local residents and visitors have been pressing for a footpath along Gubberford Lane for many years . |
| 16 | Many organisations and companies have been approached for support , with a measure of success . |
| 17 | Charlotte and Alexander have been waiting for years . |
| 18 | Gravier 's wife and child and parents had been waiting for him at Acapulco . |
| 19 | Plato was not alone in believing that some kind of physical change must occur in the brain when information is stored in memory , and neuroscientists have been looking for Plato 's ‘ wax tablet ’ without success since the beginning of this century . |
| 20 | Fostering Society awareness at a local level can be a great help — stamping membership cards in areas was suggested — From the objectives stated in our Development Plan in the first year , it is calculated that the minimum Membership needed for 1987 will be 3,300 — and the responsibility for recruiting the majority of this must rest with our Q.T. 's — the burden can be eased by working together on local projects and targets have been set for each area to reach by the end of this academic year . |
| 21 | Tom Dreaper could not convince him that racing was a business to be taken seriously , and Foinavon had been sold for 2,000 guineas . |
| 22 | Mr Reynolds had an intravenous infusion and a central venous line ( see p.1 ) and fluids had been prescribed for both . |
| 23 | Dr Gilbert has pointed out that when the evangelist Hannah More remarked in 1789 on the existence of whole village populations no less estranged from the services of the Church than were heathens , she was belatedly recognising something which Wesley and Whitefield had been proclaiming for decades . |
| 24 | Thus , tests for organisms such as E coli and Shigella have been developed for use on drinking water supplies . |
| 25 | Of the shortfall , departments had assessed 80m as being unobtainable , and 65m had been rejected for political and other reasons ( Making Things Happen , 1985 ) . |
| 26 | Donald and Elinor had been talking for thirty minutes . |
| 27 | The Scholarships , Grants and Awards have been strengthened for 1993 with the addition of several new ones . |
| 28 | And then , after he and Owen had been talking for some while , he crooked his finger and called over the boy who had seen |
| 29 | These solutions , which involved old technology , simply applied to the ocean freighter what railroads and truckers had been using for 30 years . |
| 30 | And Orlick had been arrested for breaking into Pumblechook 's house and stealing his money . |