Example sentences of "that [verb] [been] [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is essentially because of the change in labour relations and the encouragement that has been given for employers and the work force to work together . |
| 2 | The American versus British female stereotype is a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion that has been raging for decades . |
| 3 | CPRW is one of a small handful of organisations in Wales that has been asked for views on what the report should say . |
| 4 | CPRW is one of a small handful of organisations in Wales that has been asked for views on what the report should say . |
| 5 | There is another function of playing dead that has been depicted for centuries but which , until recently , was thought to be no more than a fictitious folk-tale . |
| 6 | It is the same spray material that has been used for ages on potatoes and other crops , and can be a great help here also . |
| 7 | It was worn and comfortable-looking , like an old , well-loved piece of furniture that had been kept for years . |
| 8 | Like the ‘ Samson ’ , it is an important rediscovery , once in the Demidoff Collection , that had been missing for decades and was last seen in at the C.L.Cardon sale in Brussels in 1921 . |
| 9 | Surely this was something that had been threatening for years ? |
| 10 | In Australia , he had rejuvenated a sport that had been declining for years ; in England , he did exactly the same , leaving people exhilarated by his team 's play wherever they went and creating a great new surge of interest in the game . |
| 11 | Although , as he points out , ‘ it really is n't new at all , just a return to traditions of healing that have been accepted for millenniums ’ . |
| 12 | In part this can be attributed to the diverse scopes that have been claimed for sociolinguistics ( see Trudgill , 1978 : Introduction ) , but in part it comes about because sociolinguists are interested in inter-relations between language and society however these are manifested in grammatical systems : sociolinguistics is not a component or level of a grammar in the way that syntax , semantics , phonology and , quite plausibly , pragmatics are . |
| 13 | While everyone was careful to avoid the word ‘ black ’ in their statements , the fact remains that the ‘ minority ’ workshop , which was overseen by one Ramona Edelin of the National Urban Coalition , an urban action organisation founded in 1967 , was really a reflection on the efforts of some of the black inspired programmes that have been running for years in America . |
| 14 | For example in the case of deep bed undergravel filters that have been running for years , a gravel cleaner is attached to the intake of the power filter and as the gravel is hoovered the mulm is trapped in the filter and clean water returned to the tank . |
| 15 | It 's a time bomb that 's been ticking for centuries and the fuse has always been gold . |
| 16 | What he can do is instill a sense of purpose and energy that 's been missing for years . |
| 17 | Elstree is not able to take all the aviation business that 's been displaced for weeks that I know of and , and for Hatfield I 've been notified by two people who are at present at Hatfield , one of whom is going to move to Stansted . |