Example sentences of "they have [be] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 In addition to controlling the visitors during the parade , they have been collecting for the WRAC Association and the collection boxes must be returned to Corps Headquarters .
2 They have been selected for the quality of their objectives and will involve working in partnership with geographers , conservationists and ecologists in the countries they visit .
3 These crystals are usually very small , but they have been detected for a range of polymers including polyesters , polyamides , polyethylene , cellulose acetate , and poly ( 4-methyl pentene-1 ) .
4 When we have breakfast , on the 8th floor , we can look down on the river , and watch all the river traffic , including large passenger vessels , big merchant ships belching smoke , strings of wooden barges , and big and small old-fashioned junks , which look as if they have been sailing for a 100 years at least .
5 " I have been connected with different unions for this last twenty years " , he declared to the Royal Commission on Labour in 1892 , " but I am sorry to state that they have been formed for the benefit of one man , for he has generally cleared out with the funds " .
6 Often these can provide extremely useful teaching material , despite the fact that they have been produced for the general public , rather than with a school 's audience in mind .
7 They have been criticised for the choice of colours associated with warfare , but up here in these hills surrounded by an army of uniformed police , US marshalls and private security guards all bristling with weapons , it is war : UMWA vice-president Cecil Roberts has said as much .
8 The length of time they have been waiting for a house or factors such as overcrowding and damp are far more important than marital status , Mrs Smith said .
9 Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while .
10 They have been chosen for the posts in other parts of the country because their employers consider them to be the best people for these particular jobs .
11 This causes a reaction even after they have been entangled for the rabbits are inclined to bite at the net if they are left within it for too long .
12 These are called reaves and , while they have been known for a long time , their age , extent and probable purpose have only recently been recognised .
13 But few dogs make better companions than a well trained Shepherd , and they have been used for a wide variety of tasks , aside from their traditional role of protecting flocks of sheep .
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