Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] for some time " in BNC.
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1 | We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too . |
2 | We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too . |
3 | Nurses who have been nursing for some time are likely to have reached the stage where much of what they do has become automatic , that is , carried out without conscious thought or awareness . |
4 | Indications of Mr Mandela 's growing political stature in the eyes of the government have been accumulating for some time . |
5 | Division Two of this event is probably best left to Tom Jones 's Sadler 's Wells newcomer Alyakkh , about whom local work-watchers have been cooing for some time . |
6 | Divisional general manager David Howroyd commented : ‘ We are tremendously excited about this venture , which we have been considering for some time . |
7 | Environmental organizations have been calling for some time for the incorporation of environmental criteria into the various CAP support mechanisms . |
8 | ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage . |
9 | Colleagues in local government have been saying for some time that the Government have said that , at some point , the revenue collection services in local authorities would be privatised and would go out to tender . |
10 | I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so . |
11 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |
12 | Yes but then thinking about those that have been running for some time . |
13 | A buy-in of shares may be the appropriate method of effecting a management buy-out where certain shareholders wish to realise their investment in a business which they have been running for some time , or they wish to retire , and there is a management team willing to continue with the business and become the new shareholders . |
14 | It is an idea that the fans of Asynchronous Transport Mode technology have been touting for some time , but Ungermann is shying away from Asynchronous Transfer Mode to the desktop at the moment . |