Example sentences of "been [adj] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've been asleep for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | The IBOA is very conscious of the fact that this issue has been outstanding for a considerable length of time and it is hoped that the proposals will pave the way for a speedy resolution to the problem . |
| 3 | Thick weathering mantles will only form in regions of minimal local relief where rates of erosion have been low for a prolonged period . |
| 4 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 5 | At the very least , the discipline of being involved in some form of training will help counteract the feeling of lethargy that creeps over many people who have been unemployed for a long while — a characteristic which is very counterproductive in an interview . |
| 6 | To summarize : if you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long period : |
| 7 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 8 | It has been clear for a long time that where land adjoining the highway is unintentionally entered , i.e. as a result of a car accident , that the plaintiff must prove negligence ( River Wear Commissioners v Adamson ( 1877 ) 2 App Cas 743 ) . |
| 9 | The trend towards equality of attainment is especially marked in schools that have been comprehensive for a long time . |
| 10 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 11 | The aggressively minded General Conrad von Hötzendorff , Chief of the Austrian General Staff , had long been avid for a pre-emptive war . |
| 12 | Gasoline would have been ideal for a sudden blaze ; the sealed nuclear drive was useless in that respect . |
| 13 | ‘ War 's been inevitable for a long time , Anne . ’ |
| 14 | Stable jockey Chris Grant said : ‘ He had been ill for a long while , but carried on because his horses were his life . ’ |
| 15 | Old John Knox had been ill for a long time and , two years after I joined the firm , he was told that he must retire . |
| 16 | Very often I spend long days on my allotment , and cook quite nice dinners of , say , breast of mutton and peas and fruit off the allotment for myself and a [ woman ] friend who has been ill for a long time … . |
| 17 | But the poor woman had been ill for a long time , although we had not realized it , and died soon after Hareton was born . |
| 18 | ‘ She 'd been ill for a long time . |
| 19 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 20 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 21 | He had been ill for a short time and when uremic poisoning developed , he was moved to a private ward in the Moose Jaw General Hospital . |
| 22 | It would have been hard for an outside eye to have detected anything wrong , although Fritzi 's brother Mickey had provided a clue . |
| 23 | ‘ And this man , Leonora , has been celibate for a long time . |
| 24 | Rural groups have been vulnerable for a long time . |
| 25 | Many of the classic economic and social indicators of fertility decline had been present for a long time in nineteenth-century Britain . |
| 26 | Malherbe may well have been responsible for a new approach apparent in vol.9 and in most of those from vol.1 onwards , which contain none of the serious distortions outlined above . |
| 27 | It goes without saying that the definition has been responsible for a major literature . |
| 28 | Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev is probably one of the most well-known of all Soviet aircraft designers and his OKB has been responsible for a wide variety of aircraft types . |
| 29 | Klein had been responsible for a controversial sale to the Daimler-Benz engineering firm of city-owned land in central Berlin , and had co-operated closely with the Treuhand agency responsible for administering and selling-off state-owned industrial property in eastern Germany . |
| 30 | We all know that what he terms his ’ meandering ’ round private Bills has been responsible for a good deal of heartache and not a little management time in British Rail spent trying to meet some of his objections . |