Example sentences of "has been [adj] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other important sub-sect to figure prominently in recent biblical scholarship has been familiar for a long time , but under a different name . |
| 2 | Unlike other higher profile running mothers , returning to training after the birth of a healthy son has been gentle for the 44-year old . |
| 3 | Since it has been weak for the past two months , calling for cheaper money is as irrelevant as wanting trees to blossom in an Arctic winter . |
| 4 | Despite the greater emphasis on additional facilities , it has been necessary for the ordinary financing arrangements to be enlarged by regular increases in quotas . |
| 5 | ‘ And this man , Leonora , has been celibate for a long time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Doug Williams , a manager in the bank 's insurance group , says the operation has been profitable for the past two years and is already seen as a significant part of Chase 's retail service . |
| 8 | It has been traditional for the theoretical chemists to run series of seminars additional to those in Physical Chemistry , and it is expected that the Coulson Professor will wish to continue this . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | And in his spare time , he has been on-call for the past six years to wear a yellow helmet as a Retained Leading Firefighter with D Division of Strathclyde Fire Brigade based at Ardrossan . |
| 11 | The Commission on Analytical Nomenclature of IUPAC has been active for a long time in establishing nomenclature for chromatography . |
| 12 | As I see him sitting there now , sheltered under a derelict building 's covered way , one which has been empty for a tedious never-ending era , with an unchangeable lifestyle , erected for nothing but with such a prospect for life , if used properly . |
| 13 | ‘ The team 's suspension system has been identical for the past 22 Grands Prix , that is since the beginning of the 1992 world championship . |
| 14 | Forty nine of the patients were under 50 at presentation ; this proportion has been constant for the past 10 years . |
| 15 | When the younger counsellor shares these experiences with the older counsellee they are both doing far more than embarking on a process of recalling the past , they are sharing a common heritage which has been formative for the young as well as the old , although less directly so . |
| 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 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 18 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 19 | . Just think of this food , clothing , shoes all to come out of my earnings the average of £3.9.9d. a little more sometimes , a few shillings Bonus , and my son has been ill for the past three weeks , whos going to pay the doctors Bill also I have lost time at work through air raid warnings no pay . |
| 20 | French diesel growth , buoyed by tax incentives on fuel , has been steady for the past decade , and spectacular between 1988 and 1991 , when the diesel share of the overall French market doubled . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It goes without saying that the definition has been responsible for a major literature . |
| 24 | This is a very lethal condition and has been responsible for a great many accidents and much loss of life . |
| 25 | It was opened in 1985 by its owners , Tim and Kit Kemp , and it is Kit who has been responsible for the interior decor throughout . |
| 26 | Fothergill , Gudgin , Kitson and Monk ( 1986 ) argue that one locational characteristic above all has been responsible for the relative decline of cities , and that is the problem of availability of land . |
| 27 | The time out lasts only until the child has stopped the undesirable behaviour and has been quiet for a short time . |