Example sentences of "[conj] have [been] for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | According to H. C. Robbins Landon , it was the Tristan und Isolde shortly before that , a production of swarming darkness and rare musical sensibility , that had been for many people one of the greatest of all their musical experiences . |
2 | ‘ Hopkins 's sister is a widow and has been for many a year , ’ the fellow replied . |
3 | I know that that is not entirely agreeable to some of my hon. Friends and to some Opposition Members , but that is the fact of life — and has been for many years . |
4 | She keeps busy with local activities and has been for many years editor of her church magazine . |
5 | If a child is sniffing with a group of young people , and has been for some time , it may help to provide other more interesting and exciting leisure activities . |
6 | There is indeed , and has been for some years , discussion on the political level as to whether , and to what extent , public transport , particularly in capital cities , should be regarded , and financed , as a social service , out of taxation whether national or local . |
7 | ‘ The Khanate is settled , and has been for some time , ’ his father said dismissively . |
8 | For one thing , Kelly 's very happily involved in a relationship and has been for some time , so I 'm quite convinced her eyes wo n't stray towards any ski-bums , no matter how handsome . ’ |
9 | Nine tenths of the Leicester ring road is finished and has been for some years . |
10 | Erm the certification of the flight control system is the critical path item and has been for some considerable time . |
11 | Bob Gunnell , of course , is an was and has been for some time a very supportive member of South East Arts and active in many of its committees . |
12 | ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years . |
13 | The powerful states of the time normally were empires , and had been for many centuries , though a few shadowy forerunners of the nation state could be seen by 1500 . |
14 | These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years . |
15 | The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland . |
16 | While there clearly was an ‘ objective ’ discontinuity of subject perspective between selective school mathematics and the practice of some segments , increasingly dominant within some countries , of university mathematics , and had been for some years , it again required interested actors , utilizing the climate of ‘ crisis ’ resulting from the campaign on teacher supply as a major resource , to enter various arenas in order to persuade others of the ‘ need ’ for change . |
17 | I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while . |
18 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
19 | After all , the Elphbergs are the royal family of Ruritania , and have been for hundreds of years . |
20 | Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done . |
21 | ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time . |
22 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
23 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
24 | Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
25 | ‘ Your kind are known to us , Doctor , and have been for longer than you can imagine . ’ |
26 | The place anciently belonged to the Fauconbergs , but has been for many generations the seat of the Bethells . |
27 | The Faroe Islands are self-governing , but have been for many years a colony of Denmark , and still rely on the government of the old mother country for international representation . |
28 | Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease . |
29 | Detailing the " ruthless " abuse of human rights against opponents of the regime , the report said that many executions were officially described as having been for drug-trafficking offences , adding that prisoners had no recourse to legal counsel or right to appeal . |