Example sentences of "[noun prp] has for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the preface to his Hortus Britanno-Americanus ( written in 1749 but not published until 1763 ) Mark Catesby [ q.v. ] , the pioneer naturalist of the south-eastern states of America , said that ‘ Mr. Gray at Fulham has for many years made it his business to raise and cultivate the plants of America ( from whence he has annually fresh supplies ) in order to furnish the curious with what they want …
2 BML has for some time been concerned about the declining popularity of the NBS , which began in a blaze of publicity in 1955 .
3 The University of Warwick has for some time provided the possibility of studying both English and foreign texts in a comparative way at undergraduate level .
4 The Department of Agriculture in Scotland has for many years conducted individual farm assessments with appeal committees on which farmers are represented .
5 HCIMA has for many years been active in accrediting hotel and catering programmes , both in Europe and around the world .
6 Brazil has for political reasons pushed Proalcool despite the fact that in narrow economic terms gasohol is still inferior to petrol .
7 And Glotz has for many years now supervised all my recordings .
8 Margaret Shepherd , whose cafe in Queen Street has for many years been popular with parties of elderly people , said many handicapped groups had cancelled this year because they could no longer walk straight from the cafe to the seafront .
9 The United Kingdom has for many years been the preferred location for United States investment in Europe .
10 University College London has for some years been offering a one-year postgraduate diploma course in librarianship to experienced graduate teachers . "
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