Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF the sophisticated modern diesel engine now makes economic sense for small cars , the savings it offers for bigger cars are more worthwhile . |
| 2 | Whether this matters for International Relations is disputed . |
| 3 | In Britain there has for many years been a sub-proletariat , a sub-class of the working class who are far worse off than the main body , consisting of sweat-shop workers and homeworkers , people who are treated by employers as though they have no rights at all . |
| 4 | In our diets , emphasis has for many years been laid on the intake of saturated fat as the major danger factor , but this is certainly not the whole explanation . |
| 5 | The Runnymede Trust has for many years been a reliable and valuable resource for anti-racists . |
| 6 | It has for many years been the most widely used method of social research . |
| 7 | Sara Campbell , curator of the Norton Simon Museum , which owns the complete modèle set of sculptures , has for many years been tracking down all the known casts of Degas ' bronzes and plans to publish the most up-to-date , though necessarily incomplete , account of the status quo . |
| 8 | Jibé Tribout , a Parisian now in permanent voluntary exile in Pertuis , a small village just outside Aix-en-Provence , has for many years been one of the world 's leading sport climbers , without ever quite reaching the levels of public acclaim accorded to contemporaries such as Patrick Edlinger and Catherine Destivelle . |
| 9 | At the NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE , stimulating repertoire enjoys international acclaim and the ALBERT HALL has for many years been a popular venue for classical concerts . |
| 10 | Experience in the United States of America , where legislative history has for many years been much more generally admissible than I am now suggesting , shows how important it is to maintain strict control over the use of such material . |
| 11 | What importance do you attach , Mrs , to the observation of the District Council in relation to their erm District Development Plan which has for many years been used for development control , of the following text , which you quote in your paragraph three point six ? |
| 12 | She is an APRS member and has for many years been a life member of other heritage and conservation bodies . |
| 13 | The United Kingdom has for many years been the preferred location for United States investment in Europe . |
| 14 | HCIMA has for many years been active in accrediting hotel and catering programmes , both in Europe and around the world . |
| 15 | The latter has for many years been the preference of the majority of established practitioners : according to a recent Law Society survey , almost 75 per cent of solicitors in practice are equity partners in a firm . |
| 16 | The norm for the duration of commercial leases has for many years been twenty-five years . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ As a biologist , my main interest has for some years been human genetics , the study of the way in which various characteristics are passed from parent to offspring . |
| 19 | University College London has for some years been offering a one-year postgraduate diploma course in librarianship to experienced graduate teachers . " |
| 20 | The use of a written procedure was pioneered in the House of Lords where each party has for some years been required to lodge a ‘ Case ’ with the court which is very similar to the skeleton arguments more recently introduced in the Court of Appeal . |
| 21 | Europe now produces more food than she needs and has for some years been supporting a section of industry that provides employment for less than 1% of our National workforce ; good for British agriculture , but how much better if the support had gone to those industries that took up a greater proportion of the work force , i.e. the engineers with 10% . |
| 22 | It has for some years been established beyond doubt that Elisabeth used her long period as custodian of her brother 's works and papers ( during which time she wrote and rewrote his biography , as well as overseeing the editing of his works ) to misrepresent important aspects of his life and thought and , in extreme cases , to falsify letters and unpublished writings . |
| 23 | But one of these , the Manas ( ‘ by far the most important wildlife reserve in the Indian subcontinent ’ — IUCN Pig and Peccaries Specialist Group ) , has for several years been in the hands of armed rebels . |
| 24 | The unit costs used in assessing expenditure needs for indictable offences were reduced overall during the three year period . |
| 25 | Complementation tests have shown that the HsdM and HsdR subunits from related systems are interchangeable and the HsdS polypeptide dictates DNA sequence specificity [ 1 , 2 ] . |
| 26 | An American model of ‘ privatism ’ ( see Barnekov , Boyle and Rich , 1989 ) has in recent times been deemed as exportable . |
| 27 | The Sandinistas recognise that perestroika will bring changes in their relationship with Moscow , which has in recent years been worth around £625m annually , according to European diplomats . |
| 28 | It has been traditionally hunted for food and as a source of medicinal oil , and has in recent years been accidentally captured in fishing nets . |
| 29 | Since these forms of compulsion are not directly relevant for present purposes , it is unnecessary to elaborate them ; but I think it pertinent to observe that the concept of duress has in recent years been expanded to embrace economic duress . |
| 30 | But there has in recent years been a more influential convergence , both in studies of art and in communications studies , around the concept of ‘ forms ’ . |