Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] have been around for " in BNC.

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1 Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years .
2 Electronics is a universal tool that has been around for a while and which can be used to control electrical circuits — not a common art form .
3 Computer Users of Europe ( CUE ) , a user group that 's been around for some time on an informal basis , has gone official : it has drafted a constitution and has a steering committee working on making it formal .
4 Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms .
5 Er it 's partly using some questions that 've been around for a very long time but there 're some subtle variations and some new ones added in , okay ?
6 I mean surely that is a subject that 's been around for a hundred years ?
7 As veteran commentator George Melly remarked : ‘ The trad boom was both unexpected and untypical ; its heroes were far older than the norm and had been around for much longer ; the emphasis was instrumental rather than vocal ; the sexual aspect was almost non-existent . ’
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