Example sentences of "have been [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The booklet has been written for permanently appointed people in the ES but people on temporary appointments will find much of it also applies to them . |
| 2 | And finally , when some day Mr Seewonauth sees a new MG roadster which is a decapitated Honda Civic , will he finally realise that something wonderful has been lost for ever ? |
| 3 | Now that we have moved into what is essentially a total deregulation mode , I think that the opportunity has been lost for ever . |
| 4 | The rule allowing students only one resit per session has been developed for both academic and logistic reasons . |
| 5 | Joking apart Kevin has been training for nearly a year . |
| 6 | Glover has been training for only five years , and many a famous name has yet to come within spitting distance of the race , so the achievement was remarkable . |
| 7 | Federal US prosecutors say that a former partner at Frost & Sullivan has been indicted for allegedly trading on inside information stolen from the law firm of Skadden , Arps , Slate , Meagher & Flom : Michael Borlinghaus was indicted for allegedly receiving the non-public information from an IBM Corp executive and the allegation is that Borlinghaus , his friend and neighbour Leonard Bellezza , and others traded on the information ; he faces a possible maximum prison term of 20 years and fines of more than $1m if he is convicted of the offence . |
| 8 | My main criticism of intensive agricultural production , and of animal farming in particular , is that it has been locked for too long into a model-T-Ford-type philosophy , geared to produce a standard commodity as cheaply as possible . |
| 9 | The ‘ Peak Panther ’ has been sighted for more than ten years , with several reports of a big black cat in and around New Mills . |
| 10 | This group has been joined for yesterday 's deal by Montagu Private Equity and Samuel Montagu , as well as the Bank of Scotland on the debt side . |
| 11 | This practice has been followed for over 300 years at High Bridge End , St. John 's in the Vale , and until recently at Adamthwaite in the Howgills , and it is referred to in Langdale also . |
| 12 | Each morning temple drummers beat a tattoo to mark the passing of another stage in a year-long ritual that has been followed for more than a thousand years . |
| 13 | An association between hypertension and diabetes has been suspected for over 70 years . |
| 14 | The unreliability of reported mergers has been argued for most strongly by Labov and his colleagues ( Labov , Yaeger and Steiner , 1972 ; Labov , 1975 etc. ) , and for inner-city Belfast it can be argued that meat is not really merged with mate , despite the fact that people believe that it is a merger . |
| 15 | Erm , I think the scheme has been delayed for quite a long , well , I mean obviously it 's important to get this scheme off the ground and when people , and I 've had lots of phone calls and discussions about this , and when people have spoken to me I said , it 's important to bear in mind two things . |
| 16 | He called a meeting of senior Cabinet members and energy ministers in an attempt to get agreement on the proposed white paper on energy , which has been delayed for more than two months . |
| 17 | Northern Ireland has been warring for over 20 years . |
| 18 | With the disposal of the eight Lilley subsidiaries now completed , Price Waterhouse reported that employment has been secured for more than 70 per cent of the Lilley Group 's 2,800 employees . |
| 19 | The importance of readability has been upheld for so long that all manner of methods have been devised for its measurement . |
| 20 | Bruce and Pat Cottrill , of Colwyn Bay , are furious that killer Frederic Blancke has been jailed for only 15 years , which means he could be free before the end of the century . |
| 21 | , 16 , who has been sailing for about seven years , said winning the championship was ‘ a surprise ’ . |
| 22 | Because if you do , you can not fail to be deeply impressed by the very many ways in which high-fibre foods can help you to slim , and to come to the conclusion that the F-Plan is that major slimming breakthrough everyone has been seeking for so long . |
| 23 | ( In fact it is Grade II starred because it has been inhabited for more than 1,000 years . ) |
| 24 | With only a few more bribing days left before the general election and in view of the fact that the House has been televised for more than two years , will the Prime Minister tell us whether he is prepared to take part in televised debates during the general election campaign with the Leader of the Opposition — yes or no ? |
| 25 | Going back to the scene of the Crucifixion , do you think that you could add something to a scene which has been treated for almost 2000 years ? |
| 26 | Danielle has been writing for only 12 or so . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , in case I seem to be just er avoiding the question , er I would have to say that this has been asked for before and we have resisted time and again , that 's the history of the matter , on the grounds that what these parents are really asking for is baptism and it 's our opportunity to er , to speak in these terms er and it 's a gold golden opportunity if they actually come to us . |
| 28 | What has been neglected for far too long are methods of transferring passengers and goods from one transport system to another . |
| 29 | They say the canal is a big tourist attraction , and has been neglected for too long . |
| 30 | Although the Funny Farm has been operating for just over a year it has had many bands through its doors already including The Proclaimers , The Silencers , Botany 5 , Kith ‘ n Kin , Avalon , Fini Tribe , Jools Holland and Nazareth . |