Example sentences of "have been [adj] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Middle management has been vulnerable for some time . |
| 32 | Rings of this style are known as ‘ betrothal ’ rings and the design of the clasped hands has been popular for many centuries . |
| 33 | It has been clear for some time that the demands of the arms control process would increasingly dominate military planning . |
| 34 | It has been clear for some time that there are a number of significant practical problems with the interpretation of SSAP 6 , Extraordinary Items and Prior Year Adjustments , particularly in respect of the variety of treatments of apparently similar events as sometimes ordinary and sometimes extraordinary items in the p&l account . |
| 35 | It has been clear for some time that the Al Fayeds are not who they said they were in 1985 . |
| 36 | At the summit of Pico do Arieiro ( 1,818m ) there is a snack bar which has been open for many years , and a pousada recently opened . |
| 37 | Suppose the brochure mentions another hotel , stating that it has been open for several seasons and that it closes every year from November to March . |
| 38 | A mother in her early twenties in Coventry , who has been unemployed for most of the time since leaving school , said : |
| 39 | The latter probably included correspondence with Colonel Filipović in Belgrade , who has been active for many years in agitating for firmer action |
| 40 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils much closer together and this important aspect of our work has expanded considerably in recent times . |
| 41 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils closer together . |
| 42 | Margaret McGregor , convener of the district council 's women 's committee , said : ‘ The women 's committee has been aware for some time that there are a lack of resources and refuge spaces for women fleeing violent situations . ’ |
| 43 | Riddel 's Warehouse , Ann Street , ( 1867 ) : blighted by proximity to police station , has been empty for many years . |
| 44 | The warehouse has been empty for many years , but holding repairs have meant at least that water penetration to the fabric is reduced . |
| 45 | The gallery has been empty for several years . |
| 46 | We shall continue to put pressure on local authorities with stock that has been empty for more than a year . |
| 47 | So far as education is concerned , it is known that the government has been concerned for some time about an alleged willingness on the part of some teachers to bring the question of homosexuality out into the open in a way that seeks to normalise it as a form of human relationship . |
| 48 | The board has been concerned for some years about the possible impact of excessive dependence on coal — used for 80 per cent of electricity currently generated — if developments in the domestic or international coal market push prices up rapidly . |
| 49 | Most current work concentrates on child sexual abuse , and SSMH has been concerned for some time about the vulnerability of adults with learning disabilities . |
| 50 | The national park has been concerned for some time about the volume of heavy lorries using roads through the park . |
| 51 | For the Edwardian Conservatives in particular , and British Conservatism in general , similar attention has been desirable for some time . |
| 52 | There are , however , two longstanding situations on Southern Sandstone where payment of an admission fee has been customary for many years . |
| 53 | Assume as before that national income has been constant for several time periods at £1,000 , and that autonomous investment is initially equal to £500 . |
| 54 | The tendency for international capital flows to increase has been evident for some time , and was causing problems for central bank intervention in the final years of the Bretton Woods system . |
| 55 | In the US this trend has been evident for some time . |
| 56 | the reduction of contracting disciplines , as measured by the relative size of the literature , and as has been evident for some time in religion and philosophy ; and |
| 57 | Sources close to the investigation suggest it has been dormant for some months and that it produced no conclusions one way or the other . |
| 58 | The technique , has been existent for some years , and should provide information which may be of use in identifying high levels of expenditure within a particular specialty within a district , and should be of value in assisting local planning . |
| 59 | 9.18–26 ; Luke 8.40–56 ) he heals a woman who has been unclean for many years because of a flow of blood . |
| 60 | The same is true in the US , where the banking sector has been eager for some time now to find loopholes in the Glass-Steagall Act 1933 ( which segregates to a large extent the banking and securities business ) and expand into other , more profitable , areas of financial service activity . |