Example sentences of "years it [verb] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interior of Mr Broadhurst 's caravan had remained unchanged during the four years it had been sited at Cliff Top . |
| 2 | According to Ata'i , Baghdad became a mevleviyet only in 947/1540–1 , some six years after the Ottomans had taken it : a marginal note adds that for those six years it had been administered by kasabat kadis . |
| 3 | For many years it had been thought that high fever had certain curative properties , and some patients were deliberately exposed to mosquitoes which were known to be carrying the malarial parasite in the hope that the resulting infection and high temperature would have a beneficial effect on the disease process . |
| 4 | It is a Yorkshire dale in a classic sense with sweeping contours and a fierce beauty on the grand scale , although in recent years it has been placed in County Durham ( not that locals pay any attention to such cultural vandalism ) . |
| 5 | For some 25 years it has been recognised that the overall settlement system is antiquated in comparison with that of other major financial centres and that , if The Exchange is to maintain and enhance its position as one of the World 's major international exchanges , further and more radical reforms are needed . |
| 6 | in the million years it has been taking |
| 7 | It was traditionally associated with Persia and the southern Caucasus , but in recent years it has been incorporated into the repertoire of weaving groups in other rug-making countries . |
| 8 | On and off for I , 500 years it has been served by a community of canons ; but an eighth-century archbishop implanted monks in its precinct , and the canons failed to depart — so that from that time on for many centuries there were two communities competing for the use of the church , and from about 835 for the golden altar which is one of the supreme glories of Carolingian art . |
| 9 | Over thousands of years it has been recognized that the human body has a non-physical component , and it is striking that through all the descriptions there is a strong energy theme . |
| 10 | This was , admittedly , the rather indeterminate ‘ walking speed ’ , though in more recent years it has been followed by widespread adoption of 30 km/h limits , especially in Germany . |
| 11 | In recent years it has been realized that many non-fluid systems can exhibit behaviour which shares important characteristics with turbulent motion . |
| 12 | In the last few years it has been appreciated by the House of Commons that the method of scrutiny chosen was not best adapted to influence the final shape of Community legislation . |
| 13 | In recent years it has been modified to reduce labour costs and increase profits through the use of machinery , fertilizers , and chemicals . |
| 14 | There can be no doubt that in the 112 years it has been standing on the embankment it has become a part of the London scene . |
| 15 | But now the solar influence is beginning to turn around to contribute a further warming influence up to the year 2010 , boosting the greenhouse effect where for the past 30 years it has been counterbalancing it . |
| 16 | For many years it has been known that black people are more likely than whites to be admitted to hospital for treatment of mental disorder , more likely to be admitted compulsorily following being arrested in a public place by the police and far more likely to be diagnosed as having schizophrenia than white people . |
| 17 | And of late years it has been used by the inhabitants of Virginia in many disorders , which are occasioned by thick , sizy blood ; so that the root of this plant , when its virtues are fully known , may become one of the most useful medicines yet discovered . |
| 18 | Thus , over the years it has been used to index reports , trade literature , periodical articles and other similar documents . |
| 19 | Glass-fibre remains an inexpensive and effective reinforcement material , but in recent years it has been upstaged by Kevlar and carbon fibre , two stronger but more costly materials that owe their high profile largely to their use in formula racing cars . |
| 20 | Carroll House was the second Italian-owned winner of the Arc in the two years it has been sponsored by the Italian hotel chain Ciga . |
| 21 | In recent years it has been found that a high proportion of patients suffering from piles require no further treatment once they have switched to a high-fibre diet and as a result pass soft stools that can be evacuated with minimal straining . |
| 22 | For many years it has been claimed that the level of taxes and services is an important factor in moving house . |
| 23 | For nearly thirty years it 's been lost . |
| 24 | ‘ Over the last ten years it 's been getting much worse . |
| 25 | But the International Air Tattoo does n't just help those who 've served with the RAF — for the past ten years it 's been helping disabled people learn to fly . |
| 26 | A new one is made every year and for the past 25 years it 's been engraved at the same Birmingham workshop . |
| 27 | The last two years it 's been falling apart so we have to ke kept kept folding the wheels back on |