Example sentences of "and have been for [det] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Hopkins 's sister is a widow and has been for many a year , ’ the fellow replied . |
2 | I know that that is not entirely agreeable to some of my hon. Friends and to some Opposition Members , but that is the fact of life — and has been for many years . |
3 | She keeps busy with local activities and has been for many years editor of her church magazine . |
4 | If a child is sniffing with a group of young people , and has been for some time , it may help to provide other more interesting and exciting leisure activities . |
5 | There is indeed , and has been for some years , discussion on the political level as to whether , and to what extent , public transport , particularly in capital cities , should be regarded , and financed , as a social service , out of taxation whether national or local . |
6 | ‘ The Khanate is settled , and has been for some time , ’ his father said dismissively . |
7 | For one thing , Kelly 's very happily involved in a relationship and has been for some time , so I 'm quite convinced her eyes wo n't stray towards any ski-bums , no matter how handsome . ’ |
8 | Nine tenths of the Leicester ring road is finished and has been for some years . |
9 | Erm the certification of the flight control system is the critical path item and has been for some considerable time . |
10 | Bob Gunnell , of course , is an was and has been for some time a very supportive member of South East Arts and active in many of its committees . |
11 | The powerful states of the time normally were empires , and had been for many centuries , though a few shadowy forerunners of the nation state could be seen by 1500 . |
12 | These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years . |
13 | The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland . |
14 | While there clearly was an ‘ objective ’ discontinuity of subject perspective between selective school mathematics and the practice of some segments , increasingly dominant within some countries , of university mathematics , and had been for some years , it again required interested actors , utilizing the climate of ‘ crisis ’ resulting from the campaign on teacher supply as a major resource , to enter various arenas in order to persuade others of the ‘ need ’ for change . |
15 | I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while . |
16 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
17 | Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done . |
18 | ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time . |
19 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
20 | My children do go to school and have been for some months now . |
21 | Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now . |