Example sentences of "for [noun sg] have [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea that dreaming is essential for sanity has been prevalent in popular science since the eighteenth century . |
| 2 | GLASTONBURY is dominated by the dramatic and mysterious Glastonbury Tor , which towers above the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels , where peat digging and withy growing for basketmaking have been traditional occupations for generations . |
| 3 | First , the role of government , direct and indirect , in providing finance for industry has been distinctive but also controversial . |
| 4 | A much smoother implementation of this system would have been possible if the team had been involved much earlier and/or more forward planning for computerisation had been possible . |
| 5 | These assaults on the fundamental objective of antiracism and the attendant practice of multiculturalism in education , social work and other municipal services have passed largely unanswered and vocal political support for antiracism has been hard to find . |
| 6 | His campaign for peace has been original , gimmicky and , above all , successful in securing publicity for a cause . |
| 7 | In both instances , the main markets targeted for development have been those of the US and Western Europe . |
| 8 | Hitler 's capacity for self-deception had been profound ever since the mid-1920s , if not earlier , and was vital in order to carry conviction among his immediate entourage about the greatness of his cause and the righteousness of his path towards attaining it . |
| 9 | It is perhaps not surprising , therefore that from the early days when the state became involved in the education of the masses one of the principal aims of the curriculum enunciated by successive Presidents of the Board of Education , Ministers of Education and Secretaries of State for Education has been that of the preparation for citizenship . |
| 10 | In the last decade a new basis for argument has been that of consumerism and accountability . |
| 11 | Is the Minister aware that many people in London are deeply disturbed by the increasing incidence of asthma among children , but that the Minister for Health has been unable to give figures relating to the level of asthma suffering in London as a result of air pollution , which is caused mainly by vehicles ? |
| 12 | We conclude that in our experience annual colonoscopic surveillance for cancer has been unsuccessful ; eight of nine colonic cancers occurred in ulcerative colitis patients not having surveillance . |
| 13 | Since 1869 imprisonment for debt has been rare , and by the Administration of justice Act 1970 it has been completely abolished , and replaced by the remedy of attachment of earnings , i.e. a procedure whereby a portion of the debtor 's earnings may be directed by the court to be paid direct to the creditor . |