Example sentences of "have [be] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us assume that agents have been flirting for a while with the use of the adaptive expectations mechanism but that , in the light of the persistent , systematic errors which this mechanism entails , they quickly abandon it . |
| 2 | The woman , who is married and lives in Formby , Sefton , said : ‘ I have been trying for a child for 19 years . |
| 3 | Because these are so individually made , they 're rather like instruments which have been devised for a specific individual , and so to criticise them for details of design is hardly fair . |
| 4 | You and your wife have been separated for a continuous two-year period , and you both agree to the divorce . |
| 5 | Wildlife groups such as the Worldwide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) have been pushing for a ban on fishing , but have been strongly opposed by the fishing industry . |
| 6 | For years , American X-ray astronomers have been pushing for an Advanced X-ray Astrophysics facility ( AXAF ) which would have better sensitivity and resolution of detail , than all other X-ray telescopes presently planned . |
| 7 | Syrian forces , Lebanese troops , and militiamen have been poised for a week for an attack to seize the palace . |
| 8 | Syrian forces , Lebanese troops , and militiamen have been poised for a week for an attack to seize the palace . |
| 9 | There is a common expectation that mourners will visit the cemetery where the dead person 's body or ashes have been interred for a recognized period of time , attending to flowers at the grave and generally maintaining contact with the memory of the dead person . |
| 10 | ARRANGEMENTS have been finalised for a new Tyne , Tees , Wear Trophy for three six-dog events between Brough Park , Middlesbrough and Sunderland . |
| 11 | The opposition , a diverse and mostly respectable group of people who have been clamouring for a bit of say in the new Kuwait , did not get even a token position . |
| 12 | ‘ This is particularly true in the area of the trial , which is close to Peldon , where resistant strains of blackgrass have been seen for a number of years . |
| 13 | ‘ Rail services in the North-East have been deteriorating for a number of years with reduced frequencies , later first trains and earlier last trains , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Well , I agreed not to speak more than half an hour , but I see that I have been speaking for a little longer than forty-five minutes . |
| 15 | Some have been living for a disconcertingly long time in museums ; but once doubted , the evidence of inadequacy in a fake is quite often soon in coming . |
| 16 | Ninety two patients have been followed for a median 14 months ( range 6–37 months ) . |
| 17 | Scrum half Jonathan Wrigley and the entire front row of Phil Lancaster , Paul Whitelock and Simon Mitchell have been selected for a North Select XV to face a Cumbria President 's XV at Keswick on Sunday . |
| 18 | I have been looking for a recording ( with some difficulty ) , since not many shops are prepared to let me listen to different interpretations ) , indeed I purchased the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden/Marc Ermler offering only to be disappointed , all because I wanted CD sound quality to replace a home-made cassette of a live Radio 3 broadcast ( should I be telling you this ? ) |
| 19 | Scientific director Gordon McVie said : ‘ We have been looking for a link between diet and cancer for 20 years now and this could be it . |
| 20 | Everton have been looking for a target man to bring out the best in Mo Johnston and Peter Beardsley . |
| 21 | Darlington councillor Frank Robson , chairman of the town 's twinning sub-committee , said : ‘ We already have twin towns in Germany and France and have been looking for a twin in Eastern Europe for some time . |
| 22 | Such claims have been made for a succession of international exhibitions since the first , the Great Exhibition , opened in Hyde Park in 1851 . |
| 23 | If advance arrangements have been made for a car to be waiting at the Hill Inn in Chapel-le-Dale to give a return to Ingleton in effortless comfort , the route followed by Three peaks walkers from Whernside 's summit is the best to adopt . |
| 24 | Demands have been made for a withdrawal of the invitation to controversial historian , David Irving , to address student societies in Dublin University , University College Dublin and University College Cork . |
| 25 | The good news is that plans have been made for a third building . |
| 26 | Previous rejected submissions have been made for a zebra crossing on the site . |
| 27 | And plans have been revealed for a £16 million shopping market as part of the redevelopment scheme for Gloucester Docks . |
| 28 | More than 140 acres of gardens and theme park have been created for a summer 's bloom on the debris of the industrial revolution . |
| 29 | When we have breakfast , on the 8th floor , we can look down on the river , and watch all the river traffic , including large passenger vessels , big merchant ships belching smoke , strings of wooden barges , and big and small old-fashioned junks , which look as if they have been sailing for a 100 years at least . |
| 30 | Plans have been unveiled for a £30 million project which will turn an out-of-action , uneconomic incinerator into a high technology plant which will make a profit from using rubbish to generate electricity . |