Example sentences of "have for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , governments have for a long time been divided over how large a merger must be before it passes out of national hands to Brussels . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel better about the market now than I have for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Certain types of small bacteria , called mycoplasma or ureaplasma , have for a long time been thought to be responsible for some cases of NGU . |
| 4 | Captain America 's main man EUGENE KELLY got in touch to tell us the latest development , namely the withdrawing of the sleeve , and added : ‘ I have for a long time been a devoted customer of C&A and will only wear socks and pants with the C&A label . |
| 5 | I have for a long time had on file one respected artist 's offer to arrange an exhibition of a hundred of his works , and then to hand them straight over as a gift to the Russian Cultural Foundation . |
| 6 | Libraries and librarians have for a long time sought to play a role in the educational development of young children in the formative and primary years , particularly in the simple stimulation of the reading habit . |
| 7 | The small size of the private-rented sector and the difficulties which council house tenants face in moving between local authority areas have for a long time constituted major barriers to long distance migration by lower-income workers ( Robertson , 1979 ; Hughes and McCormick , 1981 ; OPCS , 1983 ; Hamnett , 1984 ) . |
| 8 | As was noted in Chapter 4 , local education authorities have for a long time had a duty to provide special education for handicapped children . |
| 9 | I have for a long time been suspicious of the doctrine of gradualism in politics and the foibles of the Foreign Office , which uses the double-speak of diplomacy , as I saw in the Anglo-Irish diktat and now smell in Maastricht . |
| 10 | This is not meant to be a criticism of the many carp bait firms which have for a long time sold baits which catch carp . |
| 11 | AT ABBEVILLE airfield , l'Aero Club de la Somme have for a long time have shown off Dassault Ouragon No 215 . |
| 12 | ‘ I saw Everton more times in the last few months of last season than I have for a long time . ’ |
| 13 | So erm I 'm looking forward to this season much more than I have for a long time , so I ca n't wait , wherever I end up , we 'll have to see , but erm I 'm looking forward to it anyway . |
| 14 | PAKISTANI authorities have for the first time begun arresting farmers in the North West Frontier Province who have been found planting opium for next year 's harvest . |
| 15 | South African authorities have for the first time permitted Mr Nelson Mandela to talk by telephone with exiled leaders of the African National Congress from the prison where he is held near Cape Town . |
| 16 | South Africa 's Muslims , rich in educational and managerial skills , now have for the first time a clear political objective of social justice . |
| 17 | For instance , we are well-used to integrating vocational assessments in care , but for the general SVQ we have for the first time found it necessary to set up meetings with colleagues delivering modules in numeracy , information technology and budget financing . |
| 18 | Scientists at La Jolla University , California , have for the first time established a link between nitrous oxide and the nylon industry . |