Example sentences of "been [adv] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This catalogue raisonné has been keenly awaited for several years ; work began before the artist 's death in 1988 , aged eighty-six . |
| 2 | The castle had not been properly maintained for many years and after the auction it was allowed to crumble . |
| 3 | Now you ca n't possibly test a medicine on ten thousand people before you start to sell it , so that sort of risk , as rare a risk as that , will only be picked up when the medicine has actually been in use and on the market and been properly prescribed for some years , and what we are doing now , and what is particularly interesting , is to start to use computers to pick up these adverse reactions so that we know much more quickly in future if a medicine is doing any harm and we can either stop prescribing it for the people who are going to suffer from it , and that 's the most likely thing , or else take it off the market altogether if it 's if we do n't if we ca n't pick out the people who might be at risk . |
| 4 | Strike action on the coalfields was the major catalyst for the 1926 General Strike , and the miners have been widely perceived for several decades as at the forefront of trade union militancy in the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | ‘ Authoring Systems'--computer systems which allow a non-programmer ‘ author ’ to create a program automatically--have been widely used for industrial training software and offer unrivalled productivity . |
| 6 | No single measure of public expenditure has met with universal agreement , and even when one has been widely used for some time , it can be subject to change for a variety of reasons . |
| 7 | The term ‘ Personnel Management ’ has been widely used for 50 to 60 years to describe a range of activities , a body o& knowledge and a set of skills associated with the recruitment , administration and development of staff . |
| 8 | On the basis of tests carried out in the North Sea by the Laboratory , Bayne believes that organic pollutants may be having a greater impact on marine life than heavy metals such as lead , mercury and cadmium , which had hitherto been widely blamed for most of the damage . |
| 9 | The breed was initially dual-purpose , whatever its colour , but for the most part ceded its milking role to the neighbouring Ayrshire ; it has continued as a beef breed but has never been intensively developed for that role . |
| 10 | Aden was at that time an RAF command , in which the operational policy of air control had been successfully applied for some years . |
| 11 | The ETC has been successfully established for several years and is very well equipped to provide all travel needs at the most competitive prices . |
| 12 | Instead , it appears to have been wholly ignored for 60 years until it was mentioned briefly by Gauze ( 1934 ) in his book The Struggle for Existence . |
| 13 | The Test has been delicately poised for four days , with fortunes swinging wildly . |
| 14 | True ivory is one of the few substances to have been highly esteemed for symbolic purposes wherever it could be obtained . |
| 15 | The law as so stated has , I think , been so understood for most of this century , at least at the level of the Court of Appeal ; but it has been the subject of increasing criticism by academic lawyers , and has been departed from in significant respects in some Commonwealth countries , both by legislation and by judicial development of the law . |
| 16 | This rediscovery has come through historical exhibitions held recently at New York 's DIA Center for the Arts ( 1988–89 ) , Claude Berri 's RENN Espace d'Art Contemporain in Paris ( 1991–92 ) and at the Hallen für Neue Kunst , Schaffhausen , where Ryman 's art has been prominently featured for several years and a fresh installation opens shortly ( 2 May-31 October ) . |
| 17 | Both Holywood and Instonians use the Olympia synthetic pitch as home venues , which threw up the possibility of the games being played back-to-back on April 24 — but the Centre has been already booked for that date for a Celtic boys football tournament . |
| 18 | Final thoughts : great pity that Neil and Glenys wo n't be in Number Ten — never have a couple been more made for that job . |
| 19 | He took her arm and led her to the dining room , where the gleaming long rectangular table had been impeccably set for two . |
| 20 | The system has been specially developed for front drive cars like the Mondeo . |
| 21 | Business Direct has been specially developed for independent business travellers — people who travel on business , but whose companies do not necessarily operate an in-house travel scheme . |
| 22 | The range includes a cleanser , toner and moisturiser , which have been specially formulated for irritable complexions . |
| 23 | Around A$1 million has also been specially earmarked for industrial biotechnology . |
| 24 | Two tables have been specially built for this purpose , allowing a large area of carpet to be viewed under daylight bulbs . |
| 25 | Examination pieces have been specially written for each grade in a variety of styles and will be performed at the exam by the student using backing tapes . |
| 26 | Today 's prayer is one that has been specially written for United Nations Day — October 24th . |
| 27 | Aqua has been specially designed for oily skins . |
| 28 | To make life easier the work has been specially designed for those running the business . |
| 29 | The then Director-General of the JDA , Taku Yamasaki , welcomed the veto and stated that " … the environment has been further improved for smooth promotion of the joint development of the project " . |
| 30 | The lower limb , said Lovejoy , had been totally reorganised for upright walking and there were no compensatory modifications in the upper limb to suggest the creature was still partly arboreal . |