Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has , of course , been recognized for over a century . |
| 2 | The reef , described by the World Conservation Union as more diverse than Australia 's Great Barrier reef , has been threatened for over a decade by the proposed building of a second airport for the island . |
| 3 | Apparently it has been recognised for over a decade that chlorine from chlorofluorocarbons may deplete the stratospheric ozone layer . |
| 4 | It has been recognised for over a century that the internal anal sphincter relaxes in response to rectal distension , a phenomenon called the rectanal inhibitory reflex . |
| 5 | Officials say the dogs had been starved for over a month . |