Example sentences of "been in [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MAGISTRATES ' Courts have been in existence for hundreds of years , presided over by lay Justices of the Peace ( magistrates ) , that is people who have no legal qualification . |
| 2 | It is probable that a maypole tradition had already been in existence for many years , if not centuries . |
| 3 | The Beacon had been in existence for many years and in the past had catered for up to thirty children with a wide range of disabilities and needs . |
| 4 | The Village Trust is a respected body which has been in existence for many years . |
| 5 | Group savings schemes and such like which have been in existence for many years . |
| 6 | ‘ People are saying , if you 've been in existence for two and a half years , perhaps you 've got something about you , ’ he says . |
| 7 | The Young England Rugby Club has been in existence for two years but is now being relaunched as a major part of the RFU youth initiative with its own clear aims and ambitions . |
| 8 | The company has been in existence for eight years now and is completely independent . |
| 9 | However , Gen. José Dante Caridi , who had stood down as Army Chief of Staff after the rebellion , immediately denied the existence of any such deal ( as did his successor , Gen. Francisco Gassino , who warned that he would respond firmly to any further mutinies ) and accused Seineldin of excessive nationalism and fundamentalism and of being involved in a group of Army conspirators which had been in existence for 25 years . |
| 10 | CONTOUR has now been in existence for three years . |
| 11 | ‘ Are you aware ’ , she asked , ‘ that the National Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Children has now been in existence for ten years ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I thought that , since your society has been in existence for ten years , I might do an article on your work . ’ |
| 13 | Easthall Residents ' Association ( ERA ) has been in existence for 20 years and has been involved in numerous issues affecting the community . |
| 14 | Despite the fact that the Common Market has now been in existence for thirty-five years , despite also the fact that its main original raison d'être was to abolish obstacles to trade between Member States , a feature of the whole process has been the skill with which countries have managed to keep up their non-tariff trade barriers . |
| 15 | When Joyce joined the British Fascisti in December 1923 , it had been in existence for seven months . |
| 16 | Lyn de Alwis , Director of the Sri Lanka National Parks , had a secret weapon , although it is debatable whether you can call a facility that has been in existence for several thousand years ‘ secret ’ . |
| 17 | Braintree Concerts Music Club has been in existence for 22 years , but is looking for new ways to promote itself following the decision by the district council to withdraw its grant . |
| 18 | Although it has been in existence for some considerable time , train operation for passengers has been provided by battery-electric power . |
| 19 | At a meeting on 1 September , the " Women Compositors " , Readers " and Monotype Operators " Union " was described as having been in existence for some nine weeks . |
| 20 | English Estates had been in existence for some years , but its traditional role had been factory building and commercial development on green field sites with 5,000 factories and offices on 508 estates . |
| 21 | The EGBT have been in existence for some years and have proved themselves a respectable and reliable organisation with several completed projects to their credit . |
| 22 | Colonia Dignidad , situated in Parral , 400 km south of Santiago , and inhabited by an estimated 300 people , mainly West Germans , had been in existence for 28 years and was variously linked with slave labour , child sexual abuse , and the torture and disappearance of political prisoners . |
| 23 | As one teacher trainer put it not long ago , ‘ I have been in education for 25 years and I have never known morale so low . |
| 24 | Describing the plight of Somali children , it explains : ’ Many of them have not been in school for several years when they arrive in this country ’ . |
| 25 | When they finally moved out their successors found the floor covered with six layers of linoleum — the bottom ones must have been in position for many a long year ! |
| 26 | The stop has been in position for many years and is provided for within the parking arrangements and controls within the area . |
| 27 | Listening to the Minister today , it was hard to appreciate that the Conservatives have been in government for 13 years . |
| 28 | It has always been in order for Ministers on the Front Bench to read their answers and it has never been in order for hon. Members to read their questions . |
| 29 | The hook shown had been in service for four years and showed very little wear . |
| 30 | Engineer Peter William Barlow sank the first hole in the ground on Tower Hill in 1869. 130 years on we 've got creaking trains that have been in service for 30 years and more . |