Example sentences of "have [been] [adj] for " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | Groups of bed-sitters with communal lounge facilities have been tried , and in some places the shared lounge has been available for social facilities for the old people of the neighbourhood . |
| 32 | You must have been sold old stock , Robert — a driver for the BJ-10E has been available for at least eight months . |
| 33 | Moreover , to offer vocational courses such as TEC and BEC , where these were not previously available , would have required suitably qualified staff and appropriate facilities at a time of recession when money has been available for neither . |
| 34 | Any management training that has been available for ryokan has been almost entirely ‘ in house ’ up to now , although the whole area of hotel management training is being rethought in Japan . |
| 35 | According to Professor Ian Fells of Newcastle University , the technology has been available for a while . |
| 36 | Wait until the baby has been well for about a week , and then reintroduce each food in turn , beginning with those least likely to cause trouble , and testing cow 's milk last . |
| 37 | We are now getting close to the flanks of Akka , a seven-peaked mountain that has been visible for four or five days . |
| 38 | In fact this shift has been visible for some time and seems at present to be increasing . |
| 39 | The ovipositor has been visible for about 10 days , and is more prominent in one fish than in the other . |
| 40 | Newark 's recently-completed Avro Anson C.19 VL348 has been short-listed for an award in the Scania Transport Trust Award Scheme . |
| 41 | Boyd , a 6ft 5in American in his first English season , has been top-scorer for Brixton in every game — although on Saturday he shared the honour with his team-mate , Jody John , each scoring 33 points . |
| 42 | Even if the mastitis has been present for more than 24 hours antibiotics are not used , but a cure takes longer . |
| 43 | These complications are only likely to set in if the infection has been present for some time , and this is only likely to happen if the infection is an asymptomatic one . |
| 44 | Before turning to the detail of the debate , my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health , who has been present for most of the debate , has asked me to apologise to the House on her behalf for the fact that she could not stay throughout . |
| 45 | In all cases , however , Standard English has been present for long enough to have had a substantial impact on the language practices of the communities in question . |
| 46 | This marketing approach to products has been beneficial for the consumer because it determines what a company will sell based on what the consumer wants , or the market place is ready to discover and buy , rather than on hope and guesswork . |
| 47 | In the same year Peter Chambers , at West Midlands College , from amidst the ‘ encircling gloom ’ of the colleges of education , and recognizing the CNAA 's own ‘ in-built conservative practices ’ , felt that ‘ the overall impact of the CNAA has been beneficial for the colleges and that its commitment to innovation is a major factor in curriculum innovation within the colleges of education . |
| 48 | The new Transaction System from Micro Focus Plc ( CI No 2,166 ) represents a major departure for the Newbury , Berkshire company that up to now has been famed for its Cobol products and development tools rather than for production system software — but the market for Unix transaction processing systems is still wide open because scarcely any have been sold as yet . |
| 49 | The system represents a major departure for the Newbury , Berkshire company that up to now has been famed for its Cobol products and development tools rather than for production system software — but the market for Unix transaction processing systems is still wide open because scarcely any have been sold as yet . |
| 50 | It 's the same story up the road in Blaisdon … a village that for decades has been famed for its plums . |
| 51 | He says some overseas players are disasters but Courtney has been great for Gloucestershire . |
| 52 | Adult worm burdens are typically in excess of 40,000 , although lower numbers are often found in animals which has been diarrhoeic for several days prior to necropsy . |
| 53 | Unlike other higher profile running mothers , returning to training after the birth of a healthy son has been gentle for the 44-year old . |
| 54 | The man accused of murdering an Open University lecturer was taken ill and has been absent for most of the second day of his trial . |
| 55 | She has been depressed for some time . |
| 56 | Britain 's best performance was produced by Paul Evans , the Barcelona Olympics reserve , who finished fifth in 2–10–36 , 13 places ahead of Steve Brace ( 2–14–11 ) , who has been pre-selected for the Games . |
| 57 | The change of status , too , from ‘ wife , to ‘ widow ’ is felt very keenly by most women as a loss of considerable significance , which indeed it is ; for without a partner , a woman who has been married for some years may , unless she already has well developed interests outside her home , find that her social life is suddenly transformed in a very disturbing way . |
| 58 | Maitre Lelièpvre has been married for 60 years , and has a son . |
| 59 | This neglect of walking has been apparent for years . |
| 60 | Since it has been weak for the past two months , calling for cheaper money is as irrelevant as wanting trees to blossom in an Arctic winter . |