Example sentences of "been [adj] for more " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's been unused for more than two years and is now derelict . |
| 2 | problems which have been outstanding for more than five days |
| 3 | Car production at Tatra has not been profitable for more than 40 years . |
| 4 | It appears that the unemployed are segmented into two groups each of which is accorded different treatment : those who have been unemployed for more than six months and those who have not . |
| 5 | Roger : Yes , in the ES , East Kent will be running a pilot of people who have been unemployed for more than two years . |
| 6 | Moreover , it has been obvious for more than 50 years . |
| 7 | Some have been unoccupied for more than four years , and most for at least six months . |
| 8 | Even if the mastitis has been present for more than 24 hours antibiotics are not used , but a cure takes longer . |
| 9 | Effective therapy has therefore been available for more than 60 years . |
| 10 | He has the HLA B8 DR3 haplotype and an 18 year history of ulcerative colitis which has been quiescent for more than 12 months . |
| 11 | And finally , a family-run clothes shop that 's been open for more than a hundred years is closing down because there 's no one left to look after it . |
| 12 | He 's been homeless for more than twenty years . |
| 13 | This is why much of philosophy has been barren for more than 2,000 years and is likely to remain so until philosophers learn to understand the language of information processing . " |
| 14 | There is nothing he can tell you beyond what I already have — that as far as we are concerned my mother has been dead for more than twenty years . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Certain highly technical factors , intelligible only to the expert and with which I will not take up the time of this inquest , have led me to conclude that Subject A had been dead for more than nine years and less than twelve . |