Example sentences of "has [verb] many year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sudan has suffered many years of intermittent internal strife between governments dominated by northerners and separatist movements in the south . |
| 2 | There is a professionally qualified Staff of three in the Learning Support Department , , who has had many years of experience here at Heriot 's , both in the Junior School and in Learning Support ; ; who has more recently joined us after several years experience in Learning Support in other schools ; and who , as Head of Department and an experienced educational psychologist , is responsible for the assessment of our pupils and for the planning of their programmes within the Department . |
| 3 | Today 's readings are taken from a book called A Cup of Water written by Janet Lacey who has devoted many years of her life to working for Christian Aid . |
| 4 | ‘ It is with a feeling of surprise and wonder , even of awe , that humans become aware of a great intelligence living in the sea ; of marine mammals with a perception greater than that of other animals , more akin to our own , ’ says New Zealander Frank Robson , who has spent many years working with dolphins both in captivity and in the wild . |
| 5 | According to Koen Van Waerebeek , who has spent many years studying the dolphin hunt , hardly anyone in Peru is aware of the true nature of chancho marino . |
| 6 | WE WERE a small group : Soeriaatmadja , the head of Indonesia 's Elephant Task Force , Graham Child , the director of Zimbabwe 's National Park Service , Iain Douglas-Hamilton , who has spent many years observing elephants in East Africa , and me . |
| 7 | Ms Anderson , who has spent many years living and working in London and Washington , was visiting Torquay for the BA Conference . |
| 8 | This lady has spent many years studying the life of the people who lived in these parts in former times . ’ |
| 9 | Publishers grow thick skins against negative reviewing , but I remain puzzled at the volume of abuse directed at this particular book , by an author who has spent many years working on his subject , opening up new areas of research , and who has arguably contributed more in recent years ( viz Orwell : The War Broadcasts , Orwell : The War Commentaries and The Larger Evils ) to the study of Orwell 's work than any other scholar . |
| 10 | I mean you think about primal hunting adults like the bushmen or the Australian Aborigines , the the men do the , do the hunting for erm for meat and women do the , do the gathering for and the point is that er meat is very nutritious and it 's an important part of their diet and men go hunting and they come back and they share food with their wives and their relatives or someone and male parental investment is terribly important So women for instance if you ask David McKnight who 's a world authority on the Australian Aborigines and has spent many years living with them , say what do women look for in the traditional society , what do women look for in a husband ? |
| 11 | Britain has wasted many years , falling behind international comparison in all aspects of development of our living environment . |
| 12 | But it has taken many years for such discoveries to be accepted and acted upon , especially when they conflict with public convenience and related commercial interests , as the sad story of tobacco promotion and consumption shows . |
| 13 | But it must be remembered that the process of evolving acceptable accounting standards has taken many years . |
| 14 | They do n't realise that it has taken many years to bring the town up to the standard it is now . |
| 15 | It has taken many years for these professionals to gain recognition and acceptance . |