Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] [adj] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The national park has been concerned for some time about the volume of heavy lorries using roads through the park . |
| 2 | The board has been concerned for some years about the possible impact of excessive dependence on coal — used for 80 per cent of electricity currently generated — if developments in the domestic or international coal market push prices up rapidly . |
| 3 | In fact the light has been green for some time already . |
| 4 | Small dedicated games units had been available for some time but had always had only crude multimedia capabilities . |
| 5 | Economists and economic historians have been interested in measuring poverty and wealth on a per capita basis for some time , and such data have been available for some of the advanced industrial countries for many years . |
| 6 | Margaret McGregor , convener of the district council 's women 's committee , said : ‘ The women 's committee has been aware for some time that there are a lack of resources and refuge spaces for women fleeing violent situations . ’ |
| 7 | Middle management has been vulnerable for some time . |
| 8 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils much closer together and this important aspect of our work has expanded considerably in recent times . |
| 9 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils closer together . |
| 10 | The same is true in the US , where the banking sector has been eager for some time now to find loopholes in the Glass-Steagall Act 1933 ( which segregates to a large extent the banking and securities business ) and expand into other , more profitable , areas of financial service activity . |
| 11 | The standard gauge ( SK840 ) and Chunky ( SK890 ) models have been available for some time . |
| 12 | For the Edwardian Conservatives in particular , and British Conservatism in general , similar attention has been desirable for some time . |
| 13 | In fact this shift has been visible for some time and seems at present to be increasing . |
| 14 | ‘ The consequence has been that for some time , by mutual agreement , we have led more separate lives . ’ |
| 15 | That charge has been wrong-headed for some years ; nevertheless , it has been sustained by enough left-wing activity to feed Conservative propaganda . |
| 16 | Owen had been conscious for some time of growing movement in the courtyard below . |
| 17 | The annual floods had been low for some years , and conditions in the villages were very bad . |
| 18 | ACT ! , developed by Contact Software , is both the US 's and the UK 's best selling contact software package , and PC and network variants tailored to the UK have been available for some time . |
| 19 | Most current work concentrates on child sexual abuse , and SSMH has been concerned for some time about the vulnerability of adults with learning disabilities . |
| 20 | Miguel 's voice was suddenly very warm , and Shelley remembered that he and his beautiful young assistant had been close for some time . |
| 21 | From the head 's point of view , the library had been underfunded for some time with an annual capitation of some £860 , supplemented ( not always willingly ) by a 5% levy on the capitation of each department . |
| 22 | The implications of the Black and Tans ' behaviour and of the complicity of the Government in their reign of terror had been clear for some time , but Tubby 's experience had brought it all into sharp focus . |
| 23 | Mr Moores said the manager had been worried for some time that he was not feeling as well as he thought he should . |
| 24 | " If a flat 's been unoccupied for some time , you 'd expect a pile of letters inside the door . " |
| 25 | Synthetic brushes have been available for some time and seemed to be the ideal solution , but in the past brushes could be too soft to control well , or too hard to be fully responsive , limiting paint delivery and with little spring , performing as a poor cousin to natural hair and bristle . |
| 26 | Behind the scenes at London Zoo , staff have been responsible for some notable breeding achievements among rare and endangered species . |
| 27 | So far as education is concerned , it is known that the government has been concerned for some time about an alleged willingness on the part of some teachers to bring the question of homosexuality out into the open in a way that seeks to normalise it as a form of human relationship . |
| 28 | In the US this trend has been evident for some time . |
| 29 | Vanity basins have been popular for some years now , especially in larger bathrooms . |
| 30 | ‘ A number of invitations have been outstanding for some time , and people just chose to take them up at this stage , ’ one said . |