Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] they have be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years . |
| 2 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 3 | They were unfortunate in that batting conditions for them were not as favourable as they had been for the West Indians . |
| 4 | FARM policy reforms agreed by EC members leave farming industry prospects brighter than they have been for years , Agriculture Minister John Gummer told the Commons last night . |
| 5 | Mr Bodlender 's comments are supported by the results of the ninth quarterly Horwath Business Confidence Survey , which shows that Britain 's hoteliers are significantly more confident than they have been for over a year . |
| 6 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 7 | But for Nietzsche " art as a whole " and " the Hellenic sphere " were simply not separable , any more than they had been for Winckelmann . |
| 8 | The 1480s show an average comparable with the 1430s , although this figure is probably depressed by the bad years of 1482 and 1483 in the latter year prices were higher than they had been for a century , and wages did not rise proportionately . |
| 9 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 10 | Obviously the standards are not satisfactory but they are the same as they have been for the last 30 years and they are of Mr Pritchard 's choosing . |
| 11 | Couples is a naturally high flighter of the ball and that , together with his length , is an advantage at Augusta , particularly since everyone seems to agree that the greens are firmer than they have been for years . |
| 12 | They were both drunker than they 'd been for years . |
| 13 | ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said . |