Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] be [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the First Directive has only been in operation for a matter of weeks , much has still to be learned about its full impact . |
| 2 | The system has only been in place for a month but already , says ‘ we are seeing the benefits . ’ |
| 3 | The reviewer has only been in office for eight months but so far has not had cause to uphold a single application for a review . |
| 4 | The recent announcement of a link up between the EC and EFTA to create a European Economic Area [ EEA ] by 1993 is likely to have little immediate impact on the proportion of exports destined for these areas , partly because privileged access to each others markets has already been in existence for a number of years between the two trading blocks . |
| 5 | The bottom line with the café owner has always been about payments for car parking but it becomes a problem if the establishment is closed more than it is open . |
| 6 | It has always been in order for Ministers on the Front Bench to read their answers and it has never been in order for hon. Members to read their questions . |
| 7 | The ship building industry has also been in decline for a decade or more , and in each year 's report has documented well that decline . |
| 8 | Danny Harrold has also been in demand for the £50,000 contest and is now 8–1 . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you aware ’ , she asked , ‘ that the National Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Children has now been in existence for ten years ? ’ |
| 10 | Despite the fact that the Common Market has now been in existence for thirty-five years , despite also the fact that its main original raison d'être was to abolish obstacles to trade between Member States , a feature of the whole process has been the skill with which countries have managed to keep up their non-tariff trade barriers . |
| 11 | Believe it or not , the society has now been in existence for a year and subscriptions became due on the 16th of March . |
| 12 | Despite the widespread provision of automatic teller machines ( ATMs ) which has now been in existence for a number of years , there is an apparent reluctance in the public to adopt this facility wholeheartedly . |
| 13 | CONTOUR has now been in existence for three years . |
| 14 | The Enterprise Co-ordination Programme has now been in operation for eighteen months and a revised , enhanced budget has been negotiated with the Department of Trade and Industry for the year ahead . |
| 15 | The annual survey system for planning public expenditure over the medium term has now been in use for 30 years . |
| 16 | It has always been in order for Ministers on the Front Bench to read their answers and it has never been in order for hon. Members to read their questions . |
| 17 | He 's already been in prison for seventeen months awaiting trial on drugs charges . |
| 18 | But she 's actually been in bed for five days . |