Example sentences of "[Wh det] have been [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those breeds developed for guarding purposes , such as the Rottweiler , are naturally bold , and less amenable to accepting instructions from people than companion dogs such as the Tibetan Terrier which has been kept for centuries in the domestic environment . |
| 2 | I attach a copy of that which has been adopted for RIGS in England and Wales . |
| 3 | The nation has always been aware of its pre-eminent position , and proud of a moral ascendancy in the political sphere which has been sustained for centuries . |
| 4 | We have been told for several centuries now that every child is naturally different and it is therefore wrong to impose on one the mould which has been prepared for others unlike it . |
| 5 | There is even a copy of the program Chaos , which has been written for beginners as a heuristic aid for designing organic synthesis . |
| 6 | Authorities in Serbia again blocked a UN relief convoy which has been trying for days to reach the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica . |
| 7 | Plainly , events such as the Durham Miners ' Gala , which has been held for decades fall within the rubric . |
| 8 | The brew is still fermented for days , using the same yeast which has been working for years and years . |
| 9 | He stated that in New York , regarding practical experience , the only bodies that trainee embalmers could obtain were unclaimed ones which had been refrigerated for months , and not just a few hours old , as is the popular myth in this country . |
| 10 | Moulvi Ali Zoha , a Rohingya Muslim who arrived in Bangladesh on Monday , told United News , a Bangladeshi news agency , that the soldiers were angered when the Muslims broke open the doors of the mosque , which had been locked for months since the Burmese authorities clamped down on the Rohingyas . |
| 11 | Repeated doses of bad news from the front generated mounting criticism of government incompetence ; ministerial confidence was visibly shaken ; and discontent which had been smouldering for years burst into flame . |
| 12 | For a start there were the Trumper 's advertisements on TV — a whole series of them , which had been running for years . |
| 13 | Since the Second World War the family has entered the international arena by its contributions to multi-racial education in Africa , by establishing the International Students ' House in London for students from overseas , and by founding the Michael Wills Scholarships at Oxford University to replace the Rhodes Scholarships which had been discontinued for Germans in 1939 . |
| 14 | The record should build upon those which have been maintained for pupils in key stages 1 and 2 . |
| 15 | Airline stocks , which have been surging for months on a series of high-stakes takeovers , declined after one potential target , US Air , declared lower than expected earnings . |
| 16 | It is imperative to investigate the mechanism of action of this tratment because of the small therapeutic benefits found with older regimens of treatment , which have been used for patients with gastric cancer . |
| 17 | Filreg this is primarily a record of all file numbers which have been opened for clients and non-clients in the filing system . |