Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] be [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | These complications are only likely to set in if the infection has been present for some time , and this is only likely to happen if the infection is an asymptomatic one . |
| 32 | Thus a verdict at an inquest of natural causes aggravated by lack of care has been available for many years . |
| 33 | The situation has been poor for some months , but press speculation about receivership has worried suppliers and customers of the brewery . |
| 34 | Rockfall has been responsible for many of the accidents in the range this year , despite the predictable statement from the Chamonix Guides that most were due to incompetence — an inevitable trait of those not climbing with a guide ! |
| 35 | The mammalian gut has been stable for many millennia and acts to constrain the flexibility of E. coli 's genome . |
| 36 | Megan 's been married for 18 years and still loves her husband , but resents his meanness . |
| 37 | The elementary school has been open for twelve years offering the children of US service staff a throughly American education . |
| 38 | The currency has been stable for six months . |
| 39 | However , if the house has been unoccupied for some time , the boards will need to be conditioned with water — this method can also help to flatten wavy boards . |
| 40 | The former Teesside and District Society for the Blind workshop has been empty for six years and is a magnet for vandals . |
| 41 | With two frames for every revolution , the picture is not absolutely steady in freeze frame unless the material has been pre-recorded for this . |
| 42 | She is indicating that tiffin has been ready for some time and that if he does n't fancy it , the dog does . |
| 43 | My son has been dead for three years . |