Example sentences of "[prep] year [pron] have [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past number of years there have been severe cutbacks in the housing budget . |
| 2 | In a letter to the Stanford committee on research , the faculty said : ‘ For years we have been able to tell visiting school children , student , engineers , scientists , laymen and the press that we are here to do basic research on the fundamental properties of matter and that we do not do any military work . |
| 3 | For years it had been evident to him that the phrenological system was sound and he had been tormented by his inability to demonstrate it to people who , like the Collector , were inclined to scoff . |
| 4 | For years he had been close friends with Kevin McCarthy and his wife . |
| 5 | For years I 've been used to addressing the parson as ‘ vicar ’ . |
| 6 | For years I have been excited by him , quoted him , relied on him . |
| 7 | It 's the first time in years I 've been able to uncoil a little with Ali . |
| 8 | For the expenditure of little more than £250,000 per year we have been able to generate extra funds to support and improve patient care within the NHS rising from £9 million in 1988-89 to £50 million last year . |