Example sentences of "be [adj] for some time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Owen had been conscious for some time of growing movement in the courtyard below . |
| 2 | the reduction of contracting disciplines , as measured by the relative size of the literature , and as has been evident for some time in religion and philosophy ; and |
| 3 | So far as education is concerned , it is known that the government has been concerned for some time about an alleged willingness on the part of some teachers to bring the question of homosexuality out into the open in a way that seeks to normalise it as a form of human relationship . |
| 4 | Most current work concentrates on child sexual abuse , and SSMH has been concerned for some time about the vulnerability of adults with learning disabilities . |
| 5 | The national park has been concerned for some time about the volume of heavy lorries using roads through the park . |
| 6 | From the head 's point of view , the library had been underfunded for some time with an annual capitation of some £860 , supplemented ( not always willingly ) by a 5% levy on the capitation of each department . |
| 7 | Local people there have been worried for some time about safety factors which affect the tunnel . |
| 8 | The Consorzio Venezia Nuova has already been active for some time in redesigning the network of channels in the lagoon , consolidating the barene ( patches of mud flat just above the surface of the water ) and other similar measures . |