Example sentences of "have [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 | A student who has not been in attendance for more than three days through illness or other cause must notify immediately either the course director or senior course tutor , or the research supervisor , who shall inform the Academic Registrar . |
| 5 | The child is right , this escalator , like so many on the London Underground network , has not been in operation for months . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Danny Harrold has also been in demand for the £50,000 contest and is now 8–1 . |
| 11 | ‘ Are you aware ’ , she asked , ‘ that the National Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Children has now been in existence for ten years ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Believe it or not , the society has now been in existence for a year and subscriptions became due on the 16th of March . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | CONTOUR has now been in existence for three years . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The annual survey system for planning public expenditure over the medium term has now been in use for 30 years . |
| 18 | Denis , who has n't been on stage for decades , has n't a nerve in his body . |
| 19 | She has n't been in Italy for a long time . |
| 20 | The pub has n't been in use for several years . |
| 21 | But now living in South London he has n't been behind bars for ten years . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 24 | He was sentenced to twelve months in jail but was released when the court heard he 'd already been in custody for ten months . |
| 25 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 26 | The remaining five had all been on suspension for about 12 months following an incident which resulted in police and internal disciplinary inquiries . |
| 27 | It was spotted by William Robertson , then aged 20 , a deaf man who had been educated at the Aberdeen School for the Deaf , and who had only been at sea for one year . |
| 28 | I had only been at home for about ten days when a friend of mine asked me to join him on a journey to the East Indies . |
| 29 | I mentioned a boy who had only been at school for two terms , a boy who had had a limp , someone he had been friendly with for a time . |
| 30 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |