Example sentences of "which [vb past] been [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vote resolved a constitutional crisis which had been brewing for some months and which had centred around Slovak demands for far-reaching autonomy in most areas of policy . |
| 2 | The Battersea Congress of the Party , to which this complaint was later addressed , gave official backing to a scheme which had been projected for some time , a Revolutionary Trade Union Opposition to unite the various unofficial movements which had been growing up in many important unions . |
| 3 | Relations with China , which had been strained for many years since the 1962 war between the two countries , gradually improved after Rajiv Gandhi 's visit to Beijing on Dec. 19-23 , 1988 , the first to China by an Indian Prime Minister for 34 years . |
| 4 | Nevertheless the king had restored to government and policy-making an element of continuity and decision which had been lacking for many years . |
| 5 | James chatting with the Earl of Farrow outside Farrow Hall , which had been used for many of the exterior shots in Pemberley . |
| 6 | The experience curve itself was developed from the concept of the learning curve , which had been used for many years in industries where it was observed that labour time fell as the workforce accumulated experience in producing more of a particular type of unit . |
| 7 | It was in these unpromising circumstances that the great cholera controversy , which had been smouldering for some time , at last burst into flame . |
| 8 | Over 40,000 people staged a demonstration in Buenos Aires on Dec. 30 against the decision , which had been forecast for some time . |
| 9 | Even the shirts which had been left for many weeks in my laundry out-tray responded to the punishment it dished out . |
| 10 | The situation rapidly became chaotic , and a 250-bedded hospital , which had been allotted for these cases , contained some 1000 patients , when in 1915 Harrison was urgently called upon to sort things out . |
| 11 | The king provoked hostility by seeking to use his prerogative rights to raise money , and by requiring the payment of debts , many of which had been respited for many years . |
| 12 | Several aspects of the reshuffle , which had been expected for several weeks , were attacked by opposition groups who demanded greater reductions . |
| 13 | The Schuman Plan was based on ideas which had been circulating for some time but was devised in detail by Jean Monnet , who was in charge of France 's economic modernisation programme . |