Example sentences of "[pron] has [been] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practical terms they call for the government to help buy and protect the Mar Lodge Estate — 77 000 acre plot of land in the Cairngorms which has been up for sale since May . |
| 2 | The theory of risk compensation , which has been around for years , says that drivers adjust the amount of risks they take to keep their perceived level of risk constant . |
| 3 | Axil 's existing compatibles are the $13,000 HWS-S210 which has been around for some time , the $17,000 HWS-S310 model 3.0 and the $23,500 HWS-S310 model 4.1 which are due next quarter . |
| 4 | There is , however , one little car which has been around for almost 33 years , is enjoying a revival in popularity and still holds it second-hand value well . |
| 5 | Amazingly , it only just noses ahead of DR DOS , which has been around for over 18 months . |
| 6 | THE problems of keeping walls in mortuary and undertakers ' premises clean and hygienic , while still keeping them attractive for the staff , is one which has been around for many years . |
| 7 | litre turbocharged engine , a revamped version of the Ford diesel unit which has been around for a few years . |
| 8 | Three are straightforward KH-11s , of which one has been up for more than six years ; three are advanced KH-11s . |
| 9 | He gives them tremendous know-how , and the fact that he has been out for so long wo n't affect him . |
| 10 | I can not take the credit for inventing this — it has been around for many years . |
| 11 | Comet is written in Basic , and although it has been around for about 20 years , is still widely used . |
| 12 | Comet is written in Basic , and although it has been around for about 20 years , is still widely used . |
| 13 | Just such a product has been introduced into the UK , although it has been around for a while in the US , under the generic name InteSoft . |
| 14 | How this name originated I have no idea , but I do know that it has been around for many generations for a jingle about this name has come down from the 19th century and it went : " Old Cribb , Young Cribb and Young Cribbs Son , if it had n't a been for Old Cribb there would n't have been none " . |
| 15 | Bill Wood of Durham called about it , desisted from hurling it in this direction and merely gave the fascinating information that it has been about for 1,500 years and started off in Anglo Saxon as sacleas , meaning ‘ without strife ’ . |
| 16 | Hongkong Bank is inheriting a bank in better shape than it has been in for more than a decade . |