Example sentences of "[noun] have been [vb pp] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar effect of DNJ on integrin mediated cell adhesion to collagens has been described for several myoblast cell lines . |
| 2 | These sectors have been chosen for several reasons : their services are provided for wide sections of the community ; they are major employers ; and new technology is being introduced into their central work activities . |
| 3 | The museum had been closed for several months because of a leaking roof . |
| 4 | Replacement of the undilatably strictured lower oesophagus by a short segment of left hemicolon has been practised for several decades . |
| 5 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 6 | The report lists ‘ many faults ’ inherent in the way the railway had been run for several years . |
| 7 | • In rare instances , new-born babies have been studied for several months in a constant environment in a hospital ward . |
| 8 | One EC official said yesterday that the problem of fraud involving the Vatican had been understood for several years , and that attempts were being made to stamp it out . |
| 9 | Retrovirus-mediated gene transfer into transplantable cells has been proposed for several conditions , but treatment of immunodeficiency caused by adenosine deaminase ( ADA ) deficiency appears imminent . |
| 10 | But we know very little about the animals which bore these scales and although a few articulated remains have been known for several years , they show very little anatomical detail and it is not easy to identify immediate relatives . |