Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been [prep] existence for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Are you aware ’ , she asked , ‘ that the National Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Children has now been in existence for ten years ? ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Believe it or not , the society has now been in existence for a year and subscriptions became due on the 16th of March . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | CONTOUR has now been in existence for three years . |
| 7 | J. C. E. Roberts , welcomed all present and remarked that although the Society had only been in existence for a few months , much had already been done and the Society had a firm foundation on which to build . |
| 8 | It is probable that a maypole tradition had already been in existence for many years , if not centuries . |