Example sentences of "year and [verb] [adv] [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also in the field of biogeography world maps of plant formations had been utilized for many years and had indeed been adopted as the basis for some climatic classification by attempting to fit the classification to the plant distribution . |
| 2 | With most people homesickness was inevitable but Eva had already been away from her family for several years and had never been a person to sit and pine for long . |
| 3 | Unit-linked policies by and large have performed fairly well over the last few years and have consequently been growing in popularity . |
| 4 | Although still classified as a rare breed , the British White has increased considerably in numbers in recent years and has also been exported : it seems to thrive in hot climates and has a good degree of heat tolerance , helped by its pigmented skin and reflecting white coat . |
| 5 | My husband has suffered from heartburn on and off for years and has recently been diagnosed as having a hiatus hernia . |
| 6 | Like Transvaal , Eastern Province will be touring England later this year and have also been invited to the Scarborough Festival . |
| 7 | The following were subsidiary and associated undertakings at the end of the year and have all been included in the consolidated accounts . |
| 8 | The group lost £1.368m last year and has since been radically slimmed down to three operating subsidiaries — banking , a Channel Islands fiduciary management business and NSR . |
| 9 | In the UK the industry has been losing sales estimated at one million cases a year and has also been concerned about the message being sent from this country to export markets , implying that high excise duty levels may be acceptable . |