Example sentences of "been [adj] [prep] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Germany is at last waking up to the what has been clear to outsiders for the past year or so , that there is going to be no quick fix to the recession it is facing and that it will be long and grinding : this week the BDI industrial federation admitted that the downturn could develop into Germany 's worst recession since the end of World War II , saying that the western German economy will continue to decline , and the fall will be deeper than previously thought , so that in important sectors such as the capital goods industry the downturn will represent a new post-war record ; the body blames weak foreign demand for German goods , the now over-valued mark and rising costs for German industry and now admits it is the result of structural problems that will have long-term economic effects . |
| 2 | Meanwhile my interest in the film industry through Hellen Semmens was not the only reason for becoming an active member of the Vancouver Film Society — I have always been interested in films for their own sake . |
| 3 | It 's been surplus to requirements for 2 years , now that Rover has concentrated all its efforts on one site . |
| 4 | Jonah and Petrovsky were to be assisted by Giandomenico Picco ( Italy , who had been involved in negotiations for the release of hostages in Lebanon — see pp. 38550 ; 38694 ) and Sotirios Mousouris ( Greece ) , both with the rank of Assistant Secretary-General . |
| 5 | UN Assistant Secretary-General Giandomenico Picco and German Minister of State at the Chancellery Bernd Schmidbauer had also been involved in negotiations for the releases . |
| 6 | Consequently they have been short of riders for their opening British League Division One matches , and for last night 's rained off home meeting with Wolverhampton they were due to use David Norris , who has been sold to Eastbourne for £15,000 , and use the rider replacement facility for Shirra . |
| 7 | Immediately , instinctively , he knew something was wrong ; the kitchen staff should have been busy with preparations for dinner . |
| 8 | Both the valid species and the gold from have been available to Killi-keepers for many years . |
| 9 | The indoor section of Chimp World has been open to visitors for some time , but the full complex also includes new outdoor accommodation . |
| 10 | I 'd been excited about Brownies for so long that I 'd been warned about wishing my life away nearly a hundred times by the week of my first Pack meeting . |
| 11 | It has been true in parts for a period of British politics but it is not the theoretical key to unlock the essence of things as was once thought to be the case . |