Example sentences of "been in existence for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MAGISTRATES ' Courts have been in existence for hundreds of years , presided over by lay Justices of the Peace ( magistrates ) , that is people who have no legal qualification . |
| 2 | ‘ People are saying , if you 've been in existence for two and a half years , perhaps you 've got something about you , ’ he says . |
| 3 | The Young England Rugby Club has been in existence for two years but is now being relaunched as a major part of the RFU youth initiative with its own clear aims and ambitions . |
| 4 | The company has been in existence for eight years now and is completely independent . |
| 5 | However , Gen. José Dante Caridi , who had stood down as Army Chief of Staff after the rebellion , immediately denied the existence of any such deal ( as did his successor , Gen. Francisco Gassino , who warned that he would respond firmly to any further mutinies ) and accused Seineldin of excessive nationalism and fundamentalism and of being involved in a group of Army conspirators which had been in existence for 25 years . |
| 6 | CONTOUR has now been in existence for three years . |
| 7 | ‘ Are you aware ’ , she asked , ‘ that the National Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Children has now been in existence for ten years ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I thought that , since your society has been in existence for ten years , I might do an article on your work . ’ |
| 9 | Easthall Residents ' Association ( ERA ) has been in existence for 20 years and has been involved in numerous issues affecting the community . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When Joyce joined the British Fascisti in December 1923 , it had been in existence for seven months . |
| 12 | Braintree Concerts Music Club has been in existence for 22 years , but is looking for new ways to promote itself following the decision by the district council to withdraw its grant . |
| 13 | Colonia Dignidad , situated in Parral , 400 km south of Santiago , and inhabited by an estimated 300 people , mainly West Germans , had been in existence for 28 years and was variously linked with slave labour , child sexual abuse , and the torture and disappearance of political prisoners . |