Example sentences of "[vb base] been for " in BNC.
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| 31 | To live in a beautiful country , and to enure myself as much as possible to the labour of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my sigh at midnight . |
| 32 | Some of the most effective recruitment campaigns I have worked with have been for limited commitment . |
| 33 | ‘ Gentle , indeed ! ’ she said ‘ And if I were as gentle in the market as I have been for him at home , how does he think I would manage ? ’ |
| 34 | ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said . |
| 35 | I 'm more optimistic than I have been for the past few years . ’ |
| 36 | This is the most upbeat I have been for more than a year . ’ |
| 37 | Couples is a naturally high flighter of the ball and that , together with his length , is an advantage at Augusta , particularly since everyone seems to agree that the greens are firmer than they have been for years . |
| 38 | Some of the Government 's changes have been for the better . |
| 39 | To live in a beautiful country & to inure myself as much as possible to the labors of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my Sigh at midnight — but to enjoy these blessings near you , to see you daily , to tell you all my thoughts in their first birth , and to hear your 's , to be mingling identities with you , as it were ; — the vision-weaving Fancy has indeed often pictured such things , but Hope never dared whisper a promise ! ’ |
| 40 | There are old records for every month except August and September , but the records since 1946 have been for April ( one ) , May ( one ) , June ( two ) , October ( four ) , November ( 13 ) , and December ( one ) . |
| 41 | Half of all the records since 1947 have been for the period mid-February to mid-April , particularly March , with 30 per cent. , which suggests that there is a fairly regular , although small , spring movement through the county . |
| 42 | As far as is known all the records have been for the period spring to autumn . |
| 43 | Wintering birds favour coastal farmland and marshes and a high proportion of recent records have been for the Selsey peninsular , the Beachy Head area , and from Rye to the Midrips . |
| 44 | Most records since 1947 have been for coastal districts , which perhaps just reflects the distribution of observers at the migration seasons . |
| 45 | Unfortunately , most buildings built for the purposes of ‘ agriculture ’ have been for a long time exempt from such planning control as can be exercised by local planning authorities . |
| 46 | However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response . |
| 47 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 48 | These little shrubs are also known as ‘ hedgehog ’ hollies , and probably have been for all of the 300 years they have been grown in gardens . |
| 49 | I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have . |
| 50 | And trade unions , though obviously weakened by Thatcherism , are indubitably more popular institutions than they have been for decades . |
| 51 | Boozy Dennett — who earns £600 a week with his dummy Chick — added : ‘ I have been for a walk to have a think and went back , but it 's getting worse . ’ |
| 52 | ‘ I am his girlfriend and have been for sometime , ’ she said last night . |
| 53 | ‘ Considerable amounts are being spent on replacing them with better services , and have been for the past few years . |
| 54 | Some 90% of sales have been for databases , electronic mail systems and Computer Aided Design . |
| 55 | FARM policy reforms agreed by EC members leave farming industry prospects brighter than they have been for years , Agriculture Minister John Gummer told the Commons last night . |
| 56 | The German study spells out how catastrophic the last 15 years have been for the now emasculated British industry . |
| 57 | A good deal gives me the feeling that I have been for a nice seven-day trip to the Bahamas . ’ |
| 58 | If two systems have been for a period of time in dynamical isolation from each other , then a measurement on the first system can produce no real change in the second . |
| 59 | Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease . |
| 60 | Persian rugs still possess an undoubted mystique , and are generally more expensive than those from other countries , but price differentials have been steadily eroding , and they are now generally cheaper in comparison to rugs from other countries than they have been for decades . |