Example sentences of "have [be] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Considerable amounts are being spent on replacing them with better services , and have been for the past few years . |
| 32 | Some 90% of sales have been for databases , electronic mail systems and Computer Aided Design . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | The German study spells out how catastrophic the last 15 years have been for the now emasculated British industry . |
| 35 | A good deal gives me the feeling that I have been for a nice seven-day trip to the Bahamas . ’ |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | " Scores of men are in a worse plight than they have been for thirty-seven years past " , admitted Harry Orbell , " The pawnshops are glutted . |
| 40 | After all , the Elphbergs are the royal family of Ruritania , and have been for hundreds of years . |
| 41 | ‘ Your kind are known to us , Doctor , and have been for longer than you can imagine . ’ |
| 42 | If it had n't have been for her I would n't have been taking so many exams . |
| 43 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 44 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 45 | A period of two and a half years of which fifteen months have been for construction . |
| 46 | Probably if it had n't have been for Sister Helen and I would have never have been able to b catch the at all because I never came to see a doctor . |
| 47 | ‘ I am writing a treatise , have been for years , on the maintenance of the king 's peace in London . |
| 48 | ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time . |
| 49 | Mr Bodlender 's comments are supported by the results of the ninth quarterly Horwath Business Confidence Survey , which shows that Britain 's hoteliers are significantly more confident than they have been for over a year . |
| 50 | The majority of systems that have been developed have been for restricted domains and small grammars . |
| 51 | ‘ No , ’ she mumbled , sagging suddenly , so that if it had n't have been for his firm grip she probably would have sunk to the ground , ‘ I did n't think . |
| 52 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 53 | If it had n't have been for the policeman there would have been untold carnage . ’ |
| 54 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 55 | And would it be impolite of me to enquire exactly where you and the other officers have been for the last eight hours ? ’ |
| 56 | The S A S have operated in Northern Ireland and have been for a long time . |
| 57 | Here in Scotland I 'm old enough to get married without my parent 's permission , and have been for a year . |
| 58 | And have been for years |
| 59 | And have been for years , because that does n't take into account the money that is made when , when you know , when , when , sort of development that we have , we have run from home . |
| 60 | Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done . |