Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] for [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , at all times questions have been asked for all sorts of reasons , ranging from the sheer desire for information to an attempt to trip up the Prime Minister on a major policy issue . |
| 32 | We have occasionally been asked for more news of , and items of particular interest to , UCN and external graduates . |
| 33 | I have been involved for many years with the channel tunnel project as a whole and its associated terminal at King 's Cross . |
| 34 | We 've also included in there , on item twelve , a net bill item , but does need to be recognized as an addition to your total spending , and that is , you 've been involved for many years with the health authority in arranging for the discharge of people from long-stay hospitals , and their absorption into the community , and each of these are a provider of many services , and daycare services to those particular individuals . |
| 35 | Concern had been voiced for some time by the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) as to the restrictive practices maintained by the Stock Exchange : |
| 36 | You will see that several large pads have been trimmed for this reason on our working example layout for the UV Exposure Timer . |
| 37 | Even the shirts which had been left for many weeks in my laundry out-tray responded to the punishment it dished out . |
| 38 | In fact , even the most basic repairs had been neglected for many years before that , so that structural problems developed where they might have been avoided . |
| 39 | • In rare instances , new-born babies have been studied for several months in a constant environment in a hospital ward . |
| 40 | Road pricing , which involves charging drivers directly for their use of the road network , has been advocated for several years as a means of reducing congestion and environmental impact . |
| 41 | This placed an unfortunate obstacle in the path of the police who might otherwise , simply on the grounds of suspicion , make a ‘ clean sweep ’ of all known criminals — a policy that had been advocated for some years by Matthew Davenport Hill , the Recorder of Birmingham — as a sure means to guarantee the safety of the streets . |
| 42 | And because Barlaston had ceased to function as a house in the 1930s , and had not been modernized for many years before that , it was in a remarkably unaltered state and thus an important archaeological document . |