Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although the link between social deprivation and road accident casualty rates has been known for some time , the scale of the problem has not been assessed either nationally or locally . |
| 32 | Is not the Minister aware that it has been known for some time that four times as many women as men suffer the chronic pain that comes from the loss of movement in and the fracture of hip joints ? |
| 33 | It has been known for some time that the inactive form of ALDH2 is present in about 50% of Japanese and Chinese and is associated with high acetaldehyde concentrations , an exaggerated flush response to alcohol , and seems to protect against alcoholism . |
| 34 | It has been known for some time that versatile plastics could be made from vegetable matter but production costs have been prohibitive . |
| 35 | It has been known for some time that the Inland Revenue has been taking a close interest in the marketing practices of livestock farmers in parts of Wales and the West Country . |
| 36 | It has been known for some years now that records of the electricity activity of the brain during sleep — by electrodes attached to the scalp , face and neck — confirm that different types of sleep exist . |
| 37 | We assume that it is enough that the new way will prove better than the old way once it has been tried for some time . |
| 38 | Another possibility is that the gas density may have been overestimated for some reason . |
| 39 | The keys must have been lost for some time . |
| 40 | Well he must have been transferred for some reason or other . |
| 41 | It is one of the most substantial ( 371 pages ) reconsiderations of the man and his music to have been published for some time and , although it is not easy reading , it is a stimulating book which opera producers in particular should keep handy . |
| 42 | It had been recognised for some time that only through rationalisation into larger productive and distributive units could the movement overcome the damaging rivalries among societies in the same neighbourhood , and through economies of scale promote further growth . |
| 43 | Another suggestion was that an entire class of LMS express locomotives had been withdrawn for some reason . |
| 44 | The consultative document published in 1987 followed the principle that had been acknowledged for some time , drawing a distinction between essential items which were to remain free , and desirable but not essential items for which charges could be made , a distinction not in practice very easy to make . |
| 45 | Concern had been voiced for some time by the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) as to the restrictive practices maintained by the Stock Exchange : |
| 46 | Relations between this group and the government had been strained for some years because of the sect 's links with Libya and its occupation of a disputed eight-acre site west of the capital , where it had built a commune . |
| 47 | Relations between the Meskhetians and the Uzbek majority had been strained for some time , largely as a result of the poor housing and other conditions in which the Meskhetians had been forced to remain ( many still lived in shanty towns , and levels of unemployment were higher than elsewhere in the republic ) . |
| 48 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 49 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | The Battersea Congress of the Party , to which this complaint was later addressed , gave official backing to a scheme which had been projected for some time , a Revolutionary Trade Union Opposition to unite the various unofficial movements which had been growing up in many important unions . |
| 52 | There is little doubt also that within the DES the binary solution had been canvassed for some time , and throughout the life of the Robbins Committee interest in it was being shown in the Association of Teachers in Technical Institutes and elsewhere . |
| 53 | We had been affianced for some weeks . ’ |
| 54 | He had been observed for some time in the recovery unit as his central venous pressure and blood pressure were low . |
| 55 | ‘ The house had been neglected for some time , ’ explains Pauline . |
| 56 | This problem in combining general relativity and the uncertainty principle had been suspected for some time , but was finally confirmed by detailed calculations in 1972 . |
| 57 | The need for regulatory change had been mooted for some time . |
| 58 | The possibility that he had been killed for some reason connected with his father 's letters did not occur to Derek . |
| 59 | Professor Seymour-Strachey had been retired for some time now , and had left Grimsby . |
| 60 | That system had been intended for some time . |