Example sentences of "[verb] been [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | has been unwell for some time and has undergone many diagnostic tests . |
| 32 | As has been normal for most organized communities that are not based on a money economy , African society was based on slavery ( in the sense of the life-long ownership of human beings who could be traded ) , which sometimes involved plantation work or even being used as a human sacrifice : there is no calculus to compare the disadvantages of local slavery with those of being taken across the Atlantic and used as plantation or mining labour . |
| 33 | Since the introduction of the Financial Services Act in 1988 it has been compulsory for financial advisers and salesmen to base their advice upon a clients ' current ability to pay future as well as present requirements . |
| 34 | In the past it has been compulsory for visiting yachtsmen to call on VHF Ch 16 for a pilot to guide them in , but thankfully this practice has now been abandoned in Vyborg . |
| 35 | The currency has been stable for six months . |
| 36 | The mammalian gut has been stable for many millennia and acts to constrain the flexibility of E. coli 's genome . |
| 37 | It has been helpful for many in showing that complex medieval Latin plainchant can be simplified and adapted to modern English texts , whilst retaining the basic musical principles of the eight Gregorian modes . |
| 38 | Since December 1981 it has been possible for non-US residents to hold euro-dollar deposits and obtain euro-dollar loans from international banking facilities within the USA . |
| 39 | It has been possible for many of us , for example , to respond to dance from quite other cultures , and to sculpture , carving and painting not only from other cultures but from other , often very remote , times . |
| 40 | It has been possible for some time to cruise down the Nile , or stay in some of the jewelled and painted palaces of Moghul India , or walk along the Great Wall of China . |
| 41 | ‘ That has been possible for some time . |
| 42 | For National Certificate modules it has been possible for some time to approve alternative outcomes , under certain circumstances , for students with special needs of all kinds . |
| 43 | But Anne Rogers whose son James has been unconscious for six years says the ruling just puts pressure on her to do the same thing . |
| 44 | Middle management has been vulnerable for some time . |
| 45 | My experience has been that for many people there is not all that difference between bringing ‘ God ’ in and touching wood . |
| 46 | The effect has been that for most of this century Britain has had to hold interest rates higher than has been necessary or desirable . |
| 47 | ‘ The consequence has been that for some time , by mutual agreement , we have led more separate lives . ’ |
| 48 | We are trying to populate a land which has been derelict for two thousand years with a people which has been scattered for two thousand years . |
| 49 | In case police behaviour changes as new procedures and rules become familiar , then whole research exercise will be repeated again after the Act has been operational for eighteen months ( summer 1987 ) . |
| 50 | The life of the farming families here has been harsh for hundreds of years but this harshness has been intensified by the laws on land inheritance and land revenue introduced by the British , which have already been described . |
| 51 | Rings of this style are known as ‘ betrothal ’ rings and the design of the clasped hands has been popular for many centuries . |
| 52 | The impact of that has been different for older and younger generations and has affected the position of each generation in relation to financial support from relatives , and also assistance with accommodation . |
| 53 | It has been clear for some time that the demands of the arms control process would increasingly dominate military planning . |
| 54 | It has been clear for some time that there are a number of significant practical problems with the interpretation of SSAP 6 , Extraordinary Items and Prior Year Adjustments , particularly in respect of the variety of treatments of apparently similar events as sometimes ordinary and sometimes extraordinary items in the p&l account . |
| 55 | It has been clear for some time that the Al Fayeds are not who they said they were in 1985 . |
| 56 | The elementary school has been open for twelve years offering the children of US service staff a throughly American education . |
| 57 | At the summit of Pico do Arieiro ( 1,818m ) there is a snack bar which has been open for many years , and a pousada recently opened . |
| 58 | Suppose the brochure mentions another hotel , stating that it has been open for several seasons and that it closes every year from November to March . |
| 59 | He has attempted to come off on several occasions and at the time of interview was undergoing methadone withdrawal and has been heroin-free for two months . ‘ |
| 60 | She keeps her boyfriend , who has been unemployed for four years . |