Example sentences of "been [verb] for [det] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | It has been felt for some time that the procedure and forms relating to the granting of legal aid in criminal causes could be improved , and the introduction of legal aid in the District Courts has led to the position being scrutinised and a new procedure and application form introduced . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | It has been suspected for some time that North Korea has been working on a nuclear device . |
| 34 | Efforts have been made for some time to get this off the ground and a successful public meeting was held at Newtown at the end of April . |
| 35 | Although it has not been seen for some time , the manuscript may contain a specimen of Mary Leapor 's handwriting . |
| 36 | After a while the station returned to normal , Charlotte had n't been seen for some time , and Albert had been killed in World War I so all three participants in the awful tragedy had gone for ever , or had they ? |
| 37 | Carlson had been wondering for some time what was actually going on . |
| 38 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 39 | He looked as if he had been waiting for some time . |
| 40 | I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered . |
| 41 | Concern has been growing for some time now , voiced not only by the media but also by some high-powered academics , ex-civil servants and former senior government statisticians , that official information which should be wholly objective is being distorted , suppressed or otherwise interfered with to serve the political ends of the government . |
| 42 | It is an idea that the fans of Asynchronous Transport Mode technology have been touting for some time , but Ungermann is shying away from Asynchronous Transfer Mode to the desktop at the moment . |
| 43 | Do n't be discouraged by this , as it is a good sign that you have stretched muscles that have not been used for some time . |
| 44 | This has n't been used for some time so it 's a bit so I 'm just going to wipe it out so there are no particles or foreign bodies in there . |
| 45 | Bound , hard cover books , laboratory notebooks have been used for some time and have a strong pedigree . |
| 46 | It has been advanced for some time by both the Liberal party and the Electoral Reform Society . |
| 47 | I decided to go back to the village , to thank him for all his help , and to carry out a plan I had been considering for some time . |
| 48 | Divisional general manager David Howroyd commented : ‘ We are tremendously excited about this venture , which we have been considering for some time . |
| 49 | The difficulties in comparing the two modes of treatment have been understood for some time . |
| 50 | Environmental organizations have been calling for some time for the incorporation of environmental criteria into the various CAP support mechanisms . |
| 51 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 52 | Both countries had been speaking for some time of their desire to improve relations , without making much progress . |
| 53 | This has been recognised for some time , perhaps most articulately in France , as one of the attainments to be expected from a top-class academic teacher and researcher , with an outstanding ability in accurate communication with the men ( and women ) in the street : haute popularisation . |
| 54 | The need for such a centre has been recognised for some time . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | The importance of the environmentally fragile coastal zone has been recognised for some time , and in response to growing concern for coastal environments under pressure , a new group has been set up in BGS to draw on the experience of land and marine geologists , sedimentologists and coastal engineers The geology of a strip round the coast of the United Kingdom , which in places extends several kilometres offshore , is largely unexplored . |
| 57 | The importance of the coastal zone has been recognised for some time , and a new group has now been formed in BGS in response to growing concern for the environments under pressure in this potentially fragile area . |
| 58 | The association between HIV infection and tuberculosis has been recognised for some time , and the emergence of multidrug resistance in the United States represents the latest development . |
| 59 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 60 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that let Windows applications run on Unix desktops . |