Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Professor Seymour-Strachey had been retired for some time now , and had left Grimsby . |
| 33 | God 's plan is held to be comprehensive , and has been set for all time . |
| 34 | It had been known for some time that relations between Stephenson and Villa were strained because of the player 's insistence on living in his home-town of Newcastle , and several clubs , keen to secure him , were watching the situation closely . |
| 35 | The latter phenomenon has been known for some time , Zwaardemaker recording several ‘ cancelling pairs ’ as far back as 1875 , which included : |
| 36 | The powerful hydrogen bonding capacity of fluoride , discussed by John Emsley , has been known for some time , but its potential for interfering with the vitally important hydrogen bonds between biomolecules has only recently begun to receive attention . |
| 37 | It has been known for some time that eyes give out bioelectric signals — the retina has a positive charge , the cornea is negative . |
| 38 | Segmentation is not an innovation in woodturning , and has been known for some time . |
| 39 | It has been known for some time that the majority of fibres from the left and right eyes converge upon single cells in the visual cortex of the cat and monkey ( Hubel and Wiesel , 1967 ) . |
| 40 | These letters have been known for some time , as the aggrieved Leone published them in a pamphlet in 1764 . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | 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 ? |
| 43 | The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing . |
| 44 | As members will be aware , the Local Government Regions and Districts have been known for some time , and the areas of the Sheriffdoms were published at the beginning of the year . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | The squinch had been known for some time and was used in Persia , Turkestan , Armenia and Asia Minor . |
| 47 | It has been known for some time that versatile plastics could be made from vegetable matter but production costs have been prohibitive . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | It 's been known for some time that dioxins are created when chlorine is used to make paper white , but in many situations it 's been difficult to find substitutes . |
| 50 | He had been observed for some time in the recovery unit as his central venous pressure and blood pressure were low . |
| 51 | The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | The huge space-based extravaganza has been gone for some time . |
| 55 | Concern had been voiced for some time by the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) as to the restrictive practices maintained by the Stock Exchange : |
| 56 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 57 | It was owned by the Baron de Rochefort and his family , and visitors had not been encouraged for some time , as the Baron did not enjoy the best of health . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | The memory of the heroism and sterling qualities of Rodrigo del Bivar have thus been enshrined for all time ; his statue stands today in the main square of Burgos , staring out forever across the lands he fought so long to transform . |
| 60 | 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 ) . |