Example sentences of "has been [adj] for " in BNC.

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31 Moreover , to offer vocational courses such as TEC and BEC , where these were not previously available , would have required suitably qualified staff and appropriate facilities at a time of recession when money has been available for neither .
32 Any management training that has been available for ryokan has been almost entirely ‘ in house ’ up to now , although the whole area of hotel management training is being rethought in Japan .
33 According to Professor Ian Fells of Newcastle University , the technology has been available for a while .
34 Wait until the baby has been well for about a week , and then reintroduce each food in turn , beginning with those least likely to cause trouble , and testing cow 's milk last .
35 We are now getting close to the flanks of Akka , a seven-peaked mountain that has been visible for four or five days .
36 In fact this shift has been visible for some time and seems at present to be increasing .
37 The ovipositor has been visible for about 10 days , and is more prominent in one fish than in the other .
38 Newark 's recently-completed Avro Anson C.19 VL348 has been short-listed for an award in the Scania Transport Trust Award Scheme .
39 Boyd , a 6ft 5in American in his first English season , has been top-scorer for Brixton in every game — although on Saturday he shared the honour with his team-mate , Jody John , each scoring 33 points .
40 Even if the mastitis has been present for more than 24 hours antibiotics are not used , but a cure takes longer .
41 These complications are only likely to set in if the infection has been present for some time , and this is only likely to happen if the infection is an asymptomatic one .
42 Before turning to the detail of the debate , my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health , who has been present for most of the debate , has asked me to apologise to the House on her behalf for the fact that she could not stay throughout .
43 In all cases , however , Standard English has been present for long enough to have had a substantial impact on the language practices of the communities in question .
44 This marketing approach to products has been beneficial for the consumer because it determines what a company will sell based on what the consumer wants , or the market place is ready to discover and buy , rather than on hope and guesswork .
45 In the same year Peter Chambers , at West Midlands College , from amidst the ‘ encircling gloom ’ of the colleges of education , and recognizing the CNAA 's own ‘ in-built conservative practices ’ , felt that ‘ the overall impact of the CNAA has been beneficial for the colleges and that its commitment to innovation is a major factor in curriculum innovation within the colleges of education .
46 The new Transaction System from Micro Focus Plc ( CI No 2,166 ) represents a major departure for the Newbury , Berkshire company that up to now has been famed for its Cobol products and development tools rather than for production system software — but the market for Unix transaction processing systems is still wide open because scarcely any have been sold as yet .
47 The system represents a major departure for the Newbury , Berkshire company that up to now has been famed for its Cobol products and development tools rather than for production system software — but the market for Unix transaction processing systems is still wide open because scarcely any have been sold as yet .
48 It 's the same story up the road in Blaisdon … a village that for decades has been famed for its plums .
49 He says some overseas players are disasters but Courtney has been great for Gloucestershire .
50 Adult worm burdens are typically in excess of 40,000 , although lower numbers are often found in animals which has been diarrhoeic for several days prior to necropsy .
51 Unlike other higher profile running mothers , returning to training after the birth of a healthy son has been gentle for the 44-year old .
52 The man accused of murdering an Open University lecturer was taken ill and has been absent for most of the second day of his trial .
53 She has been depressed for some time .
54 Britain 's best performance was produced by Paul Evans , the Barcelona Olympics reserve , who finished fifth in 2–10–36 , 13 places ahead of Steve Brace ( 2–14–11 ) , who has been pre-selected for the Games .
55 The change of status , too , from ‘ wife , to ‘ widow ’ is felt very keenly by most women as a loss of considerable significance , which indeed it is ; for without a partner , a woman who has been married for some years may , unless she already has well developed interests outside her home , find that her social life is suddenly transformed in a very disturbing way .
56 Maitre Lelièpvre has been married for 60 years , and has a son .
57 This neglect of walking has been apparent for years .
58 Since it has been weak for the past two months , calling for cheaper money is as irrelevant as wanting trees to blossom in an Arctic winter .
59 Though the extent to which such a consciousness exists is not clear , one aspect of it is beyond dispute : 35 per cent of McGreil 's random sample of Dubliners and 46 per cent of the males in the sample , including a spread from the younger age groups and the more educated , supported the view that ‘ the use of violence , while regrettable , has been necessary for the achievement of non-Unionist rights ’ ( Mác Gréil 1977 : 387 ) .
60 On occasions it has been necessary for members to ‘ walk the pitch ’ and clear up before being able to play .
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