Example sentences of "have been around for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 2 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |
| 3 | ‘ My family have been around for seventeen generations , do n't you know , so we feel we have n't an awful lot to prove . |
| 4 | Other English-speaking riders have been around for some years . |
| 5 | These are all approaches which have been around for some time — in the case of the perennial philosophy a very long time — and while , no doubt , they have a great deal to contribute , it is surely probable that the impulse for any paradigm shift will come from an unseen direction . |