Example sentences of "has for year " in BNC.
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| 1 | None the less , I shall have to cut back on public expenditure , which has for years been outgrowing our capacity to pay for it . |
| 2 | It is usually noticeable that when a masochist has for years felt hard done by , often over-controlled by their partner , and then for some reason the tables are turned , he or she metes out punishment as if this has to go on for the same length of time that the masochist 's suffering was endured . |
| 3 | Happily attempts are being made to change the colts qualifying date to September 1st from 1993 onwards rather than the anomalous January 1st which has for years disrupted team building by splitting units established over the years on the September date . |
| 4 | In Los Angeles , another place where non-Hispanic whites are a dwindling minority , a 62-year-old white businessman is in a run-off for the mayor 's office against the young Asian-American who has for years been thought to be one of California 's most personable Democrats . |
| 5 | In a market where the high street banks ' advertising has for years been devoted to trying to humanize an essentially depressing sub-retail experience , the campaign was , to say the least , refreshingly different . |
| 6 | Some colleges already undertake their own training of senior management staff and the Further Education Staff College at Coombe Lodge has for years been catering at the national level for the management needs of senior staff by providing residential conferences and workshops , most of which are over-subscribed . |
| 7 | I was wondering how on earth I should endure these hunting days , especially when they all came back and crowed over me about the jolly time they 'd had , and then I thought , by jove , there 's Alexandra Abbott and she does n't hunt and she made me laugh more than anyone has for years . |
| 8 | Yet this same champion of free speech has for years refused to hold a press conference after matches . |
| 9 | The Thai Tobacco Monopoly ( TTM ) is owned by the Ministry of Finance and has for years excluded foreign brands . |
| 10 | Britain has for years spent more , per capita , on defence than any other European nation . |
| 11 | With their enemies confined to their bases , it must have seemed worth trying to contact the men from the UN , which has for years backed SWAPO . |
| 12 | The Bishop Auckland line which has for years been the subject of closure fears will get a better pattern of morning services . |
| 13 | THE Meadows Orchestra has for years had an excellent reputation for presenting interesting programmes at a very high level of performance . |
| 14 | The England football management has for years moaned that there are no longer any easy matches , and England 's cricketers learned this salutary lesson against Sri Lanka . |
| 15 | The health authority has for years not shown any signs of so doing , I have to say . |