Example sentences of "[noun] have [prep] [det] time [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Revenue has for some time been concerned about what is done with the money . |
| 2 | BML has for some time been concerned about the declining popularity of the NBS , which began in a blaze of publicity in 1955 . |
| 3 | One advantage Bedfordshire has at this time was that packages such as SIR , EDFAX and COMMUNITEL were being piloted in the country and one librarian was involved in a Prestel project . |
| 4 | A possible intervention of the King 's Proctor to upset the divorce had for some time been lurking in the Government 's mind . |
| 5 | Steelworkers in the public sector had for some time been in dispute with their employers , the British Steel Corporation , and had come out on strike . |
| 6 | Certificates have for some time been sent in postal tubes by recorded delivery to Divisional Secretaries . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman has for some time been against the original fast rail link through Kent and south London , and we have learnt tonight that he is against the current project , apparently because he believes that all British Rail 's money should be spent on saving his neck by improving the lousy commuter service that his constituents have had to tolerate for 13 years of Tory misrule — to use a well-known phrase from a couple of decades back . |
| 8 | Durability has at all times been a main attribute of the materials held in highest regard and it is precisely the most durable things that have most chance of surviving . |
| 9 | Eric commented that trade at JHL was steady and that two JP s had for some time been seen as a luxury , so they were pleased to release G-JETP . |
| 10 | Most people who use an analogue mobile phone have at some time been unhappy with the call quality , and an unfortunate few have experienced the unpleasant side effects of deliberate or accidental ‘ eavesdropping ’ . |
| 11 | But three years later on 27 July 1795 the new head of the Macclesfield company , Abraham Mills , wrote to the new agent Thomas Harrison of Kendal , advising him , alas , that " … the Coniston Mine has for some time been so unproductive that it has been determined to discontinue the working … " |
| 12 | Such arrangements have for some time been permitted so long as clients are fully informed of the nature of the company and the profits go to the firm . |
| 13 | Because of pressure from many different lobbies , government has for some time been considering in what way to respond to it . |
| 14 | The toast to the Divisions has for some time been a ‘ musical geography tour ’ and this time people present were treated to an extra musical item being the toast to National Office , whereby gave an immaculate rendition of The Hippopotamus Song . |
| 15 | Many who had earlier worked against Scottish interests had for some time been making covert approaches and promises through envoys between the two Courts . |
| 16 | Its relationship with the markets has throughout that time been one of independence , and the clearing procedure has evolved over the years . |
| 17 | Non-flying mammals have for some time been suspected to be pollinators in a number of vegetation types outside the tropics and , in recent years , this has been proved to be so in both South Africa and Australia . |
| 18 | Relations between the communist states had for some time been less amicable than a common dedication to working-class interests might have suggested . |
| 19 | Scholars in this field had for some time been engaged in a debate over the importance of acquired and inherited personality traits in behaviour . |
| 20 | Tanberg had for some time been interested in the way that hydrogen behaves in the presence of metals such as palladium . |
| 21 | Holloway prison 's C1 unit has for some time been the subject of public concern and outrage . |
| 22 | Proposals such as these went a long way to alleviate Chinese concerns and brought closer the possibility of a summit meeting between the two leaderships for which Soviet spokesmen had for some time been calling . |
| 23 | We are told that the animal had at some time been shot and wounded , so today it had been put out of its misery . |
| 24 | We are told that the animal had at some time been shot and wounded , so today it had been put out of its misery . |
| 25 | Other satellite services have for some time been offering a kind of one-sided videoconferencing facility . |
| 26 | Although it has yet to displace the older established metal in western sentiment , court jewellers have for some time been using platinum as a more appropriate setting for diamonds than gold . |
| 27 | Where value has at any time been given for a bill the holder is deemed to be a holder for value as regards the acceptor and all parties to the bill who became parties prior to such time . |
| 28 | Her Black Sea fleet had by this time been destroyed , the allies had landed not only in the Crimea but also at Nikolaev to the west and Novorossiisk to the east , and the Turks retained a position at Sukhumi which gave them the chance of counter-attacking in the direction of Tiflis . |
| 29 | Trade unions had for some time been supporting candidates for the House of Commons and spending union funds for this purpose . |
| 30 | James had for some time been accepting an annual pension from Elizabeth in return for promises of assistance against foreign invaders — meaning , at this period , Spain — and on the tacit understanding that he would in no way connive at his mother 's return to Scotland . |