Example sentences of "[noun] have been [vb pp] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because income support was introduced at a time when there would otherwise have been an increase in supplementary benefits , and because transitional protection has been provided for some groups of claimants who have been transferred to income support , the Government claims that relatively few people suffered an actual cut in benefit in April 1988 . |
| 2 | Moreover , experience in New Zealand and Australia ( where the strict rule has been relaxed for some years ) has not shown that the non-availability of materials has raised these practical problems . |
| 3 | The huge space-based extravaganza has been gone for some time . |
| 4 | The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing . |
| 5 | The squinch had been known for some time and was used in Persia , Turkestan , Armenia and Asia Minor . |
| 6 | Bound , hard cover books , laboratory notebooks have been used for some time and have a strong pedigree . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The importance of the environmentally fragile coastal zone has been recognised for some time , and in response to growing concern for coastal environments under pressure , a new group has been set up in BGS to draw on the experience of land and marine geologists , sedimentologists and coastal engineers The geology of a strip round the coast of the United Kingdom , which in places extends several kilometres offshore , is largely unexplored . |
| 9 | The importance of the coastal zone has been recognised for some time , and a new group has now been formed in BGS in response to growing concern for the environments under pressure in this potentially fragile area . |
| 10 | When somebody had been convicted of the offence , or no other offences had been committed for some time , the names were removed from the police station notice board — the police needed the space there — and put in a file or destroyed . |
| 11 | There is no obvious mountain pass or trail leading to the immediate area of the Castle , since Felsbrockenberg has been deserted for some 80 years . |
| 12 | Professor Seymour-Strachey had been retired for some time now , and had left Grimsby . |
| 13 | Efforts have been made for some time to get this off the ground and a successful public meeting was held at Newtown at the end of April . |
| 14 | Laws to prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability and to advance equal opportunities for disabled Britons have been mooted for some time . |
| 15 | IMPACT Moling : These machines have been used for some years to lay services and pipes up to 125mm in diameter . |
| 16 | The release of these chemicals following drainage has been recognized for some time , but researchers at the Australian national research organization ( CSIRO ) now offer an explanation of the cause and also point to the great risks involved in large-scale land reclamation projects . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Since the rate of repayment is reviewed only once annually , quite often the effect of mortgage rate rises has been delayed for some months , allowing the borrower to prepare for the increased cost . |
| 19 | If the package has changed and the DCs have been aborted for some reason , but you still wish to proceed with the change , raise new DCs , get agreement for the changes , activate the Dcs through your package , then resubmit the package for approval . |
| 20 | In Kilarrow , a tile works has lately been erected for making drain-tiles ; a local Agricultural Society has been established for some years ( in fact 1838 ) and prizes been awarded for the improvement of the breed of black-cattle and sheep , and for the encouragement of green crop husbandry . |
| 21 | In Kilarrow , a tile works has lately been erected for making drain-tiles ; a local Agricultural Society has been established for some years ( in fact 1838 ) and prizes been awarded for the improvement of the breed of black-cattle and sheep , and for the encouragement of green crop husbandry . |
| 22 | The need for such a centre has been recognised for some time . |
| 23 | It is one of the most substantial ( 371 pages ) reconsiderations of the man and his music to have been published for some time and , although it is not easy reading , it is a stimulating book which opera producers in particular should keep handy . |
| 24 | The problems of the system under which the starter operates a lever had been known for some years , but the Jockey Club and the course executive failed to replace it , the report added . |
| 25 | Relations between this group and the government had been strained for some years because of the sect 's links with Libya and its occupation of a disputed eight-acre site west of the capital , where it had built a commune . |
| 26 | Concern had been voiced for some time by the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) as to the restrictive practices maintained by the Stock Exchange : |
| 27 | The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing . |
| 28 | Standard specifications have been agreed for some products like hamburgers and meat pies , for example , and the NAAFI have the task of sourcing supplies for these and for all other items such as fruit and vegetables . |
| 29 | The need for regulatory change had been mooted for some time . |
| 30 | Khatami 's resignation had been rumoured for some months , as conservative newspapers had accused him of " leniency " towards the " corrupt , Westernized " Iranian intellectuals and artists , especially those in exile . |