Example sentences of "[verb] been [adj] for some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One has been convinced for some time that the idea was to take Weir in the guise of a No 6 .
2 However , if the house has been unoccupied for some time , the boards will need to be conditioned with water — this method can also help to flatten wavy boards .
3 We have described this process earlier ( chapter 6 ) , and it seems to occur in every case where fingerspelling has been available for some time and there has been a strong hearing influence .
4 In fact this shift has been visible for some time and seems at present to be increasing .
5 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 .
6 She has been depressed for some time .
7 ‘ She has been unwell for some time ; she is liable to spells of nervous depression .
8 has been unwell for some time and has undergone many diagnostic tests .
9 It has been possible for some time to cruise down the Nile , or stay in some of the jewelled and painted palaces of Moghul India , or walk along the Great Wall of China .
10 ‘ That has been possible for some time .
11 For National Certificate modules it has been possible for some time to approve alternative outcomes , under certain circumstances , for students with special needs of all kinds .
12 Middle management has been vulnerable for some time .
13 ‘ The consequence has been that for some time , by mutual agreement , we have led more separate lives . ’
14 It has been clear for some time that the demands of the arms control process would increasingly dominate military planning .
15 It has been clear for some time that there are a number of significant practical problems with the interpretation of SSAP 6 , Extraordinary Items and Prior Year Adjustments , particularly in respect of the variety of treatments of apparently similar events as sometimes ordinary and sometimes extraordinary items in the p&l account .
16 It has been clear for some time that the Al Fayeds are not who they said they were in 1985 .
17 Margaret McGregor , convener of the district council 's women 's committee , said : ‘ The women 's committee has been aware for some time that there are a lack of resources and refuge spaces for women fleeing violent situations . ’
18 So far as education is concerned , it is known that the government has been concerned for some time about an alleged willingness on the part of some teachers to bring the question of homosexuality out into the open in a way that seeks to normalise it as a form of human relationship .
19 Most current work concentrates on child sexual abuse , and SSMH has been concerned for some time about the vulnerability of adults with learning disabilities .
20 The national park has been concerned for some time about the volume of heavy lorries using roads through the park .
21 For the Edwardian Conservatives in particular , and British Conservatism in general , similar attention has been desirable for some time .
22 The tendency for international capital flows to increase has been evident for some time , and was causing problems for central bank intervention in the final years of the Bretton Woods system .
23 In the US this trend has been evident for some time .
24 the reduction of contracting disciplines , as measured by the relative size of the literature , and as has been evident for some time in religion and philosophy ; and
25 The same is true in the US , where the banking sector has been eager for some time now to find loopholes in the Glass-Steagall Act 1933 ( which segregates to a large extent the banking and securities business ) and expand into other , more profitable , areas of financial service activity .
26 In fact the light has been green for some time already .
27 The traffic-light , which has been green for some time , turns red .
28 She is indicating that tiffin has been ready for some time and that if he does n't fancy it , the dog does .
29 If a property is insufficiently furnished for full habitation , it may also have been unoccupied for some length of time .
30 This is the last bond to be actively redeemed until 1957 when a minor flurry of interest in activating redemption might have been responsible for some bond buying-in activity , although the Club waited until 1983 for the total buying-in to take place .
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