Example sentences of "[verb] been [adj] [prep] some [noun] " 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 | The change of status , too , from ‘ wife , to ‘ widow ’ is felt very keenly by most women as a loss of considerable significance , which indeed it is ; for without a partner , a woman who has been married for some years may , unless she already has well developed interests outside her home , find that her social life is suddenly transformed in a very disturbing way . |
| 8 | That charge has been wrong-headed for some years ; nevertheless , it has been sustained by enough left-wing activity to feed Conservative propaganda . |
| 9 | The situation has been poor for some months , but press speculation about receivership has worried suppliers and customers of the brewery . |
| 10 | The take-up has been disappointing in some respects , with the most highly motivated members attending several courses . |
| 11 | ‘ She has been unwell for some time ; she is liable to spells of nervous depression . |
| 12 | has been unwell for some time and has undergone many diagnostic tests . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ That has been possible for some time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Resorting to personal ties to survive or advance is a mechanism which has been used to some effect over the generations , but which prevents people turning to organisations or political activity which might , in the long run , prove more effective in solving their problems . |
| 17 | Middle management has been vulnerable for some time . |
| 18 | Since this is similar in shape to a cubic curve a cubic model has been popular with some authors . |
| 19 | This is a view which has been popular among some analysts of the period . |
| 20 | It has been clear for some time that the demands of the arms control process would increasingly dominate military planning . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It has been clear for some time that the Al Fayeds are not who they said they were in 1985 . |
| 23 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils much closer together and this important aspect of our work has expanded considerably in recent times . |
| 24 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils closer together . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Most current work concentrates on child sexual abuse , and SSMH has been concerned for some time about the vulnerability of adults with learning disabilities . |
| 28 | The national park has been concerned for some time about the volume of heavy lorries using roads through the park . |
| 29 | The board has been concerned for some years about the possible impact of excessive dependence on coal — used for 80 per cent of electricity currently generated — if developments in the domestic or international coal market push prices up rapidly . |
| 30 | For the Edwardian Conservatives in particular , and British Conservatism in general , similar attention has been desirable for some time . |