Example sentences of "[verb] been for [adj] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The place anciently belonged to the Fauconbergs , but has been for many generations the seat of the Bethells . |
| 2 | Suppose State C has been for many years the major supplier of wheat to State A. If States A and B make an agreement that A will buy wheat from B instead of from C , this will affect C which will have to decide upon its response . |
| 3 | The drug AZT , an inhibitor of DNA synthesis , has been for several years the only treatment for those with symptoms of overt AIDS . |
| 4 | An older age group of superior tradesmen here and there — the public bar fraternity shunned the place , for this had been for many years the snob pub of Belgravia . |
| 5 | Maybe they had been for old times the old times that had never really existed . |