Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] been for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I know that that is not entirely agreeable to some of my hon. Friends and to some Opposition Members , but that is the fact of life — and has been for many years .
2 She keeps busy with local activities and has been for many years editor of her church magazine .
3 There is indeed , and has been for some years , discussion on the political level as to whether , and to what extent , public transport , particularly in capital cities , should be regarded , and financed , as a social service , out of taxation whether national or local .
4 Nine tenths of the Leicester ring road is finished and has been for some years .
5 ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years .
6 The powerful states of the time normally were empires , and had been for many centuries , though a few shadowy forerunners of the nation state could be seen by 1500 .
7 These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years .
8 The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland .
9 While there clearly was an ‘ objective ’ discontinuity of subject perspective between selective school mathematics and the practice of some segments , increasingly dominant within some countries , of university mathematics , and had been for some years , it again required interested actors , utilizing the climate of ‘ crisis ’ resulting from the campaign on teacher supply as a major resource , to enter various arenas in order to persuade others of the ‘ need ’ for change .
10 Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done .
11 My children do go to school and have been for some months now .
12 My children do go to school and have been for some months now .
13 Yes my children do go to school and have been for some months now .
14 The place anciently belonged to the Fauconbergs , but has been for many generations the seat of the Bethells .
15 The Faroe Islands are self-governing , but have been for many years a colony of Denmark , and still rely on the government of the old mother country for international representation .
16 Many are extremely tense , not only since the infarct , but have been for many years , and it is possible that the inward tension that they suffer has been a contributory factor to their disease .
17 Detailing the " ruthless " abuse of human rights against opponents of the regime , the report said that many executions were officially described as having been for drug-trafficking offences , adding that prisoners had no recourse to legal counsel or right to appeal .
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