Example sentences of "[pron] have been [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason I have been convinced for some months that interest rates are too high and that they should start to be reduced at once . |
| 2 | I HAVE been married for 26 years to a wife I have loved since I was 20 . |
| 3 | As for myself — Bob and I have been married for forty-six years , and spent most of our married life on and around Manchester , where he was ( eventually ) Market Research Manager in an engineering firm , and I practised social work when not fully engaged with the 2 children . |
| 4 | Now Daph and I have been married for 30 years . |
| 5 | Now I have been married for ten years . |
| 6 | The fact is , sir , that I have been alone for several years now . |
| 7 | I have been unemployed for seven months now and all the people I meet in the Job Club seem to have at least one bad experience of these so-called training schemes . |
| 8 | Anglo-Saxon archaeology has n't come to a crisis point as did prehistoric studies in the early 1960s ; rather it is gradually slipping into new directions with the establishment of a generation of archaeologists more aware that alternative approaches exist to be tried and which have been available for 20 years . |
| 9 | There are 5,733 empty council houses , almost 2,000 of which have been empty for more than a year . |
| 10 | To be sure of having bulbs in flower at Christmas , it is advisable to buy specially prepared ones which have been temperature-treated for early flowering . |
| 11 | All too often , we are called to see foals which have been ill for 24 hours or more and by that stage they can be very sick indeed . |
| 12 | The research project will investigate these evolving patterns in a life course context to describe the experiences of different groups over time , and to attempt to explain the factors which have been responsible for these changes . |
| 13 | The Czech Republic gives citizenship only to those who have been resident for five years and ( a point still under discussion ) who can show competence in Czech . |
| 14 | This is particularly true for those with multiple symptoms who have been ill for many years . |
| 15 | That 's why we have put in place the most varied , comprehensive programme ever to help people who have been unemployed for six months or more . ’ |
| 16 | Those who have been unemployed for three or more years are not asked about their previous employment , and are thereby excluded from the survey . |
| 17 | However , those who have exhausted their rights to Unemployment Benefit , in other words who have been unemployed for longer than one year , have to work for at least 13 weeks . |
| 18 | to provide unemployed people , particularly those who have been unemployed for longer than six months and those in the inner cities , with job opportunities and help in job search skills , or opportunities to become self-employed or to find appropriate training ; |
| 19 | To provide unemployed people , particularly those who have been unemployed for longer than six months and those in inner cities , with job opportunities and help in job search skills , or opportunities to become self-employed or to find appropriate training . |
| 20 | Employers who take on people who have been unemployed for longer than either two years or four years , depending on the pilot area , will be paid a subsidy related to average benefits . |
| 21 | If you are concerned that you might have been exposed to sources of infection , especially if you have been unwell for some time , you can discuss your concerns with your family doctor or antenatal clinic . |
| 22 | You have been good for two minutes . |
| 23 | If you have been sedentary for some time and are not used to physical exertion , then you should begin slowly , walking for no more than 20 minutes every other day , at a pace which stretches you but does not overtire you . |
| 24 | If you are excluded from SSP once a PIW has been formed ( i.e. you have been sick for 4 days in a row ) the Administrative Officer ( Personnel ) , Regional Secretary 's Department , will send you an ‘ exclusion form ’ SSP1(E) . |
| 25 | ‘ You have been senseless for three days . |
| 26 | We have been married for eighteen years . |
| 27 | It is difficult to plan far enough ahead for a quarterly magazine , but we have been quarterly for two years now and still manage a Calendar in most editions so please , members and secretaries … help the editor to make your magazine an interesting and informative read for the Institute . |
| 28 | We have been aware for some years that the relational model and relational database systems have not been able to represent some real-world concepts and activities , and there have been many papers and conferences devoted to the study of extensions and refinements to the original model of Codd ( 1970 ) . |
| 29 | Local people there have been worried for some time about safety factors which affect the tunnel . |
| 30 | They have been vacant for three months . |