Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] be [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The national park has been concerned for some time about the volume of heavy lorries using roads through the park . |
| 2 | The world recession has been tough for all of us , at home and abroad . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Assume as before that national income has been constant for several time periods at £1,000 , and that autonomous investment is initially equal to £500 . |
| 5 | Moreover , to offer vocational courses such as TEC and BEC , where these were not previously available , would have required suitably qualified staff and appropriate facilities at a time of recession when money has been available for neither . |
| 6 | The warehouse has been empty for many years , but holding repairs have meant at least that water penetration to the fabric is reduced . |
| 7 | And it 's particularly , I think , acute in the parish of Saint Mary 's and Saint John 's because the vicarage has been empty for two years and erm they built a new house , it was more it was cheaper to build a new house than to do the old one up , but there it 's been sat , empty for two years , and erm they 've been trying to find a buyer . |
| 8 | In fact the light has been green for some time already . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | In case police behaviour changes as new procedures and rules become familiar , then whole research exercise will be repeated again after the Act has been operational for eighteen months ( summer 1987 ) . |
| 11 | Middle management has been vulnerable for some time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils closer together . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The gallery has been empty for several years . |
| 16 | Mr McNally : ‘ This investigation has been ongoing for five months . |
| 17 | For the Edwardian Conservatives in particular , and British Conservatism in general , similar attention has been desirable for some time . |
| 18 | In fact this shift has been visible for some time and seems at present to be increasing . |
| 19 | There are , however , two longstanding situations on Southern Sandstone where payment of an admission fee has been customary for many years . |
| 20 | That charge has been wrong-headed for some years ; nevertheless , it has been sustained by enough left-wing activity to feed Conservative propaganda . |
| 21 | A close link between what the picture tells you and what the sound conveys is important for elementary level students . |
| 22 | This usage has been current for 20 years . |
| 23 | This facility has been available for most of the season running on certain days of the week using a vintage bus supplied by the Wilts and Dorset Bus Company . |
| 24 | " If a flat 's been unoccupied for some time , you 'd expect a pile of letters inside the door . " |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | We do not suggest that the Conservative Government has been responsible for that , we doubt that a Labour Government would have done any better . |
| 27 | In practice , this mistake has been responsible for much confusion in the discussion of syntactic possibilities and their means of expression . |
| 28 | The Burford to Bibury road has been awash for most of the afternoon . |
| 29 | Groups of bed-sitters with communal lounge facilities have been tried , and in some places the shared lounge has been available for social facilities for the old people of the neighbourhood . |
| 30 | In the US this trend has been evident for some time . |