Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [vb pp] for year " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was doubtful if the equipment had been used for years . |
| 2 | The Führer 's claim that his work had been sabotaged for years , and that the German war machine could run at full stretch now that the last plot had been foiled , was seen to demonstrate that the people had long been lied to in earlier statements that time was on Germany 's side and war production increasing . |
| 3 | Prediction is inaccurate , and one is reminded that economic recovery has been forecast for years by a party in government that is supposed to have great financial expertise . |
| 4 | It had long been a controversial issue and its approval had been delayed for years because of worries about the environmental consequences and the cost of the project . |
| 5 | The cultural revival has been planned for years by members of the good old Council , members that prefer to stay in the background , having achieved the astounding feat of legislating and pedestrianising their way through the licensing laws , to an atmosphere of continental cultural Bonhomie from Blairdardie to Baillieston . |
| 6 | The broken stag had been known for years . |
| 7 | The sense of being part of a general flux had been lost for years . |
| 8 | Tetracycline and erythromycin have been used for years , though minocycline is now increasingly considered as a preferable and safe alternative . |
| 9 | There is greater awareness of the problems of excessive placental transfusion ( hyperbilirubinaemia , polycythaemia and hypervolaemia ) than of the hazards of hypovolaemia , but claims of reduced preterm mortality with delayed umbilical cord ligation have been made for years . |