Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The search for such dating methods has continued for some time , but in the second half of this century several methods have been developed , which provide much better ways of dating some sites and finds . |
2 | The move has been criticized by environmental organizations , which argue that the cars could be fitted with a converter because the cost , around £300 per car , is not prohibitive and that in any case manufacturers have known for some time when the law would come into effect . |
3 | It has taken an awful long time to come to fruition — and appears to have needed the departure of founder Ken Olsen to come to fruition , but Digital Equipment Corp is finally to start marketing Apple Computer Inc Macintoshes to major companies in the US , mirroring the arrangement the two companies have had for some time in Europe . |
4 | As the official investigation got under way , there were allegations that senior US officials had known for some time of BNL 's dealings with Iraq . |
5 | The pace of slum clearance slackened in the early 1970s , local authority programmes having survived for some years through their own momentum . |
6 | On this occasion , devising a pretext for attacking the auditors has called for some ingenuity . |
7 | ‘ Headway Intermediate is one of the soundest , most innovative coursebooks to have appeared for some time . ’ |
8 | Israeli leaders had recognized for some time the need for a powerful outside backer . |
9 | Scientists have known for some time that fusion reactions between nuclei of deuterium and tritium are more likely if the nuclear spins line up in the same direction . |
10 | After the struggles had continued for some minutes it became clear to his ambushers that Putt was not about to die and they dragged him away through the trees to a spot out of sight of the track , where a small fire was burning low . |
11 | Modest chain-link fences have existed for some time in the border cities of El Paso and Brownsville , Texas . |
12 | Will the Minister recognise that some of the benefits that he announced this afternoon are the result of cross-subsidy from the dirty , sleazy pornographic phone calls that he and his colleagues have encouraged for some time ? |
13 | ‘ The constructors and team-managers have enjoyed for some years now such unrealistic power and influence , have commanded so much attention , they have begun to think of themselves and their cars as the stars . |
14 | Despite a slight shortage of new ideas , she remains the strongest candidate the Democrats have fielded for some time . |