Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [prep] some time [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certificates have for some time been sent in postal tubes by recorded delivery to Divisional Secretaries . |
| 2 | Such arrangements have for some time been permitted so long as clients are fully informed of the nature of the company and the profits go to the firm . |
| 3 | The toast to the Divisions has for some time been a ‘ musical geography tour ’ and this time people present were treated to an extra musical item being the toast to National Office , whereby gave an immaculate rendition of The Hippopotamus Song . |
| 4 | Many who had earlier worked against Scottish interests had for some time been making covert approaches and promises through envoys between the two Courts . |
| 5 | Non-flying mammals have for some time been suspected to be pollinators in a number of vegetation types outside the tropics and , in recent years , this has been proved to be so in both South Africa and Australia . |
| 6 | Relations between the communist states had for some time been less amicable than a common dedication to working-class interests might have suggested . |
| 7 | Proposals such as these went a long way to alleviate Chinese concerns and brought closer the possibility of a summit meeting between the two leaderships for which Soviet spokesmen had for some time been calling . |
| 8 | Other satellite services have for some time been offering a kind of one-sided videoconferencing facility . |
| 9 | Although it has yet to displace the older established metal in western sentiment , court jewellers have for some time been using platinum as a more appropriate setting for diamonds than gold . |
| 10 | Trade unions had for some time been supporting candidates for the House of Commons and spending union funds for this purpose . |