Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for centuries " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nation has always been aware of its pre-eminent position , and proud of a moral ascendancy in the political sphere which has been sustained for centuries . |
| 2 | The principle of treatment of like by like , however , had been enunciated by Hippocrates in the fifth century BC , but it had been forgotten for centuries until rediscovered by Hahnemann . |
| 3 | There is another function of playing dead that has been depicted for centuries but which , until recently , was thought to be no more than a fictitious folk-tale . |
| 4 | The legend of the fox that traps birds by pretending to be dead has been depicted for centuries . |
| 5 | Invariably jet-black and headless ( though sometimes having the heads of human beings ) Black Dogs have been reported for centuries as loping along lanes by ancient churchyards . |
| 6 | How dare this blanc try to interfere with the way things have been done for centuries ? |
| 7 | MOTHERS have been celebrated for centuries . |
| 8 | The Master of the Armouries , curator of Britain 's historic arms and armour collection , who is hell-bent on creating just such a hybrid and abandoning the ancient Tower of London where it has been housed for centuries for a purpose-built , speculative complex in Leeds , is risking a gargantuan version of the ‘ Sporting Glory ’ fiasco , with the extra twist that if his project fails , his objects will have no home to go back to . |
| 9 | Aromatic oils have been used for centuries for their therapeutic and beauty benefits . |
| 10 | It 's been used for centuries in the crafting of Buddhist religious statues and the grain is absolutely spectacular . |
| 11 | The motif was most probably introduced into Persia from China — where it had been used for centuries as a symbol of peace and tranquillity — and has subsequently been adapted to fulfil both the schematic and symbolic requirements of Islamic weavers . |
| 12 | The distinction between public and private spheres of existence has been used for centuries to exclude women from the activities through which larger social processes are effected ; it has made of them goods to be protected , the stakes for which wars are fought by men . |
| 13 | Olives are grown in many Mediterranean countries , where they have been cultivated for centuries and have been an important trading crop since ancient times . |
| 14 | As he said , the principle that there is a privilege against self-incrimination has been recognised for centuries . |
| 15 | Black lead , or wad as it is sometimes called , is found in a number of places in the Lake District and has been mined for centuries at Seathwaite in Borrowdale . |
| 16 | The Colinton area has been settled for centuries and the village was a centre of the milling industry in the 18th and 19th centuries . |
| 17 | The Carolingians ' heartlands , that is , the area where most of their estates were clustered , and where Franks had been settled for centuries , spanned modern Belgium and the Netherlands , northern France , and western Germany , thus lying athwart the " natural " frontiers of the Ardennes forest , and the rivers Meuse and Rhine . |
| 18 | About the year 1800 , or just afterwards , my great-great-grandfather , John Hey , moved from Shelley in the parish of Kirkburton , where his ancestors had been settled for centuries , to the village of Thurlstone . |
| 19 | Alcohol , opium , cannabis , and tobacco have been known for centuries and the history of each fills many books . |
| 20 | It has been known for centuries that music affects our state of mind and emotions , and so affects our body . |
| 21 | The most common victim of mobbing is the owl , and this phenomenon has been known for centuries . |
| 22 | There was apparently an agreement between Pickard and Wasbrough allowing the latter to use the crank , and the engine-builder who was most incensed at the patenting of a device which he maintained had been known for centuries was James Watt [ q.v . ] . |
| 23 | And finally , only a year or so later , turned them out of house and home — put them on the street , as women who failed to be properly grateful to the fathers had been put for centuries . |
| 24 | Nearby , alum has been worked for centuries and we could still see the remains of the old landing stage where little coasters brought brimming vats of urine from London , which was mixed with the local mineral to produce dyestuff fasteners for textiles . |
| 25 | In Britain the defence of the country has been left for centuries to a Navy which did its work out of sight . |
| 26 | The conference theme , ‘ All the Voices ’ , reflects the potential of community radio stations to reinforce the cultural diversity of peoples , and to provide a voice for those whose right to freedom of expression has been denied for centuries . |
| 27 | Those breeds developed for guarding purposes , such as the Rottweiler , are naturally bold , and less amenable to accepting instructions from people than companion dogs such as the Tibetan Terrier which has been kept for centuries in the domestic environment . |
| 28 | After all , these islands have been steeped for centuries in everything from witchcraft to ancestor worship . |
| 29 | The French , it must be said , have been lost for centuries in wonderment at science . |
| 30 | The Celts has been established for centuries before the Romans came in 60BC an built a military camp . |