Example sentences of "be [vb pp] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time .
2 This has been recognized for a long time .
3 The twenty-five dealers specialising in drawings and paintings are joined for the first time by Colnaghi who opened a small Paris branch in May and are keeping their exhibits a closely guarded secret .
4 The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 .
5 The new items adopt a structured problem-based approach to the many different marital difficulties that people face , and information on the cultural and religious framework , which may affect options open to ethnic minority clients , has been included for the first time .
6 The Canoe-Camper is now on glossy paper and a selection of photographs are included for the first time .
7 Because of the increase in popularity of racing across the Atlantic , extensive coverage of NASCAR and CART championships are included for the first time .
8 He was devastated when he discovered his premises had been attacked for the second time .
9 Electric lighting and heating have been installed for the first time , but all fittings have been concealed as much as possible and all the original oil lamps and 19th century pews have been retained .
10 He said Thompson had been involved in a traffic accident in which he had suffered a head injury and been concussed for a short time .
11 This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person .
12 Now , after quite a shore period , the locomotive has been steamed for the first time and is almost in working order .
13 Two brick arches put up to channel the waters of an underground river have been uncovered for the first time in nearly two hundred years .
14 Finally , the most convincing evidence for residual function in animals comes from studies using very coarse stimuli that are presented for a long time .
15 The Railway 's annual spring Enthusiasts ' Weekend — normally held two weeks before Easter — has been moved for the first time in its 20-year history .
16 The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage .
17 The windows have been cleaned for the first time in a year , and what with my contact lenses ( which I 've had since Christmas ) , the view is much improved .
18 Here we are told for the first time such details as that the Moreens are American , that they require a resident tutor for their sickly child , and that Pemberton is looking for the tutor 's job ; or rather , we are not told , but are led to infer these facts , for James avoids a direct statement of them .
19 Whilst this process may , for this model , take up to 20 iterations to achieve an acceptable assembly from a disjointed starting point , once an association has been accomplished for the first time and , if only small disturbances are imposed , re-association may be accomplished in as few as three attempts .
20 OUSTED councillor Ralph Knight has been snubbed for the second time in two months by members of his own party , it was revealed last night .
21 it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time .
22 which again has been used for a long time on animals .
23 Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show .
24 Nevertheless , perhaps because of the procedural problems outlined above , Article 100A(4) appears to have been used for the first time only in 1992 , in relation to German legislation banning the use of PCP ( pentachlorophenol ) despite the fears expressed at the time the Single European Act was signed that it would destroy the Court 's achievements in this sphere .
25 Evidence collected by a new computer-controlled water monitoring and sampling device developed by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has been used for the first time to prosecute a company for polluting a waterway .
26 Wolfgang had begun work on an operatic version of Beaumarchais ' controversial play Le Mariage de Figaro , which had been performed for the first time in Paris the year before .
27 Some ore was so intermixed with gangue however , that the concentration by hand was extremely laborious and the mill must have been needed for a long time .
28 I think it 's been closed for a long time actually .
29 HOUSE has been called for the last time at the Mecca bingo hall in Middlesbrough and its future is now uncertain .
30 A CD is a negotiable bearer instrument issued by a bank which certifies that a stated sum has been deposited for a specific time period at a particular interest rate .
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