Example sentences of "and [verb] been [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technique is best suited to hydrothermal systems older than 100 million years and has been proven for deposits as old as 1800 million years . |
| 2 | A number of issues are raised in the paper , but one of the companies which has been at the receiving end and has been canvassed for views , says : ‘ Part of the document looks as if it has been drafted by British Gas . ’ |
| 3 | Any patient contemplating chiropractic treatment should always establish that their chiropractor is qualified and has been accepted for membership of the British Chiropractic Association . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A similar price is expected for Cezanne 's ‘ Still life with apples ’ from the early 1890s which was last sold at auction at the Goldschmidt sale of 1958 and has been consigned for sale by a European collector . |
| 6 | As often happens with highly endangered species , this dolphin has been much sought after as a rare specimen for overseas aquaria , and has been captured for display in the US and Switzerland . |
| 7 | IDG World Expo is trying to pull together a Unix Fair ‘ 93/Tokyo for December 8 to 10 at the Pacifico Yokohama and has been touting for prospects for the show at UniForum . |
| 8 | BELOW : The site was originally quite complex and has been used for cloth manufacture , flock and shoddy production . |
| 9 | Back down to Earth , and having been grumbling for months about high prices and offhand service I decided last week to try TGI FRIDAY 's AMERICAN BISTRO just newly opened in Gordon Street , Glasgow . |
| 10 | Three additional parents reported that they worked on contract at nuclear sites and had been monitored for exposure to radiation before their child was diagnosed ( one father of a case , after conception ; one father of a control , before conception ; one mother of a control , before conception ) . |
| 11 | In the ‘ severely disadvantaged ’ LFA zone the rates of grant were changed in December 1984 to 50% for drainage ( formerly 70% ) and have been abolished for land cultivation ( formerly 50% ) though not for the reseeding of existing pasture ( where the new rate is 30% ) . |
| 12 | Even if it happens that I have made a firm decision to commit suicide , and have been wondering for weeks how to cheat the insurance company , the failure to jump would accord with my intention only by chance . |