Example sentences of "have for some time be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has for some time been considered a most urgent need to extricate mentally handicapped children from long-stay hospitals and stop their admission to them , and there has , as a result , been a sharp fall in the numbers of mentally handicapped children in hospitals . |
| 2 | 1984 has for some time been identified as an important milestone in the twentieth century . |
| 3 | Eric commented that trade at JHL was steady and that two JP s had for some time been seen as a luxury , so they were pleased to release G-JETP . |
| 4 | Scholars in this field had for some time been engaged in a debate over the importance of acquired and inherited personality traits in behaviour . |
| 5 | Former President Efraín Ríos Montt , heading the No-Venta ( " No Sell-Out " ) coalition of three small right-wing parties and promising a clampdown on law and order to stem escalating violence , had for some time been thought likely to emerge as winner of the presidential elections . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Certificates have for some time been sent in postal tubes by recorded delivery to Divisional Secretaries . |
| 8 | 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 . |