Example sentences of "have been [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 2 | A meeting has been arranged for two representatives from each institute owning their own halls at the W I centre in Chelmsford on Monday the twenty first October from ten until twelve noon noon . |
| 3 | Indeed , the role of fibrinogen in platelet aggregation has been recognised for many years ( Born & Cross , 1964 ; Brinkhaus et al , 1965 ) . |
| 4 | Salicylate nephrotoxicity has been recognised for many years . |
| 5 | Others consist mainly of equipment that has been built for particular experiments . |
| 6 | Essentially , we deal with the recent historical context ( development ) , the common configuration of the systems ( components ) , the software that has been developed for specific uses ( tools ) and the outcome of using these tools ( applications and implications ) . |
| 7 | Jarvis , 51 , who is the son of a jump jockey , has been training for 21 years and Carroll House 's victory was by far his most important . |
| 8 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 9 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 10 | ‘ Hemp has been grown for many years on the Continent and this decision will allow UK farmers to gain a share of the market currently occupied by our EC partners . ’ |
| 11 | It will certainly not be possible to totally reconstruct all the streets of an area at a cost of up to DM 1 million/100m as has been done for single streets in the past ’ |
| 12 | Fullback Marty Roebuck continues to be in the wars and suffered a broken jaw in a pre-season club trial , while Test hooker Phil Kearns has been sidelined for three weeks with knee trouble . |
| 13 | Their black pyjama uniform of the Seventies has been exchanged for grey-green jackets and trousers , but they still wear the krama , the chequered cotton scarves common to all Cambodian peasants . |
| 14 | Companies across the country will be subject to a uniform rate set by central government , although Mr Eggar is attempting to calm these fears by pointing out that a special case has been made for small firms . |
| 15 | Alan Charig , of London University , also says that no allowance has been made for differing life-spans or even the palatability of the different dead animals , nor for the robustness of fossilized skeletons , nor the latitude at which fossils have been found . |
| 16 | No evening functions are planned and no request has been made for licensed facilities . |
| 17 | Its bid to become a polytechnic has been supported for many years by Conservative Members from Derbyshire . |
| 18 | Mary has been retired for eight years after 33 years ' service in the Bank at Scarinish . |
| 19 | Print Quarterly , based in London , has been publishing for ten years . |
| 20 | And the pressures are probably much greater within the public sector , if only because of the difficulty of obtaining further employment in the public sector if one has been dismissed for disciplinary reasons . |
| 21 | This approach , a very recent development for credit in this country ( though of course it has been accepted for many years as the basis of car insurance ratings ) , started in America . |
| 22 | This is something that has been advocated for disadvantaged communities across Europe but rarely gets past the rhetoric stage . |
| 23 | A need for adequate protection in the field of residential care , and to a lesser extent in relation to the provision of domiciliary services , has been advocated for some years . |
| 24 | Road pricing , which involves charging drivers directly for their use of the road network , has been advocated for several years as a means of reducing congestion and environmental impact . |
| 25 | Interferon has been given for 24 weeks or longer in a few , mainly Mediterranean , studies ( response rates 26% to 70% ) . |
| 26 | Geraldine , who worked as accounts clerk at Yarmouth Marine Base left to accompany her RAF husband to Cyprus where he has been posted for three years . |
| 27 | Ministers will continue to review every case where a life sentence prisoner has been detained for 10 years . |
| 28 | This is the practice that has been followed for many years and by and large it has worked . |
| 29 | That Soviet ships dumped nuclear waste in the area has been suspected for many years . |
| 30 | SIR — The fact that Steve Redfern has been trying for six years to resume playing rugby union after playing rugby league ( Daily Telegraph , April 2 ) shows that union is a more enjoyable game . |