Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] for [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Fresh fruit has been dried for centuries to preserve the glut of a good harvest . |
| 3 | By Philippa Bellis , AN APPEAL has been launched for volunteers to help run the country 's first major support centre for people with diseases of the nervous system . |
| 4 | The Industry Trains Display has been strengthened with forestry and brickworks train sets for the Steam Festival and a special photographic exhibition has been assembled for visitors to view . |
| 5 | I will ask him some time what prompted his winning play but it has been known for players to forget matters like that after a week 's hard work . |
| 6 | It has been known for caterers to come in at 8am , turn all the ovens on and not use them for three hours . ’ |
| 7 | It has been known for Goblins to get so ambitious that the entire catapult springs from its mounts and hits the Goblin splat in the face , putting paid to the whole device . |
| 8 | It has been known for developers to move in virtually overnight to demolish a building once they find out attempts are being made to list it . |
| 9 | After two months , a settlement of 17 per cent was agreed , but the green light had been given for others to follow on . |
| 10 | No date had been set for pesticides to meet the MACs in Severn Trent . |
| 11 | First , a new model of management had been introduced for managers to emulate , based on private sector practices and precepts . |
| 12 | We have been pestered for men to protect several houses , and as these people have such influence , we can not refuse . ’ |
| 13 | People will be unable to reach their offices in St Mary Axe today , but arrangements have been made for police to escort staff to premises in adjoining streets . |
| 14 | Budgets for prostheses have been used for years to limit elective orthopaedic activity because blocking the purchase of further implants stops joint replacement surgery , the ‘ bread and butter ’ of current elective orthopaedic practice . |
| 15 | Condoms have been used for years to prevent unwanted pregnancy but are also an effective barrier against sexually transmitted diseases including HIV . |