Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] for a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vicar calls for silence for the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ , who makes a short speech declaring he has been elected for a year and a day . |
| 2 | Privately , New York dealers say the Ikeda Gallery is loading works purchased by Japanese investors and dealers back into the U.S. market , part of a trend that has been observed for a year now . |
| 3 | A teacher who allowed schoolchildren to have under age sex and drug sessions at his home has been jailed for a year . |
| 4 | The team physiotherapist , Alejandro Koch , has been banned for a year because , in Fifa 's words , he was ‘ an accomplice of the doctor ’ , as has the kit man , N Maldonado , because ‘ he got rid of the gloves and jersey of the goalkeeper ’ . |
| 5 | He has been seconded for a year , and his beat is construction , property and hotels . |
| 6 | A proposal to require plain generic packaging for all cigarettes , which the Victorian Anti-Cancer Council 's Centre for Behavioural Research has shown makes them less attractive to adolescents , has been deferred for a year . |
| 7 | Implementation of the charge to capital gains on an annual deemed disposal of life offices ' holdings in authorised unit trusts , and interests in certain offshore funds , has been postponed for a year ( p 98 ) . |
| 8 | Implementation of the charge to capital gains on an annual deemed disposal of life offices ' holdings in authorised unit trusts , and interests in certain offshore funds , has been postponed for a year . |
| 9 | His current term had been extended for a year until mid-1993 [ see p. 38601 ] . |
| 10 | They 've been engaged for a year , and it was decided the wedding could take place during August , when there is just routine spraying and pruning to be done , well before the vendange itself , when I can not do without him . ’ |
| 11 | It 's just been announced that three Oxford University students have been suspended for a year after a friend died at a drink and drugs party . |
| 12 | ‘ The kennels failed health and safety standards , so they 're half finished — nothing 's been done for a year . |
| 13 | Well it 's been gone , it 's been built for a year er er er er it 's been up for ages has n't it ? |