Example sentences of "have [been] [adj] [prep] [det] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a verdict at an inquest of natural causes aggravated by lack of care has been available for many years . |
| 2 | Well I 've visited both Cambodia itself and the camps , er first of all in the camps , the situation is appalling because there are very many people who do not want to be in those camps and are really in effect being held there against their will , and what has been extraordinary until this year , is that the people who 've been holding them there against their will have been the Phol Pot dominated so-called coalition government and on the basis of the people being in the camps , that , that , that regime has gone on to claim recognition at the United Nations ; an appalling situation . |
| 3 | The change of status , too , from ‘ wife , to ‘ widow ’ is felt very keenly by most women as a loss of considerable significance , which indeed it is ; for without a partner , a woman who has been married for some years may , unless she already has well developed interests outside her home , find that her social life is suddenly transformed in a very disturbing way . |
| 4 | That charge has been wrong-headed for some years ; nevertheless , it has been sustained by enough left-wing activity to feed Conservative propaganda . |
| 5 | Abroad , the idea of Freeports has been current for many years . |
| 6 | At the summit of Pico do Arieiro ( 1,818m ) there is a snack bar which has been open for many years , and a pousada recently opened . |
| 7 | The latter probably included correspondence with Colonel Filipović in Belgrade , who has been active for many years in agitating for firmer action |
| 8 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils much closer together and this important aspect of our work has expanded considerably in recent times . |
| 9 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils closer together . |
| 10 | Riddel 's Warehouse , Ann Street , ( 1867 ) : blighted by proximity to police station , has been empty for many years . |
| 11 | The warehouse has been empty for many years , but holding repairs have meant at least that water penetration to the fabric is reduced . |
| 12 | The gallery has been empty for several years . |
| 13 | The board has been concerned for some years about the possible impact of excessive dependence on coal — used for 80 per cent of electricity currently generated — if developments in the domestic or international coal market push prices up rapidly . |
| 14 | There are , however , two longstanding situations on Southern Sandstone where payment of an admission fee has been customary for many years . |
| 15 | The technique , has been existent for some years , and should provide information which may be of use in identifying high levels of expenditure within a particular specialty within a district , and should be of value in assisting local planning . |
| 16 | 9.18–26 ; Luke 8.40–56 ) he heals a woman who has been unclean for many years because of a flow of blood . |
| 17 | Today he has been dead for several years , and still I have n't told the story . |
| 18 | He had , in fact , treated her as a man might well treat a wife to whom he 'd been married for some years — a relaxed , comfortable relationship in which there was no need for any outward signs of affection . |
| 19 | This represents a major step forward in unlocking the commercial potential of our inner cities and of breathing new life into areas which may have been derelict for many years . |
| 20 | Having been rare for many years doubles are now much more widely available and many are proving to be good garden plants . |
| 21 | It had originally been left to her by a noted amateur ornithologist and eccentric with whom she had been friendly for many years . |
| 22 | An example of this is the case of a lady of forty-five who attended the clinic with neuralgia which had been present for some years . |
| 23 | Disparate and haphazard as it was , one thing is certain : popular discontent with the system had been general for several years . |
| 24 | The annual floods had been low for some years , and conditions in the villages were very bad . |
| 25 | In London , just before the war , almost no one had heard of Paul Klee , although in Germany he had been famous for some years . |
| 26 | They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived . |
| 27 | The theoretical proposal had been public for several years . |
| 28 | The system of raising local authorities ' revenue by means of the rating system ( where the rateable value of property served as the basis for payment ) had been unpopular for many years . |
| 29 | Its importance as a sire had been obvious for many years as its progeny had proved their worth in the show ring and at stud . |
| 30 | These tenements had been empty for several years , the small shopfronts that once elbowed each other along the street boarded up . |