Example sentences of "have been [verb] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too .
2 We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too .
3 Nurses who have been nursing for some time are likely to have reached the stage where much of what they do has become automatic , that is , carried out without conscious thought or awareness .
4 Indications of Mr Mandela 's growing political stature in the eyes of the government have been accumulating for some time .
5 Division Two of this event is probably best left to Tom Jones 's Sadler 's Wells newcomer Alyakkh , about whom local work-watchers have been cooing for some time .
6 The difficulties in comparing the two modes of treatment have been understood for some time .
7 Laws to prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability and to advance equal opportunities for disabled Britons have been mooted for some time .
8 Divisional general manager David Howroyd commented : ‘ We are tremendously excited about this venture , which we have been considering for some time .
9 Environmental organizations have been calling for some time for the incorporation of environmental criteria into the various CAP support mechanisms .
10 Efforts have been made for some time to get this off the ground and a successful public meeting was held at Newtown at the end of April .
11 The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time .
12 ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage .
13 Colleagues in local government have been saying for some time that the Government have said that , at some point , the revenue collection services in local authorities would be privatised and would go out to tender .
14 I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so .
15 Dr Dixon said , ‘ With up to 20 years from infection to illness , we just have to ask how many of our congregation have been added during that time ?
16 I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered .
17 Most of these have been used at one time or another but still the TL 072 op.amp seems to combine the best characteristics at a reasonable price .
18 There are several possible approaches to multiplication and division in fixed-point binary , all of which have been used at some time .
19 Bound , hard cover books , laboratory notebooks have been used for some time and have a strong pedigree .
20 These letters have been known for some time , as the aggrieved Leone published them in a pamphlet in 1764 .
21 The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing .
22 As members will be aware , the Local Government Regions and Districts have been known for some time , and the areas of the Sheriffdoms were published at the beginning of the year .
23 Yes but then thinking about those that have been running for some time .
24 A buy-in of shares may be the appropriate method of effecting a management buy-out where certain shareholders wish to realise their investment in a business which they have been running for some time , or they wish to retire , and there is a management team willing to continue with the business and become the new shareholders .
25 It is an idea that the fans of Asynchronous Transport Mode technology have been touting for some time , but Ungermann is shying away from Asynchronous Transfer Mode to the desktop at the moment .
26 If a claim is initially received under item 5 and weekly benefits have been paid for some time and the initial medical prognosis was poor , close attention should be paid to the possibility of a capital benefits claim being made .
27 At Ford , where workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand , the feeling was that car tax should have been scrapped much sooner .
28 The vast majority of golfers have been told at one time or another how important the legs are in the game of golf .
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