Example sentences of "have been [verb] for [det] [noun sg] " 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 | They are peaceful people , too , and many of them have been persecuted for that love of peace : Arthur Raistrick , Yorkshire Dalesman and the greatest living Dales historian , was imprisoned as a pacifist during the First World War , while in earlier times , the Quakers led by William Penn fled to America where they founded Pennsylvania , the capital city of which is Philadelphia , the city of brotherly love . |
| 4 | In New York , visitors to the Studio Museum have been prepared for this recasting of Lam by a retrospective of his works on paper at the Americas Society , which travels to Barcelona 's Fundacio ‘ La Caixa ’ on 21 January . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Saving the best fruit until last , our most enthusiastic comments have been reserved for this yacht 's performance under sail . |
| 7 | ‘ But the win over Wimbledon means that our hopes have been extended for another week and we are still in the ball game . |
| 8 | Indications of Mr Mandela 's growing political stature in the eyes of the government have been accumulating for some time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The difficulties in comparing the two modes of treatment have been understood for some time . |
| 11 | Laws to prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability and to advance equal opportunities for disabled Britons have been mooted for some time . |
| 12 | Divisional general manager David Howroyd commented : ‘ We are tremendously excited about this venture , which we have been considering for some time . |
| 13 | However , the know-how fund is doing extremely good work throughout the former Soviet republics , where we have been asked for that help , as it is in the rest of central and eastern Europe . |
| 14 | Dogs , in particular , have been trained for this work — an extension of their natural instincts to protect the pack . |
| 15 | ‘ You have been selected for this commission because of your exceptional technical skills , and your great artistic ability . |
| 16 | The previous half-year figures have been adjusted for this change in presentation . |
| 17 | The ideas that have been developed for this region can be applied to most turbulent flows adjacent to a wall : for example , to turbulent channel and pipe flow ( although not , for example , to a boundary layer close to separation ) . |
| 18 | Environmental organizations have been calling for some time for the incorporation of environmental criteria into the various CAP support mechanisms . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Coleraine secretary Freddie Monahan stressed however : ‘ No official 5 approaches have been made for either player though we are aware they are being watched . ’ |
| 21 | Essentially , there are four types of control which have been exercised for some period : first , the " White Paper " controls on pricing , investment and financial targets ; secondly , external financing limits ( EFLs ) imposed by the Treasury ; thirdly , efficiency audits by the Monopolies and Mergers Corn-mission ( MMC ) ; and fourthly , direct controls on management itself . |
| 22 | If the package has changed and the DCs have been aborted for some reason , but you still wish to proceed with the change , raise new DCs , get agreement for the changes , activate the Dcs through your package , then resubmit the package for approval . |
| 23 | The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time . |
| 24 | ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | This last datum may be accompanied by one of the following letters : S = the company 's shares have been suspended , A = company has been acquired , L = company has been liquidated , e = non-voting shares have been enfranchised for some reason , and lastly F = the shares have been withdrawn from the official list for some other reason than those already mentioned . |
| 28 | Fostering Society awareness at a local level can be a great help — stamping membership cards in areas was suggested — From the objectives stated in our Development Plan in the first year , it is calculated that the minimum Membership needed for 1987 will be 3,300 — and the responsibility for recruiting the majority of this must rest with our Q.T. 's — the burden can be eased by working together on local projects and targets have been set for each area to reach by the end of this academic year . |
| 29 | After personal educational objectives have been set for each doctor the educational process should be completed by assessment of whether these objectives have been fulfilled . |
| 30 | In addition , a number of works from the Statens Museum for Kunst , Copenhagen have been added for this showing . |