Example sentences of "have been [adv] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few ‘ moderate missions ’ are definite either , despite proposals that have been around for many years . |
| 2 | Fax machines have been around for many years and the obvious benefit of being able to transmit documents and graphics by telephone is by no means newly perceived . |
| 3 | ‘ My family have been around for seventeen generations , do n't you know , so we feel we have n't an awful lot to prove . |
| 4 | Other English-speaking riders have been around for some years . |
| 5 | You know a lot of the erm shops that have been here for many years |
| 6 | ‘ We have been here for five years . |
| 7 | Some of the staff have been here for twenty years . |
| 8 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 9 | The roles of chairman and chief executive are segregated and have been so for nine years . |
| 10 | They have been out for fifteen minutes . |
| 11 | Since April , the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike here against the Pittston Company : 1,700 miners have been out for seven months and , despite intimidation , no one has gone back to work . |
| 12 | Until recently , CHP systems — combined heat and power , also called co-generation — have been only for large hotels and have meant high capital outlays . |
| 13 | The lights have been off for several months , bringing a protest from the RAFA . |
| 14 | We have been there for 20 years . |