Example sentences of "been [adj] for [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mammalian gut has been stable for many millennia and acts to constrain the flexibility of E. coli 's genome . |
| 2 | The weather had been dry for some time and , fanned by an easterly wind , the fire spread rapidly until , within three days , it had engulfed most of the city . |
| 3 | Of the 2,329 youngsters registered with Hampshire County Council Careers Service , 21 percent have been unemployed for six months or more . |
| 4 | That 's why we have put in place the most varied , comprehensive programme ever to help people who have been unemployed for six months or more . ’ |
| 5 | But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit . |
| 6 | It has been clear for some time that the demands of the arms control process would increasingly dominate military planning . |
| 7 | It has been clear for some time that there are a number of significant practical problems with the interpretation of SSAP 6 , Extraordinary Items and Prior Year Adjustments , particularly in respect of the variety of treatments of apparently similar events as sometimes ordinary and sometimes extraordinary items in the p&l account . |
| 8 | It has been clear for some time that the Al Fayeds are not who they said they were in 1985 . |
| 9 | And it 's particularly , I think , acute in the parish of Saint Mary 's and Saint John 's because the vicarage has been empty for two years and erm they built a new house , it was more it was cheaper to build a new house than to do the old one up , but there it 's been sat , empty for two years , and erm they 've been trying to find a buyer . |
| 10 | Two Police houses have been empty for five years after officers moved out because of attacks . |
| 11 | The former Teesside and District Society for the Blind workshop has been empty for six years and is a magnet for vandals . |
| 12 | It had been empty for several years and was dirty , damp and severely vandalised . |
| 13 | That was still untended and wild ; the house had been empty for some time before they bought it , or rather Mr Paul had . |
| 14 | She had been listless for some time and the woman could only hope that moving her right away from the influence of the people she went around with into these beautiful surroundings might bring her back to herself . |
| 15 | One has been convinced for some time that the idea was to take Weir in the guise of a No 6 . |
| 16 | In fact this shift has been visible for some time and seems at present to be increasing . |
| 17 | If it had been impossible for one reason or another to use a boat on the water I would have done the best I could with a plummet and noted what I could see from the banks . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He had been ill for many months and his five-year term would not have been renewed at the National People 's Congress which starts on Monday . |
| 20 | All too often , we are called to see foals which have been ill for 24 hours or more and by that stage they can be very sick indeed . |
| 21 | She had been ill for some time and , driving back again to Cardiff to join my father , I reflected on the sadness that parents can never know what their children owe them . |
| 22 | Roach , who was a producer , director and screenwriter , had been ill for some time and was under the care of doctors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital , a hospital spokeswoman said . |
| 23 | The weather had been fine for some days and the mood was right . |
| 24 | I 've only been operational for four months and yet already people are beginning to seek me out . |
| 25 | The effects of the full implementation of the changes would have been substantial for particular areas and many small businesses would have been badly affected . |
| 26 | She had guessed that the reason was something to do with Jennifer for she had known that her sister had n't been well for some while and had been undergoing tests since experiencing stabbing pain in her right eye and numbness in her legs . |
| 27 | Of course he 's not been well for some time and he did n't take care of himself . ’ |
| 28 | Megan 's been married for 18 years and still loves her husband , but resents his meanness . |
| 29 | Jim and his wife Jan have been married for 18 years and the baby came as something of a surprise . |
| 30 | they had been married for two years but had as yet no offspring . |