Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for [det] year and " in BNC.
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| 1 | This method has been taught for many years and I do not think that pilots who have learned to do it this way need bother to change . |
| 2 | On being asked about the condition of the front door and windows , he admitted they had n't been painted for many years and that the door had more or less reached the end of its life , and showed it . |
| 3 | Let us begin by trying to understand the rationale for the system ; after all , it has been used for many years and must presumably have had some point to it . |
| 4 | Also in the field of biogeography world maps of plant formations had been utilized for many years and had indeed been adopted as the basis for some climatic classification by attempting to fit the classification to the plant distribution . |
| 5 | This is the practice that has been followed for many years and by and large it has worked . |
| 6 | Boarding out ( or fostering ) has been practised for many years and the Curtis Committee on the care of children strongly urged that this should be the first choice in finding substitute homes . |