Example sentences of "has [been] [verb] for some years " in BNC.
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| 1 | A need for adequate protection in the field of residential care , and to a lesser extent in relation to the provision of domiciliary services , has been advocated for some years . |
| 2 | The structure and organization of public services do not , at present , foster service developments which match the King 's Fund recommendations , and the need for an overhaul in the way services are organized has been recognized for some years . |
| 3 | Opinion : ‘ … it will not be known until Sizewell B has been operating for some years whether the PWR will become the established nuclear option that has been sought for 30 years . ’ |
| 4 | The decommissioning of a small experimental reactor on the Sellafield site has been continuing for some years . |
| 5 | Moreover , experience in New Zealand and Australia ( where the strict rule has been relaxed for some years ) has not shown that the non-availability of materials has raised these practical problems . |
| 6 | In Kilarrow , a tile works has lately been erected for making drain-tiles ; a local Agricultural Society has been established for some years ( in fact 1838 ) and prizes been awarded for the improvement of the breed of black-cattle and sheep , and for the encouragement of green crop husbandry . |
| 7 | In Kilarrow , a tile works has lately been erected for making drain-tiles ; a local Agricultural Society has been established for some years ( in fact 1838 ) and prizes been awarded for the improvement of the breed of black-cattle and sheep , and for the encouragement of green crop husbandry . |
| 8 | It has been known for some years now that records of the electricity activity of the brain during sleep — by electrodes attached to the scalp , face and neck — confirm that different types of sleep exist . |