Example sentences of "has been [vb pp] for some [noun pl] " 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 | Since the rate of repayment is reviewed only once annually , quite often the effect of mortgage rate rises has been delayed for some months , allowing the borrower to prepare for the increased cost . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | One solution that has been proposed for some words is ‘ reclaiming ’ — investing a negative word with a more positive meaning . |
| 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 | Because income support was introduced at a time when there would otherwise have been an increase in supplementary benefits , and because transitional protection has been provided for some groups of claimants who have been transferred to income support , the Government claims that relatively few people suffered an actual cut in benefit in April 1988 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |