Example sentences of "has [adv] been [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has thus been customary for dung and bedding to be rotted for up to a year in a midden ( or field heap ) before spreading on the land . |
| 2 | The postcode to Enumeration District directory and the digitised boundary data enable it to be mapped and compared with data compiled on a different geographical basis , an aid which has not been available for censuses prior to 1981 . |
| 3 | It seems therefore that implanted metal despite a potential to induce fibrosis or inflammation , has not been responsible for malignancy . |
| 4 | It has always been common for students of literature to imitate their teachers ' styles , including in seemingly incidental respects . |
| 5 | The LTTE has also been responsible for massacres , both of Sinhalese and Moslem civilians , since June 1990 and against rival Tamil political groups who , in some cases , have now aligned themselves with the government 's forces . |
| 6 | Life has n't been easy for Patsy McGowan 's troops of late . |
| 7 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 8 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 9 | From time to time I have had vivid dreams in which the Majestic has again been open for business , the glass cases full of photographs , lit up , with posters advertising wonderful movies covering the outside walls . |
| 10 | I believe it had a thatched roof and it was such a bonny place , but it has sadly been derelict for years . |