Example sentences of "it have been [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he can prove that it has been exercised for 20 years before the date of an action , it will be presumed that it has existed from ’ time immemorial ’ . |
| 2 | This approach , a very recent development for credit in this country ( though of course it has been accepted for many years as the basis of car insurance ratings ) , started in America . |
| 3 | Farmyard , horse , cow , pig , sheep , goat , poultry and similar ‘ raw ’ manures are all very variable because they must depend upon the food intake of the animals concerned , and the age of the manure — the time it has been stacked for nitrogenous urine to have drained out or been decomposed . |
| 4 | Because of its limited appeal among Grand Prix drivers , it has been ignored for some record purposes in the statistical section to be found at the end of this chapter . |
| 5 | Furthermore , from a banker 's standpoint a bill that indicates that the merchandise has been ‘ shipped ’ or placed ‘ on board ’ is preferable to one which merely states that it has been received for future shipment . |
| 6 | It has been validated for early diagnosis of tuberculosis . |
| 7 | It has been suspected for some time that North Korea has been working on a nuclear device . |
| 8 | It has been felt for some time that the procedure and forms relating to the granting of legal aid in criminal causes could be improved , and the introduction of legal aid in the District Courts has led to the position being scrutinised and a new procedure and application form introduced . |
| 9 | It has been advanced for some time by both the Liberal party and the Electoral Reform Society . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It has been used for many years in traveller 's diarrhoea , as a colostomy deodoriser , and as an antispirochetal agent in syphilis . |
| 12 | These are in addition to applications in the detergents field , in which it has been used for many years . |
| 13 | A ley can really only be said to be confirmed if it has been walked for most of its length . |
| 14 | The budget is due now , but it has been postponed for three months . |
| 15 | It has been known for many years that damage to the left hemisphere is more likely to affect language ability than damage to the right , suggesting that the left hemisphere is very important for language . |
| 16 | For example , it is still commonplace in cartoons to show cavemen and dinosaurs together , despite the fact that it has been known for many years that dinosaurs were extinct long before the evolution of ‘ cavemen ’ . |
| 17 | It has been known for many years that rich clusters contain a lot of gas and dark matter , but Ponman and Bertram 's result shows that these features apply more generally . |
| 18 | It has been known for many years that neurons , like other cells , can be maintained alive and well under such conditions for periods of many days or even weeks , provided they are kept warm , aerated and well fed with glucose and other essential molecules . |
| 19 | It has been known for many years that recycling used materials helps make great savings , but it was not until recently that it was realised how much good that it could do for the environment . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It has been known for some time that eyes give out bioelectric signals — the retina has a positive charge , the cornea is negative . |
| 22 | It has been known for some time that the majority of fibres from the left and right eyes converge upon single cells in the visual cortex of the cat and monkey ( Hubel and Wiesel , 1967 ) . |
| 23 | Is not the Minister aware that it has been known for some time that four times as many women as men suffer the chronic pain that comes from the loss of movement in and the fracture of hip joints ? |
| 24 | It has been known for some time that the inactive form of ALDH2 is present in about 50% of Japanese and Chinese and is associated with high acetaldehyde concentrations , an exaggerated flush response to alcohol , and seems to protect against alcoholism . |
| 25 | It has been known for some time that versatile plastics could be made from vegetable matter but production costs have been prohibitive . |
| 26 | It has been known for some time that the Inland Revenue has been taking a close interest in the marketing practices of livestock farmers in parts of Wales and the West Country . |
| 27 | ‘ Gran Reserva ’ indicates it has been aged for seven years . |
| 28 | In the past , it has been criticised for poor graphics . |
| 29 | In recent months , it has been blamed for freak storms in Pacific islands and on the Californian coast , and flooding in Peru . |
| 30 | We assume that it is enough that the new way will prove better than the old way once it has been tried for some time . |