Example sentences of "[verb] for some time that " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too . |
| 2 | We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too . |
| 3 | Our fellow-traveller had been mumbling for some time that he would ‘ hae tae get oot ! ’ . |
| 4 | NCLE has argued for some time that schools should have coordinated policies on language as a medium for learning and languages as subjects . |
| 5 | Both Ian Allan , chairman of AIR , and I have felt for some time that this division was not helpful to the railway movement and it was agreed at the ARPS Council meeting held on 25th April ( which I missed due to the pleasure of attending my secretary 's wedding ) and the AIR Board meeting two days later that we adopt a proposal put forward by David Madden , a member of ARPS Council and director of operations on the North Norfolk Railway , to set up a joint committee to handle affairs of mutual interest , which we agreed should be called in good railway tradition : ‘ The Railway Clearing House ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It has been suspected for some time that North Korea has been working on a nuclear device . |
| 8 | She had thought for some time that a mouse lived there . |
| 9 | It had been recognised for some time that only through rationalisation into larger productive and distributive units could the movement overcome the damaging rivalries among societies in the same neighbourhood , and through economies of scale promote further growth . |
| 10 | Pick Systems Inc has recognised for some time that it will have to concentrate on the database side of Pick 's personality in order to survive , but currently only around 40% of sales comes from Pick for Unix , with a few percent going to the MD-DOS implementation and the native Intel Corp iAPX-86 implementation accounting for the biggest part of the business . |
| 11 | He had known for some time that it was inevitable . |
| 12 | It had been known for some time that relations between Stephenson and Villa were strained because of the player 's insistence on living in his home-town of Newcastle , and several clubs , keen to secure him , were watching the situation closely . |
| 13 | The Major , a close confidant of the Princess , added : ‘ We have known for some time that some very senior members of the IOC have the knives out for our sport . |
| 14 | We have known for some time that this can not have been the case . |
| 15 | It has been known for some time that eyes give out bioelectric signals — the retina has a positive charge , the cornea is negative . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | And it was n't Iris who told us , though she had known for some time that it had come through the Strait shortly after the Belgrano had been sunk . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , I 've known for some time that if you want a bit of peace you only have to bore people enough and they 'll leave you to it . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It has been known for some time that versatile plastics could be made from vegetable matter but production costs have been prohibitive . |
| 23 | ‘ The decision to print elsewhere was a commercial one , for we have known for some time that the quality of our printing of newspapers leaves a lot to be desired , while our commercial printing side is first class . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It 's been known for some time that dioxins are created when chlorine is used to make paper white , but in many situations it 's been difficult to find substitutes . |
| 26 | ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage . |
| 27 | Colleagues in local government have been saying for some time that the Government have said that , at some point , the revenue collection services in local authorities would be privatised and would go out to tender . |
| 28 | We 've been feeling for some time that our children are feeling that they 've been left alone , because er when they come to the temple they are too young to understand anything which is being explained from the stage , because er the speakers , or the preachers , have to cater for all the age groups and normally it 's for the , those who understand , already understand about Sikhism . |