Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [be] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proceedings in the Chamber are fully recorded so that everything that is said or done is available for the broadcasters to use in their programmes . |
| 2 | The proportion of students satisfactorily completing or proceeding was highest for those studying vocation subjects ( mainly social work 81.6% ) and social studies ( 80.6% ) . |
| 3 | When he awoke he could not tell if he had fainted or had been asleep for hours or even days . |
| 4 | He denied that the paramilitaries had been linked to the drug traffickers or had been responsible for the massacres of campesinos attributed to them . |
| 5 | If we have recently lost sleep ( after a week of trying to sleep in the daytime , for example ) or have been awake for an unusually long time , then the amount of deep sleep is increased but it is still concentrated in the earlier part of sleep . |
| 6 | If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome . |
| 7 | To summarize : if you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long period : |
| 8 | Now unless you 're a skinhead of the old school , or have been time-warped for twenty years , parkas are not exactly in when it comes to neat threads . |
| 9 | We are now getting close to the flanks of Akka , a seven-peaked mountain that has been visible for four or five days . |
| 10 | Throughout industry this election day , a host of trade unionists are waiting with acute anxiety , nursing their hopes : a Labour victory will enable them to reassert their influence on factories throughout the land , in a manner that has been impossible for a decade . |
| 11 | Any management training that has been available for ryokan has been almost entirely ‘ in house ’ up to now , although the whole area of hotel management training is being rethought in Japan . |
| 12 | One of the things that has been hardest for me to deal with in coaching is runners who want to train for both the marathon and the mile at the same time . |
| 13 | Then the king will say to those on his right hand , ‘ You have my Father 's blessing ; come , enter and possess the kingdom that has been ready for you since the world was made . |
| 14 | With the precious metal that has been undetected for so long in the folds of these hills , disseminated through the rock in an average ratio of half an ounce to a ton of stone , the sheer volume of likely debris is worrying . |
| 15 | We shall continue to put pressure on local authorities with stock that has been empty for more than a year . |
| 16 | After it had been moved a short distance away , the pilot was persuaded that the situation was all right and he accepted this , rather than face being unpopular for causing further delay . |
| 17 | The proposals that emerged were different for London , the rest of England , Wales and Scotland : to say nothing of the difficult position which developed in Northern Ireland . |
| 18 | They reflected a concept that had been current for a number of years , that experiments in planning free zones ought to be devised ( Banham et al . , |
| 19 | It was an argument that had been simmering for two days , and it was clear he was beginning to waver . |
| 20 | The coolers had been a stumbling block , an item that had been impossible for the restoration crew to find . |
| 21 | Generally , the products were made of plane/sycamore wood that had been seasoned for about 6 months . |
| 22 | But there was humour in her tone , and a sparkle in her lovely eyes , and the mouth that had been unhappy for so long now curved in a smile . |
| 23 | His great oak coffin that had been ready for him for years was set up like a cupboard at the head of the bier , fresh lined with red and gold damask , its silver handles polished bright . |
| 24 | He built his shed which , made as it was of old floorboards from a couple of hovels that had been empty for years , resembled a shack . |
| 25 | The trend towards equality of attainment is especially marked in schools that have been comprehensive for a long time . |
| 26 | My company has a large number of creditors in its balance sheet that have been outstanding for between two and four years . |
| 27 | Because I also do a fair bit of crochet and these cones ( white ) are excellent for the crochet collars that have been fashionable for a couple of years . |
| 28 | I WAS so pleased to read that people are reverting to real Christmas trees instead of the ghastly , glittering artificial things that have been popular for so long . |
| 29 | Suppressed maternalism it may be , but her passion shines through and she can recall in detail some animals , particularly dogs , that have been dead for half a century and some that did n't even belong to her . |
| 30 | Meanwhile Dennis Peck , the erstwhile president of Interactive Systems Corp and the man who presided over the sale of half of it to SunSoft Inc , has joined Sequent Computer Systems Inc as senior vice president of marketing , a position that 's been open for over a year . |