Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | UNTIL now actress Tara Fitzgerald has been famous for what she does n't wear . |
| 2 | ICI has been responsible for many major developments in acrylics since the 1930s . |
| 3 | Benjamin Libet of the University of California at San Francisco has been responsible for two sets of experiments which are often cited as crucial evidence in the debate about the relationship between brain and mind . |
| 4 | Depo-Provera has been available for short-term use in Britain since 1978 . |
| 5 | He says some overseas players are disasters but Courtney has been great for Gloucestershire . |
| 6 | At least Rocky has been quiet for Man City . |
| 7 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 8 | Party Chairman Tony Picking said today Mr Burge has been ill for a long time and resigned in February . |
| 9 | Donald and Sheila Baughan had been married for 20 years . |
| 10 | St Wulstans had been empty for 4 years . |
| 11 | This view is espoused by Myers ( 1986 ) , who believes that deforestation in the Himalaya has been responsible for flood disasters in the lower reaches of the Ganges and Brahmaputra and the higher incidence of flooding that has occurred since 1940 ; apparently flooding now affects some 10 6 ha of land as compared with 6 × 10 6 ha in the early 1950s . |
| 12 | Since April last year Historic Scotland has been responsible for the protection of historic wrecks within a 12-mile radius of Scotland . |
| 13 | IBIsys has been available for four years and has around 15,000 customers scattered across Italy , Europe , Canada , South Africa and Australia . |
| 14 | In the same year Peter Chambers , at West Midlands College , from amidst the ‘ encircling gloom ’ of the colleges of education , and recognizing the CNAA 's own ‘ in-built conservative practices ’ , felt that ‘ the overall impact of the CNAA has been beneficial for the colleges and that its commitment to innovation is a major factor in curriculum innovation within the colleges of education . |
| 15 | Oppressed for 40 years by the world 's toughest dictator , Albania has been democratic for only 6 months . |
| 16 | Abroad , the idea of Freeports has been current for many years . |
| 17 | Mrs Ireland had been married for thirty-nine years . |
| 18 | But while I was house-sitting for Nassim , Fenella had been cat-sitting for me . |
| 19 | Like Krakatoa , Mt Pelee had been active for quite a time before disaster struck . |
| 20 | ‘ Elsie and Simon had been married for six years or so when she disappeared . |
| 21 | During his four-year term the police had acquired significantly more political and executive power , and Badr had been responsible for the arrests of thousands of Moslem militants and alleged leftists . |
| 22 | In Rwanda soldiers loyal to President Juvénal Habyarimana have been responsible for atrocities against Rwanda 's Tutsi minority . |
| 23 | Keith says Shaunagh has been good for him . |
| 24 | From its early involvement in the fated Windscale piles , the UKAEA has been responsible for most of the key decisions in the history of British nuclear technology . |
| 25 | Mrs Abercrombie has been incontinent for the last year and is unsuitable , now , for one of our houses . |
| 26 | Anyway , Isobel had been keen for him to tell both his parents , and her advice had been sound all through . |
| 27 | Wallis was critically afflicted with consumption and William Foster , in a letter published in Peck 's Annals , claimed that Wallis had been sick for thirteen years . |
| 28 | Ty Fach had been dead for a long time . |
| 29 | Owen had been conscious for some time of growing movement in the courtyard below . |
| 30 | Old John Knox had been ill for a long time and , two years after I joined the firm , he was told that he must retire . |