Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [prep] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are struggling tonight to achieve the first tentative step in Britain 's planning , not for two or three years hence , but for the better part of a decade hence , and to achieve at King 's Cross the equivalent of what has been under construction for several years at Lille . |
| 2 | Since 1980 a proposal has been under discussion for a Directive which could require companies to introduce procedures for informing and consulting employees ; it became known as the ‘ Vredeling Directive ’ . |
| 3 | The project for the dam , which would be largest in the world , has been under consideration for nearly 70 years . |
| 4 | Short 's preparation has been under way for six months and has been intensive . |
| 5 | Advertising manager Peter Matthews confirmed the review , which he says has been under way for some time . |
| 6 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 7 | Gorazde has been under siege for more than four hundred and fifty days . |
| 8 | A suitable data base format , together with the necessary management procedures , has been under development for a number of years . |
| 9 | He had an accident at work and has been off work for two weeks . |
| 10 | ‘ Master Benjamin , ’ I muttered , ‘ the King 's corpse has been above ground for four years . ’ |
| 11 | The Hercules transport aircraft , which has been on standby for the past two days will fly to the Croatian capital Zagreb . |
| 12 | She has been on HRT for four years , has never suffered dryness again and attributes to it her general energy and enjoyment of life . |
| 13 | Union officials claimed their members were locked out after the 400 strong workforce , which has been on strike for just over two weeks , met yesterday to consider a management proposal . |
| 14 | The amateur actor was born with only a third of a kidney and has been on dialysis for the past four years . |
| 15 | One is , of course , that an old and tried medicine which has been on use for perhaps a hundred/a hundred and fifty/two hundred years is really a very safe medicine and you wo n't come to much harm by buying it and taking it . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't believe it , ’ he said from Washington , where he has been with England for the US Cup games . |
| 17 | Rachel Douglas ( left ) has been with Sekers for 19 years and Diane Madine for 17 years . |
| 18 | Herrmann , a Wharton MBA who has been with Solbourne for the better part of a year , has a components background , having previously run Amphenol in Hong Kong . |
| 19 | Ms Macdougall , who has been with Hodder for three and a half years , was previously with Barrie & Jenkins and for 17 years at Secker , and has also run her own business . |
| 20 | George Phillips ( 56 ) is non-family but has been with Palatine for 16 years . |
| 21 | It was refused , and by mid-January Grobbelaar , who has been with Liverpool for nine years , was again Dalglish 's first choice . |
| 22 | Mr Katz has been with Dillons for nearly three years — at Hatfield and Kingston — before which he was export divisional manager of Aaronson Bros furniture business . |
| 23 | Jones , John Forman , James Hemphill and Haley Bulk Powder — names which will be familiar to anyone who has been with P&O for more than three years . |
| 24 | Robin has been with CCG for over ten years , initially in personnel and training in Scotland , and since 1985 in operational management . |
| 25 | One man who has been with science for many years now — and his experience certainly tells — is Mick Rhodes , whose new series of QED began last week . |
| 26 | Wooton , who has been with HCK for over six years , remains in place while terms of a settlement are agreed . |
| 27 | He has been with BP for 12 years . |
| 28 | Peter has been with BP for over 20 years , the last 5½ at Sullom Voe , latterly as production superintendent at the terminal . |
| 29 | Overhereoverthere , well ridden by Robbie Supple , has been with Upson for six years , but his only previous successes were between the flags in Ireland . |
| 30 | Michael has been with BMK for 5 years and was previously assistant to Production Control . |