Example sentences of "[been] [adj] for [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | That charge has been wrong-headed for some years ; nevertheless , it has been sustained by enough left-wing activity to feed Conservative propaganda . |
| 2 | It had originally been left to her by a noted amateur ornithologist and eccentric with whom she had been friendly for many years . |
| 3 | The annual floods had been low for some years , and conditions in the villages were very bad . |
| 4 | The theoretical proposal had been public for several years . |
| 5 | The technique , has been existent for some years , and should provide information which may be of use in identifying high levels of expenditure within a particular specialty within a district , and should be of value in assisting local planning . |
| 6 | Vanity basins have been popular for some years now , especially in larger bathrooms . |
| 7 | This represents a major step forward in unlocking the commercial potential of our inner cities and of breathing new life into areas which may have been derelict for many years . |
| 8 | Riddel 's Warehouse , Ann Street , ( 1867 ) : blighted by proximity to police station , has been empty for many years . |
| 9 | The warehouse has been empty for many years , but holding repairs have meant at least that water penetration to the fabric is reduced . |
| 10 | These tenements had been empty for several years , the small shopfronts that once elbowed each other along the street boarded up . |
| 11 | The gallery has been empty for several years . |
| 12 | It had been empty for several years and was dirty , damp and severely vandalised . |
| 13 | A third of its beds have been empty for several years . |
| 14 | The single dog , who has probably been bored for many years , suddenly has a new playmate , who like himself , sleeps most of the time , but will enjoy a game for short periods . |
| 15 | There are , however , two longstanding situations on Southern Sandstone where payment of an admission fee has been customary for many years . |
| 16 | Its importance as a sire had been obvious for many years as its progeny had proved their worth in the show ring and at stud . |
| 17 | The system of raising local authorities ' revenue by means of the rating system ( where the rateable value of property served as the basis for payment ) had been unpopular for many years . |
| 18 | This is particularly true for those with multiple symptoms who have been ill for many years . |
| 19 | Punch Magazine : April 8 , aged 150 : The satirical publication had been ill for many years with circulation falling to 33,000 . |
| 20 | DeRoburt , 69 , who had been ill for several years , had been President of Nauru from independence in 1968 until 1989 , apart from short interludes in 1976-68 ( when he was Leader of the Opposition ) and 1986 . |
| 21 | Abroad , the idea of Freeports has been current for many years . |
| 22 | In London , just before the war , almost no one had heard of Paul Klee , although in Germany he had been famous for some years . |
| 23 | The change of status , too , from ‘ wife , to ‘ widow ’ is felt very keenly by most women as a loss of considerable significance , which indeed it is ; for without a partner , a woman who has been married for some years may , unless she already has well developed interests outside her home , find that her social life is suddenly transformed in a very disturbing way . |
| 24 | He had , in fact , treated her as a man might well treat a wife to whom he 'd been married for some years — a relaxed , comfortable relationship in which there was no need for any outward signs of affection . |
| 25 | They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived . |
| 26 | An example of this is the case of a lady of forty-five who attended the clinic with neuralgia which had been present for some years . |
| 27 | The fact is , sir , that I have been alone for several years now . |
| 28 | The board has been concerned for some years about the possible impact of excessive dependence on coal — used for 80 per cent of electricity currently generated — if developments in the domestic or international coal market push prices up rapidly . |
| 29 | Thus a verdict at an inquest of natural causes aggravated by lack of care has been available for many years . |
| 30 | Data base systems have been available for many years and were developed to make efficient use of secondary storage devices in large computer installations . |