Example sentences of "[verb] been known for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |
| 2 | The effect of early experience on the mating preferences of birds and mammals has been known for a long time . |
| 3 | It has been known for a long time , and has led to the more modern practice called ‘ foliar feeding ’ , in which the purpose is not so much to correct deficiencies , but to encourage a boost in performance , yield and so on by spraying major element solutions on to the leaves in the same way . |
| 4 | It has been known for a long time that , partly due to their immense size , elephants can hear much lower sounds than we can . |
| 5 | It has been known for a tough roadman-sprinter to control the race in these big hills , not to lose much time on the Ballon , then rejoin the leading group , dominate them on the long downhill run into Mulhouse and win the stage . |
| 6 | It had been known for a long time that histamine was responsible for producing many allergies and the first antihistamine drug was produced in France in 1937 . |
| 7 | As I 've mentioned already in the context of metaphors of memory , the phenomenon of ‘ animal electricity ’ and its relation to neural activity had been known for a long time — at least since Galvani 's demonstration in Bologna in the 1790s that electrical pulses caused a frog 's legs to twitch . |
| 8 | Other diuretics have been known for a long time , especially arsenical compounds of mercury . |
| 9 | These are called reaves and , while they have been known for a long time , their age , extent and probable purpose have only recently been recognised . |