Example sentences of "be for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mick was less fortunate , and when I awoke in the depressing gloom of dawn , he reported that the weather was very much better than it had been for a long time . |
| 2 | She has n't been for a long time . |
| 3 | Her students , she says , are well prepared for Europe , and have been for a long time . |
| 4 | I 'm not one to do double somersaults — I 'm not that acrobatic — but he 's one of the best in the country and has been for a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ Now he 's happier , I think , than he 'd been for a long time . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , most buildings built for the purposes of ‘ agriculture ’ have been for a long time exempt from such planning control as can be exercised by local planning authorities . |
| 7 | But I 'm in better shape than I have been for a long time . ’ |
| 8 | She left a little while later , happier than she had been for a long time . |
| 9 | Which is , of course , roughly where conventional rubbish-collection policy has been for a long time . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 11 | but erm , er at a stage that they are in and been for a long time in the States as we will have to er get armed , well I 'm sorry to say this but it seems like it |
| 12 | Now it is three months ’ rest and come the start of the 1991 season I 'll be ready to go again , more confident than I have been for a long time . |
| 13 | ‘ No sort of future tense about it , it is and it has been for a long time . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's not married , has n't been for a long time . |
| 15 | The Commonwealth came closer together than it has been for a long time . |
| 16 | My hon. Friend will note that German interest rates and ours are closer than they have been for a long time . |
| 17 | The S A S have operated in Northern Ireland and have been for a long time . |
| 18 | ‘ No sort of future tense about it , it is and it has been for a long time . |
| 19 | McNab , who hit his first goal of the season , said : ‘ The second half was as poor as we have been for a long time but recent performances have been magnificent . |
| 20 | No , sure , have n't been for a long time have you ? |
| 21 | Have n't been for a long time , no , I 'm not more |
| 22 | And I think her husband will probably die before she will but erm he cos he 's older than she is even , but erm and he 's not very well , has n't been for a long time . |
| 23 | It is then argued , that , this being so , there is no consideration for the agreement at all , and that it is an agreement for a voluntary gift on certain conditions ; but , looking at the agreement , we find , not a mere proviso , but an express agreement by the plaintiff to pay £1 towards a certain ground-rent , which apparently has been for the first time apportioned , and to pay it to the defendant , who is , I presume , liable to the whole ground-rent . |
| 24 | Young people with learning difficulties are for the first time fully included in all the provisions of youth support services rather than being treated under separate legislation . |
| 25 | Now , however , having regard to what was learnt by C.N.L. 's counsel whilst sitting in court during the successful appeal , they are for the first time in a position to raise a plea of justification . |
| 26 | That grant is ring fenced , it can only be spent on community care defined elements , it includes the recognition that as well as buying care for people , you are for the first time , er , assessing people 's needs . |
| 27 | These media , which are for the present time state-owned , are therefore expected to devote a significant amount of air-time to the running of radio schools and the promotion of mass adult literacy education , as well as the study of other basic subjects . |
| 28 | These media , which are for the present time state-owned , are therefore expected to devote a significant amount of air-time to the running of radio schools and the promotion of mass adult literacy education , as well as the study of other basic subjects . |
| 29 | Because it would only be for a short time , Lucien 's parents had decided it would not be a religious transgression for his aunt Pershti , his mother 's lover , to look after him . |
| 30 | For 30 per cent this would be for the first time , yet almost half our sample are installing an additional or replacement shower . |