Example sentences of "and have been [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hopkins 's sister is a widow and has been for many a year , ’ the fellow replied . |
| 2 | I know that that is not entirely agreeable to some of my hon. Friends and to some Opposition Members , but that is the fact of life — and has been for many years . |
| 3 | She keeps busy with local activities and has been for many years editor of her church magazine . |
| 4 | If a child is sniffing with a group of young people , and has been for some time , it may help to provide other more interesting and exciting leisure activities . |
| 5 | There is indeed , and has been for some years , discussion on the political level as to whether , and to what extent , public transport , particularly in capital cities , should be regarded , and financed , as a social service , out of taxation whether national or local . |
| 6 | ‘ The Khanate is settled , and has been for some time , ’ his father said dismissively . |
| 7 | For one thing , Kelly 's very happily involved in a relationship and has been for some time , so I 'm quite convinced her eyes wo n't stray towards any ski-bums , no matter how handsome . ’ |
| 8 | Nine tenths of the Leicester ring road is finished and has been for some years . |
| 9 | Erm the certification of the flight control system is the critical path item and has been for some considerable time . |
| 10 | Bob Gunnell , of course , is an was and has been for some time a very supportive member of South East Arts and active in many of its committees . |
| 11 | ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years . |
| 12 | The Welsh Office Education Department is responsible ( and has been since 1970 ) for schools and further and higher education in Wales , but not universities or the qualifications , probation , pay , superannuation or misconduct of teachers , which remain the responsibility of the DES . |
| 13 | Section 4 assistance to the industry has tripled from £1 million to nearly £33 million during the same period and has been of great advantage to the economy of Wales . |
| 14 | The resulting report was most constructive and has been of significant value in defining the Group 's plan of action in relation to HS&E initiatives . |
| 15 | Swan Hunter , whose present workforce numbers 2,200 , is now in the hands of receivers and has been in acute crisis since failing to win a vital Ministry of Defence helicopter-carrier order . |
| 16 | At this village off the A40 south of Fishguard is the Tregwynt Woollen Mill , which dates from the middle of the eighteenth century and has been in continuous production of woollen yarns since then . |
| 17 | Carved in Germany in the late tenth or early eleventh century , the plaque measures 13.7x11.3 cm and has been in private ownership throughout this century . |
| 18 | I also understand that one of the street lights in Lower Dolphinholme is burning continuously and has been like this for some time . |
| 19 | Statistics up to 1971 showed it as having an old-age structure and to have been in continuing decline , though there are recent signs of improvement ( Census of Ireland 1981 ) . |
| 20 | Economically , of course , it had never ceased and had been to both countries ' benefit . |
| 21 | The powerful states of the time normally were empires , and had been for many centuries , though a few shadowy forerunners of the nation state could be seen by 1500 . |
| 22 | These limitation terms were incorporated in all contracts between seedsmen and farmers and had been for many years . |
| 23 | The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland . |
| 24 | While there clearly was an ‘ objective ’ discontinuity of subject perspective between selective school mathematics and the practice of some segments , increasingly dominant within some countries , of university mathematics , and had been for some years , it again required interested actors , utilizing the climate of ‘ crisis ’ resulting from the campaign on teacher supply as a major resource , to enter various arenas in order to persuade others of the ‘ need ’ for change . |
| 25 | I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while . |
| 26 | For instance , the single person 's National Insurance retirement pension in 1990 is worth 26 per cent more than unemployment benefit , whereas back in 1972 they were paid at the same rate and had been for most of the period since 1948 . |
| 27 | So the Dimbleby company turned to TBF ( Printers ) Ltd , which was itself a company closely associated with ( same shareholdings , same management ) T. Bailey Forman Ltd , with whom the NUJ was engaged in a trade dispute and had been since 1979 . |
| 28 | He was their paying guest and had been since that afternoon seven years ago when he had tracked Rachel Gebler down to her home in this seaside suburb close to the famous swimming beaches . |
| 29 | The call had been for Hank , and had been from one of his classmates , who said that he just wanted to inquire how Hank was . |
| 30 | It was a new school for us too , but at least we were all there together , and had been in Junior School together . |