Example sentences of "have for [det] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By far the most popular location in recent years has been the Netherlands , for the very good reason that it has for some time offered by far the best deal . |
| 2 | The existence of such a large ( see 12:37 ) alien group in his borderlands has for some time made Pharaoh uneasy . |
| 3 | While the Scottish Wildlife Trust has for some time had a system for identifying second tier biological sites , primarily as a conservation mechanism , no such system has been created for geological or geomorphological sites , until now . |
| 4 | The government has for some time known that this site would be available , yet from the announcement of the project to the Minister 's stated deadline for consultation is 8 months , including the summer months . |
| 5 | Torrance almost had to pull out of the Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Bretesche when a foot disorder he has had for some time flared up during the final round . |
| 6 | The military wing of Massoud Rajavi 's Mojahadin-e Khalq , the National Liberation Army ( NLA ) , had for some time operated out of the base with the permission of the Iraqi government . |
| 7 | He lost little or nothing by the concession and , as we have seen , the papal letters had for some time indicated the likelihood of such a solution being acceptable at Rome . |
| 8 | R. A. Butler , one of the Conservative Party 's chief spokesmen on foreign affairs , stated in the House of Commons on 27 February 1947 that he had for some time regarded Korea ‘ as perhaps the greatest danger spot for peace in the Far East ’ . |
| 9 | Wilson had for some time claimed to the International Transport Workers ' Federation that the Shipping Federation would crumble if the fight could be carried to every port at one and the same time . |
| 10 | As already mentioned , the Irish bishops had for some time found the separation of church and state both a workable and desirable solution . |
| 11 | The fact that the applicants in the main proceedings had for some time circumvented the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy did not give them any legitimate expectation that they would be allowed to continue to do so in the future . |
| 12 | Gervold , abbot of St Wandrille , who had for some time supervised the exaction of tolls at various Channel ports ( particularly Quentovic ) and established cordial relations with Offa , evidently mollified Charlemagne and a trade embargo was not maintained . |
| 13 | It added : ‘ This explosion deepens the cracks in a monarchy which a number of Britons have for some time regarded with a mixture of indifference and contempt . ’ |
| 14 | Psion , creators of the first personal organiser , have for some time made plug-in modules available to provide dictionary and other data facilities . |
| 15 | I have for some time studied the prospects for the privatisation of British Rail . |
| 16 | Political scientists have for some time tried to grapple with the question : what difference , if any , does party control of the government make to political outputs ? |