Example sentences of "it has for some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It has for some time been considered a most urgent need to extricate mentally handicapped children from long-stay hospitals and stop their admission to them , and there has , as a result , been a sharp fall in the numbers of mentally handicapped children in hospitals .
2 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 .
3 The twentieth century has seen the growth of a considerable literature on management as an acquired skill and it has for some time been possible to obtain academic management qualifications .
4 The outcome of these changes is that the drug bill is rising faster than it has for some years and above the rate of inflation .
5 It has for some years been established beyond doubt that Elisabeth used her long period as custodian of her brother 's works and papers ( during which time she wrote and rewrote his biography , as well as overseeing the editing of his works ) to misrepresent important aspects of his life and thought and , in extreme cases , to falsify letters and unpublished writings .
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