Example sentences of "years it [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For years it had been evident to him that the phrenological system was sound and he had been tormented by his inability to demonstrate it to people who , like the Collector , were inclined to scoff . |
| 2 | As has been pointed out , however , In recent years it has been impossible to tell where natural justice stops and fairness begins . |
| 3 | Over the past 2 years it has been subject to extensive repairs and its site to archaeological investigation . |
| 4 | In recent years it has been possible to study the mechanisms involved in the regulation postprandial gall bladder motility in detail because of the development of sensitive and specific radioimmunoassays for measurement of CCK and the availability of ultrasonography and cholescintigraphy as non-invasive methods to measure human gall bladder motility . |
| 5 | For 15 years it has been illegal in the U8A to produce a new car without a three-way catalytic converter . |
| 6 | Over the years it has been customary for the chairman to be re-elected for a second year . |
| 7 | And over the years it 's been possible to identify a number of factors produced by these bacteria that seem to make sense in terms of the pathology and the conditions . |