Example sentences of "it have for some time " 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 issue of conscription was a particularly tender one for the union , for it had for some time been under pressure from the Admiralty over breaches of the obligation of seamen , nominally enforced by the Board of Trade , that sailors should be on board their ships on time and hence not delay sailings .
5 To such an end it had for some time been seeking to intensify contacts with both Tehran and Baghdad .
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