Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for some time " in BNC.

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1 This is something for which my hon. Friends and I have pressed for some time .
2 I HAVE noticed for some time now that the Amnesty International Mandate has not been changed to include ‘ people imprisoned for their sexuality ’ .
3 ‘ I am sure that both Prince Charles and Princess Diana will feel a tremendous sense of sadness and of failure too , as they have done for some time .
4 I have done for some time . ’
5 Garden Life could turn out to be the most valuable contribution to conservation we have seen for some time .
6 President Michael Ainslie noted ‘ a greater level of consignment activity than we have seen for some time .
7 One of the most blatant and invidious pieces of political skulduggery we have seen for some time .
8 Both Ian Allan , chairman of AIR , and I have felt for some time that this division was not helpful to the railway movement and it was agreed at the ARPS Council meeting held on 25th April ( which I missed due to the pleasure of attending my secretary 's wedding ) and the AIR Board meeting two days later that we adopt a proposal put forward by David Madden , a member of ARPS Council and director of operations on the North Norfolk Railway , to set up a joint committee to handle affairs of mutual interest , which we agreed should be called in good railway tradition : ‘ The Railway Clearing House ’ .
9 By week 4 , you should be feeling quite well , perhaps better than you have felt for some time and , with any luck , you will be a good deal nearer to your target weight .
10 It has taken an awful long time to come to fruition — and appears to have needed the departure of founder Ken Olsen to come to fruition , but Digital Equipment Corp is finally to start marketing Apple Computer Inc Macintoshes to major companies in the US , mirroring the arrangement the two companies have had for some time in Europe .
11 Despite a slight shortage of new ideas , she remains the strongest candidate the Democrats have fielded for some time .
12 John Rolfe , conference chairman , said : ‘ People within the industry have known for some time there is a need for such a gathering .
13 Scientists have known for some time that fusion reactions between nuclei of deuterium and tritium are more likely if the nuclear spins line up in the same direction .
14 I am delighted to have heard anything worthwhile by Schillings , whose music I have known for some time in piano-vocal scores but have not encountered in performance .
15 The Major , a close confidant of the Princess , added : ‘ We have known for some time that some very senior members of the IOC have the knives out for our sport .
16 People have known for some time what has been going on , and I 'm surprised it has taken this long to come out into the open .
17 We have known for some time that this can not have been the case .
18 The move has been criticized by environmental organizations , which argue that the cars could be fitted with a converter because the cost , around £300 per car , is not prohibitive and that in any case manufacturers have known for some time when the law would come into effect .
19 ‘ The decision to print elsewhere was a commercial one , for we have known for some time that the quality of our printing of newspapers leaves a lot to be desired , while our commercial printing side is first class .
20 One practice we have followed for some time in mid-week housegroups is to follow up and apply further what has been taught on Sunday .
21 Because I have worked for some time now on the forming of music and sounds , and through this specific endeavour have become aware of the " molecular structure " parallel , I can see great form in " Beautiful Landscape Traversed By Electricity Pylons " , " Tiny Aeroplane In One Expansive Sky " , " One Cup of Tea With Spoon And Attached Shadows " , " One Bogey Slightly Protruding From Person 's Nose " and , apart from when I 'm blackly depressed , Life is seen from inside me to be better every day because of my positive use of the rich energy that is emitted from every thing , live or dead .
22 Will the Minister recognise that some of the benefits that he announced this afternoon are the result of cross-subsidy from the dirty , sleazy pornographic phone calls that he and his colleagues have encouraged for some time ?
23 We have waited for some time for any scheme , let alone one that would justify being called better than the proposals of 1979 .
24 Modest chain-link fences have existed for some time in the border cities of El Paso and Brownsville , Texas .
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