Example sentences of "have for [adj] [noun] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | While other constitutional texts , where they existed at all , have for long periods been purely notional , national autonomy never ceased to have a certain operation reality . |
| 2 | Conservationists have for many years been predicting the catastrophic consequences of a major oil spill in Arctic or Antarctic seas , and in early 1989 , their worst fears were realised . |
| 3 | Architects have for many years been subjected to both legal and self-regulation . |
| 4 | Voluntary codes of practice are still widely accepted in Britain , and public authorities like the BBC , the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the Cable Television Authority , the Advertising Standards Authority , and the British Board of Film Classification ( the BBFC ) have for many years been entrusted with responsibility for media standards . |
| 5 | Field trials have for many years been concerned with finding a clone less susceptible to frost and this was initially seen as a way of upgrading some of the frost-prone vineyards of the Marne Valley which are traditionally planted with the hardier Pinot Meunier . |
| 6 | In the United States , academics have for some years been engaging in what has been termed the ‘ deregulation critique ’ of the federal role in education . |
| 7 | Details are given below under Teaching , but it is worth mentioning here the training course in French law at the University of Aix/ Marseille , for which scholarships have for some years been offered by the Cultural Service of the French Embassy , 22 Wilton Crescent , London SW1 . |
| 8 | Although it has yet to displace the older established metal in western sentiment , court jewellers have for some time been using platinum as a more appropriate setting for diamonds than gold . |
| 9 | Other satellite services have for some time been offering a kind of one-sided videoconferencing facility . |
| 10 | They point out , for example , that Japanese companies in particular have for some time been making strenuous efforts to recruit labour which is not so much cheap but flexible and prepared to work hard for the company in question . |
| 11 | Certificates have for some time been sent in postal tubes by recorded delivery to Divisional Secretaries . |
| 12 | Nursing organisations in New South Wales have for some time been discussing specific roles of the nurse practitioner with the Department of Health , the outcome of which has been eagerly awaited by the Australian Medical Association ( AMA ) and nursing organisations in other states . |
| 13 | Non-flying mammals have for some time been suspected to be pollinators in a number of vegetation types outside the tropics and , in recent years , this has been proved to be so in both South Africa and Australia . |
| 14 | Such arrangements have for some time been permitted so long as clients are fully informed of the nature of the company and the profits go to the firm . |
| 15 | Marx 's ideas about Russia have for obvious reasons been discussed extensively , but this has significance for Marx 's anthropology in two ways . |
| 16 | NVQs [ National Vocational Qualifications ] have for three years been an important part of the retail training Scheme RTS ] for youngsters entering JS . |