Example sentences of "have been [verb] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | America 's top two golfers — they have won $2.5m between them on the US circuit this season — have been elected favourites for the 32-nation event , and they want to avenge their recent defeat in the Dunhill Cup , when Love , Couples and Tom Kite lost to England in the semi-finals . |
| 2 | America 's top two golfers have been elected favourites for the 32-nation event , and they are determined to avenge their recent defeat in the Dunhill Cup at St Andrews . |
| 3 | In the meantime , all four major further education teacher training centres in England — Huddersfield and Wolverhampton Polytechnics , Bolton Institute of Higher Education , and Garnett College have been developing proposals for pre-service courses leading to a BEd . |
| 4 | Moreover Apple , and its partner in Taligent , IBM Corp , have been downplaying expectations for the Taligent environment . |
| 5 | Moreover Apple , and its partner in Taligent , IBM Corp , have been downplaying expectations for the Taligent environment . |
| 6 | I have received a number of requests recently from clients who have been sent claims for payment which , while clearly including a VAT element , contain the words ‘ this is not a VAT invoice ’ . |
| 7 | Good god bank clerks have been wearing uniforms for these last three four five years . |
| 8 | Six patients are still alive and have been undergoing tratment for 5.5–24 months ( median 15 months ) . |
| 9 | Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency due to a very slight , and sometimes unrecognisable , blood loss from such conditions as piles , diverticulitis , hiatus hernia — and occasionally bleeding from the stomach , if they have been taking aspirin for rheumatism daily for long periods , and this may cause anaemia . |
| 10 | Negotiations between the National Trust and MoD have been taking place for two years and have reached a critical stage . |
| 11 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 12 | Negotiations have been taking place for almost two years and their failure is a big setback to the ambitions of the Edinburgh-based financial institution set up with £26 million in 1991 as a building society acquisition vehicle . |
| 13 | The Society needs more teachers ; many of teachers have been taking classes for 20 years or more ! |
| 14 | The Clarke family have been brewing beer for past 140 years . |
| 15 | JLM Projects Ltd have been given permission for a plan to build four houses on the site of a former Mission Church at Moor Crescent in Ludworth . |
| 16 | Subject headings lists are lists of index terms , normally arranged in alphabetical order , which have been given authority for use in an index , catalogue or database for describing subjects . |
| 17 | As indicated in UPDATE 1 , the broad subject areas which have been given priority for development during the 1988–89 session are : |
| 18 | There have been repeated calls for reopening , but the destruction of many miles of trackbed would seem to make this a pipedream . |
| 19 | I have been using pasters for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 20 | These schools have been using microcomputers for three years and have had substantial teacher training , provision of materials and other support services from the ILEA . |
| 21 | I have been using pastels for at least 30 years and in all that time I have never once seen a warning to this effect in either art books or on the many boxes of pastels that I have purchased . |
| 22 | Touche Ross , who have been handling negotiations for the sale of the American style Marvels park , say there are several potential buyers . |
| 23 | I have been producing guidebooks for fifteen years and I have never thought of that . |
| 24 | The difference is that they are now employed by the businesses to whom they have been supplying services for some time . ’ |
| 25 | Noble Metals have been supplying Ford for a number of years with high specification platinum/ iridium wire , used in the manufacture of high performance spark plugs . |
| 26 | Statistics on the death penalty in the USSR have been made public for the first time since 1934 . |
| 27 | Tolerance and openness have been made excuses for much which is in fact lubricious ( and usually commercial ) exploitation of them . |
| 28 | Gordon 's favours Umbrian juniper berries — and the Scarponis , who have been harvesting juniper for Gordon 's for over 40 years , use their local knowledge to find the very best juniper Umbria can offer . |
| 29 | I have been sought redress for people damaged by the utilities , but over the years the Government have pushed my pleas to one side . |
| 30 | Here in an ancient Herefordshire broadleaved wood , members of the local Nature trust have been monitoring dormice for five years . |