Example sentences of "have been [verb] for some " in BNC.

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1 We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too .
2 We have been forecasting for some time that the future of applications development would become the linking of objects , and that the keys to the kingdom would be held by the companies that sold the best objects , and Novell Inc seems to think so too .
3 Nurses who have been nursing for some time are likely to have reached the stage where much of what they do has become automatic , that is , carried out without conscious thought or awareness .
4 Indications of Mr Mandela 's growing political stature in the eyes of the government have been accumulating for some time .
5 Division Two of this event is probably best left to Tom Jones 's Sadler 's Wells newcomer Alyakkh , about whom local work-watchers have been cooing for some time .
6 The difficulties in comparing the two modes of treatment have been understood for some time .
7 Laws to prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability and to advance equal opportunities for disabled Britons have been mooted for some time .
8 Divisional general manager David Howroyd commented : ‘ We are tremendously excited about this venture , which we have been considering for some time .
9 Environmental organizations have been calling for some time for the incorporation of environmental criteria into the various CAP support mechanisms .
10 Efforts have been made for some time to get this off the ground and a successful public meeting was held at Newtown at the end of April .
11 Essentially , there are four types of control which have been exercised for some period : first , the " White Paper " controls on pricing , investment and financial targets ; secondly , external financing limits ( EFLs ) imposed by the Treasury ; thirdly , efficiency audits by the Monopolies and Mergers Corn-mission ( MMC ) ; and fourthly , direct controls on management itself .
12 If the package has changed and the DCs have been aborted for some reason , but you still wish to proceed with the change , raise new DCs , get agreement for the changes , activate the Dcs through your package , then resubmit the package for approval .
13 The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time .
14 ‘ It only proves what I have been saying for some time that this was nothing more than an arranged marriage .
15 Colleagues in local government have been saying for some time that the Government have said that , at some point , the revenue collection services in local authorities would be privatised and would go out to tender .
16 I think I 'm making my point , I have been saying for some time now that given the fact that all that security has n't produced the results , the logic of that is dialogue , and when I see the opportunity as I saw it , of dialogue , direct dialogue with Mr Addams that could lead to a total cessation of this violence , I felt it was my duty to do so .
17 This last datum may be accompanied by one of the following letters : S = the company 's shares have been suspended , A = company has been acquired , L = company has been liquidated , e = non-voting shares have been enfranchised for some reason , and lastly F = the shares have been withdrawn from the official list for some other reason than those already mentioned .
18 Standard specifications have been agreed for some products like hamburgers and meat pies , for example , and the NAAFI have the task of sourcing supplies for these and for all other items such as fruit and vegetables .
19 I have been waiting for some time for hon. Members to refer to my apparel and I am duly flattered .
20 Bound , hard cover books , laboratory notebooks have been used for some time and have a strong pedigree .
21 IMPACT Moling : These machines have been used for some years to lay services and pipes up to 125mm in diameter .
22 These letters have been known for some time , as the aggrieved Leone published them in a pamphlet in 1764 .
23 The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing .
24 As members will be aware , the Local Government Regions and Districts have been known for some time , and the areas of the Sheriffdoms were published at the beginning of the year .
25 Difficulties with the present ‘ grey gate ’ system , in which the starter pulls a lever to raise a 65 yard-long elastic tape , have been known for some years .
26 Difficulties with the present ‘ grey gate ’ system , in which the starter pulls a lever to raise a 65 yard-long elastic tape , have been known for some years .
27 Yes but then thinking about those that have been running for some time .
28 A buy-in of shares may be the appropriate method of effecting a management buy-out where certain shareholders wish to realise their investment in a business which they have been running for some time , or they wish to retire , and there is a management team willing to continue with the business and become the new shareholders .
29 It is an idea that the fans of Asynchronous Transport Mode technology have been touting for some time , but Ungermann is shying away from Asynchronous Transfer Mode to the desktop at the moment .
30 Four people , having served their community , have been confined for some seven years and now find that their right of appeal is being hindered by some legal technicality or misinterpretation of the law .
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