Example sentences of "have been a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | " It seems you went to see your friend Joseph Hyde first , " she said softly , very softly , " and then , having changed your clothes , you accompanied him to a public house called the Queen Victoria where you attended a secret meeting of the Irish Republican Brotherhood , of which apparently , you have been a member for some two years . " |
| 2 | In the last three decades , Freire 's educational ideas have been a catalyst for worldwide programs in literacy ( Fiore and Elsasser , 1982 ) ; English as a Second Language ( Auerbach and Wallerstein , 1987 ) ; health education ( Minkler , 1985 ; Werner and Bower , 1982 ) ; youth programs ( Alschuler , 1980 ) ; workplace health and safety ( Wallerstein and Weinger , 1992 ) ; college courses ( Shor , 1987 ) ; and community development ( Hope and Timmel , 1984 ; Barndt , 1989 ; Arnold et al , n.d. , Freire and Horton , 1990 ) . |
| 3 | Clearly , CMHTs have been a vehicle for coordinating the work of a wide variety of professionals involved with mentally handicapped people . |
| 4 | Instead , the information disseminated is designed to make too many people comfortable with the idea that these horrifying centuries of murder and pillage have been a fight for justice and democracy . |
| 5 | Buttocks have been a problem for years and now they are greatly reduced . |
| 6 | a couple of these men will probably go pro soon and one or two will surely go to England — as defence have been a problem for Leeds the last year or so Wilko should take a look at |
| 7 | ‘ I have been a nurse for ten years but I have never seen a bullet wound . |
| 8 | I have been a disaster for these people . ’ |
| 9 | The party took more easily to modern electioneering than did the Liberals , and gained an unexpected bonus in the votes of women , who have been a force for conservatism since their enfranchisement in 1918 . |
| 10 | The most suitable forms for the presentation of such information have been a matter for considerable debate amongst educational practitioners , both nationally and within local education authorities and schools . |
| 11 | The activities of the far right have been a cause for concern over here for a while now . |
| 12 | ‘ I have been a teacher for forty years , but I have never met a boy like Tony . |
| 13 | Furthermore , he published the results of his excavations fully in the four volumes of Excavations in Cranborne Chase , which have been a model for subsequent excavation reports . |
| 14 | CATS have been an inspiration for 12-year-old CATHERINE DANIELS . |
| 15 | Or have been an associate for four years and a member for six years |