Example sentences of "have been [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exmoor offers unrivalled opportunities to unwind — its dramatic scenery , quiet village centres and small towns have been welcoming visitors for centuries . |
| 2 | There have been frequent demands for a single system and investigations of its possibility ; for after the introduction and spread of comprehensive schools it was clearly both inconvenient and divisive that pupils within the same school should be classified either as fit to take the GCE or fit only for the CSE . |
| 3 | One further point : the actuarial profession is firmly egalitarian and for many years there have been equal opportunities for women . |
| 4 | In addition to campaigns against cuts , however , there have been vociferous demands for even greater cuts in public expenditure generally and in social services in particular . |
| 5 | GLASTONBURY is dominated by the dramatic and mysterious Glastonbury Tor , which towers above the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels , where peat digging and withy growing for basketmaking have been traditional occupations for generations . |
| 6 | Glenys and Neil Kinnock have been regular customers for several years and it was Glenys who had the honour of cutting the ribbon . |
| 7 | The Thatcher Years have been splendid ones for a goodly number of golf members throughout this Royal and Ancient land of ours . |
| 8 | ‘ But there have been major changes for 1993 . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman is clearly under the misapprehension that I have been Prime Minister for 50 years — not yet . |
| 10 | Although there has been intermittent interest in this area since that time , it is only more recently that there have been suitable techniques for more effective study . |
| 11 | The last two years have been uncertain ones for the Gloucestershire regiment . |
| 12 | The Stasi , Honecker 's secret police , have been good Sturmabteilungen for us . |
| 13 | there have been other reasons for delays er up until about a year ago . |
| 14 | Injuries and fitness have been topical issues for some time now . |
| 15 | The crisis has been created by the Government and it provides the context in which there have been tremendous implications for training . |
| 16 | The 1980s have been bad years for lone mothers , as for so many others . |
| 17 | It may be able to detect the entire NCSA virus library , but it 's still oblivious to some viruses that have been common knowledge for many months . |
| 18 | Development by government departments does not require planning permission , but there have been special arrangements for consultations since 1950 . |
| 19 | This might on the one hand have been positive pressure for improvement ; it could equally have been a move to prevent closure . |
| 20 | Norman Brackley 's family have been growing Sweetpeas for 4 generations . |
| 21 | Nowhere do you mention the several hundred thousand Arabs ( Muslims , Christians ) who carry Israeli passports and have been second-class citizens for the past 45 years . |
| 22 | There have been numerous calls for a more positive statement of the right to demonstrate peacefully , perhaps by the incorporation of Article 11 of the ECHR as part of domestic law . |
| 23 | There have been urgent calls for action to end all production of ozone-depleters such as CFCs well ahead of the 2000 deadline set by the Montreal Protocol [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 24 | There have been persuasive arguments for the building of raised fields by Classic Maya farmers at , among other places , the aptly named Pulltrouser Swamp area in northern Belize . |
| 25 | Horses have been favourite subjects for artists from time immemorial-how lovingly is the horse depicted in Rembrandt 's The Polish Rider-but the artist who paid equal attention to dancers and horses was Degas ; he understood the special elegance of the way in which they both moved . |