Example sentences of "have been [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The range of decorative techniques which have been at some time applied to metalwork is a subject for many books , not just a few pages .
2 ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking .
3 However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response .
4 I am much slimmer and a better shape than I have been for some time ( or for months , years , etc. ) and I am going to get even slimmer and achieve an even better figure — a figure I never thought I could have .
5 ‘ I think you do follow us , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ and have been for some time .
6 Well , we have been for some time .
7 Variations of the theme , e.g. with different boundary conditions or with internal heating replacing heating from below , have been of some interest ; but all the specific results in this chapter will relate to the conditions above .
8 Strictly speaking , marriage does not contribute directly to population change , but , because of its association with the legitimacy of births in most countries , marriage rates have been of some interest .
9 … in recent weeks , Bush and Major have been under some pressure from the families of people who died at Lockerbie .
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