Example sentences of "have been [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each in his time has painted over the inheritance of his predecessor , but the Oak Leaf camps have remained because they have been necessary for each new Czar 's survival . |
| 2 | Rumours of cutbacks at the factory have been rife for some time . |
| 3 | It is a good idea to tell children that all these have been domesticated for many hundreds of years in the service of man , for meat , milk , hide , skins , wool and eggs . |
| 4 | Data base systems have been available for many years and were developed to make efficient use of secondary storage devices in large computer installations . |
| 5 | Although safe and effective vaccines have been available for 10 years , only around 40 per cent of healthcare workers in Europe are vaccinated . |
| 6 | Anglo-Saxon archaeology has n't come to a crisis point as did prehistoric studies in the early 1960s ; rather it is gradually slipping into new directions with the establishment of a generation of archaeologists more aware that alternative approaches exist to be tried and which have been available for 20 years . |
| 7 | Synthetic brushes have been available for some time and seemed to be the ideal solution , but in the past brushes could be too soft to control well , or too hard to be fully responsive , limiting paint delivery and with little spring , performing as a poor cousin to natural hair and bristle . |
| 8 | The standard gauge ( SK840 ) and Chunky ( SK890 ) models have been available for some time . |
| 9 | ACT ! , developed by Contact Software , is both the US 's and the UK 's best selling contact software package , and PC and network variants tailored to the UK have been available for some time . |
| 10 | Economists and economic historians have been interested in measuring poverty and wealth on a per capita basis for some time , and such data have been available for some of the advanced industrial countries for many years . |
| 11 | William and Kate have been married for nine years and known each other for sixteen . |
| 12 | They have been married for five years , confounding sceptics who said it would n't last because of the age difference . |
| 13 | They have been married for six years and despite years of tests and trying , have no children . |
| 14 | I HAVE been married for 26 years to a wife I have loved since I was 20 . |
| 15 | They have been married for two years . ’ |
| 16 | We have been married for eighteen years . |
| 17 | I am 30 , have been married for 10 years and have two children . |
| 18 | Jim and his wife Jan have been married for 18 years and the baby came as something of a surprise . |
| 19 | Now Daph and I have been married for 30 years . |
| 20 | As for myself — Bob and I have been married for forty-six years , and spent most of our married life on and around Manchester , where he was ( eventually ) Market Research Manager in an engineering firm , and I practised social work when not fully engaged with the 2 children . |
| 21 | Now I have been married for ten years . |
| 22 | Counillor and Mrs Woodhead have been married for 39 years . |
| 23 | They have been vacant for three months . |
| 24 | Although we have been playing teams which have been going through crap periods , I think this has worked against us as all the opposition players and fans etc have been desperate for some sort of result . |
| 25 | The amounts of material so far available have been insufficient for full chemical characterisation but we have tentatively identified them as corresponding to G34 and G17 extended through the C-terminus to include the C-terminal fragment of progastrin . |
| 26 | ‘ A number of invitations have been outstanding for some time , and people just chose to take them up at this stage , ’ one said . |
| 27 | It is difficult to plan far enough ahead for a quarterly magazine , but we have been quarterly for two years now and still manage a Calendar in most editions so please , members and secretaries … help the editor to make your magazine an interesting and informative read for the Institute . |
| 28 | A , was the correct answer , until benefits have been payable for one full tax year . |
| 29 | ‘ The fact is , Mr Stevens , all the Chinamen in this house have been dirty for some time ! |
| 30 | You have been good for two minutes . |