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

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1 The need for regulatory change had been mooted for some time .
2 Laws to prohibit discrimination on the ground of disability and to advance equal opportunities for disabled Britons have been mooted for some time .
3 An attempt to remove Kevin Maxwell has been mooted for some time .
4 That system had been intended for some time .
5 The release of these chemicals following drainage has been recognized for some time , but researchers at the Australian national research organization ( CSIRO ) now offer an explanation of the cause and also point to the great risks involved in large-scale land reclamation projects .
6 Indications of Mr Mandela 's growing political stature in the eyes of the government have been accumulating for some time .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Since the department since the regional office has been suggesting for some time , or throughout the entire process of this structure plan alteration , that erm an exceptions policy should be considered by the erm county council , I think it would be consistent that we would anticipate the panel could reach a conclusion on the inclusion of the major exceptions policy as part of this alteration .
11 If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time .
12 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 .
13 ‘ I do n't know what he meant , ’ Allen said after they had been walking for some time on the soft turf at the verge of the track .
14 Over 40,000 people staged a demonstration in Buenos Aires on Dec. 30 against the decision , which had been forecast for some time .
15 Our fellow-traveller had been mumbling for some time that he would ‘ hae tae get oot ! ’ .
16 So I should n't think he 's been driving for some time and
17 This comes even when death has been expected for some time , but is even more dramatic when the death is sudden .
18 The third had been expected for some time .
19 When somebody had been convicted of the offence , or no other offences had been committed for some time , the names were removed from the police station notice board — the police needed the space there — and put in a file or destroyed .
20 That has been happening for some time , but the Secretary of State and the Minister should know that .
21 Some would argue that the real problem lies in the fact that shares had been overvalued for some time , and that prices were likely to fall , and that the above events provided the impetus .
22 On the contrary , the country had been smouldering for some time .
23 It was in these unpromising circumstances that the great cholera controversy , which had been smouldering for some time , at last burst into flame .
24 This was reportedly a concession which US oil companies had been seeking for some time .
25 The research has been done for some time and the results have been known for some time , yet still the Government do nothing .
26 The Court of Appeal decided to undertake a review of the basic principles of the law in this area and as this has not been done for some time we now set out in detail what they held .
27 He has been writing for some time , starting with horror , and has more recently turned to the psychological thriller .
28 The zoo is now considering a number of proposals which includes one submitted by the staff and another by New Zoo Developments Ltd. along with an in-house plan which the Society has been developing for some time .
29 It has been felt for some time that the procedure and forms relating to the granting of legal aid in criminal causes could be improved , and the introduction of legal aid in the District Courts has led to the position being scrutinised and a new procedure and application form introduced .
30 This problem in combining general relativity and the uncertainty principle had been suspected for some time , but was finally confirmed by detailed calculations in 1972 .
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