Example sentences of "been [noun sg] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been chairman for ten years of the Scottish Business School , which comprises the business studies departments of the Universities of Glasgow , Strathclyde , Edinburgh , Heriot Watt and Stirling . |
| 2 | There had been publicity for occasional outbursts of violence and bad language or for shocking displays of sexuality , but there had never really been a significant breakthrough in terms of outspoken social statement . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , in both companies there has been scope for local initiative on the margin of national agreements , and at times in violation of them . |
| 4 | Spencer 's conduct at the new Debtors ' Prison in Whitecross Street , where in 1828 he had been keeper for six years , was the subject of a Memorial from James Neild 's Thatched House Society to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London . |
| 5 | The Austrian Communist Party ( Kommunistische Partei Österreichs — KPÖ ) at its congress in Vienna on Jan. 20-21 , 1990 , accepted the decision of Franz Muhri , who had been chair for 25 years , not to stand for re-election . |
| 6 | The Commissioners enquired how and why would the pension be paid , and the Governors explained that Hamilton was now 67 , had been Headmaster for 27 years , and although not then in bad health had two or three years previously had a serious illness , and was not considered equal to the work . |
| 7 | The inadequacy of the rest will have been cause for serious concern in the England camp . |
| 8 | Mr Heddle had been MP for Mid Staffordshire since 1983 , with a majority of 14,654 in 1987 . |
| 9 | But if you wanted to take your revenge and kill me , because of some ancient grudge against somebody who 's been dust for 200 years , then why did n't you just do it last night at my house ? |
| 10 | Its 1979 census population of about 162,000 was 75.9 per cent Armenian and only 22.9 per cent Azerbaijani , and there had been pressure for some years for its transfer back to Armenia and for a greater degree of autonomy for its predominantly Christian people . |
| 11 | The margin between the two rates had been zero for several weeks , reflecting the strength of the franc . |
| 12 | Among several other flaws in Anselm 's election and investiture , there was one which neither Anselm nor anyone else mentioned at the time , but was later to be held against him by the papal legate : on a strict view , his election -in addition to all its other legal defects — had been schismatic , since the king and all the others who took part , with the sole exception of Anselm himself , were schismatics , for they had not recognized Urban II as the legitimate pope although he had now been pope for five years . |
| 13 | Both Nicaragua and Cuba have seen significant changes for women , but the Cuban example is particularly instructive , since there has been time for new gender roles to develop . |
| 14 | Although they have worked together for so many years , there has still been time for individual projects and exhibitions : François-Xavier has moved on from vegetable architecture to monumental fountains and sculptures ; Claude 's ventures include jewellery and bronze furniture for an American garden , stage props for Bob Wilson and breastplates for the angels in Wim Wenders ' film ‘ Wings of Desire ’ . |
| 15 | Of course there had been time for two moves in the interim . |
| 16 | This is to ask whether there has been time for natural selection to specify the DNA present in the human genome . |