Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [prep] [adj] 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 | That machine has now gone back to being called the Model 54 and will appear as a 45MHz TAB-packaged four-way , as had already been intended at one time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The importance of work and employment to those with mental disorder has , however , been recognized since Victorian times . |
| 8 | It had been realised by this time that , even if polythene did not fit into the then accepted mould for plastics , which tended to be glassy substances like polystyrene and Perspex , it might still be useful . |
| 9 | It was indulging in a relatively straightforward exercise in civil engineering which could have been undertaken at any time during the last 100 years or more . |
| 10 | Indeed , no major studies of evacuation due to hazards have been undertaken in recent times and this is a widely recognized deficiency which no research funding body seems willing to rectify . |
| 11 | The main interest of this church is in its interior mosaics because much of the building has been altered in later times . |
| 12 | Had our patient been subjected to an exploratory laparotomy during the initial admission the diaphragmatic tear would have been diagnosed at that time . |
| 13 | Not much enlightenment there ; the same reply could have been given at any time in the past four years . |
| 14 | The increasing control of TDC by the Texas courts has been referred to several times already . |
| 15 | He had a face that was both sensuous and battered — his nose had been broken at some time — with deep pouches under his dark eyes . |
| 16 | This centre for the elderly has been broken into four times in two years . |
| 17 | This centre for people with special needs has been broken into four times in nine days . |
| 18 | In the last year his house has been broken into seven times , and burglars have tried to break in on at least another four occasions . |
| 19 | Mr Gresty , whose business has been broken into several times , said : ‘ I am extremely grateful to the Army for getting me out of a very sticky situation . ’ |
| 20 | Our first call , Burgoynes Garage , which has been broken into three times . |
| 21 | People living in the areas had been exposed to three times the acceptable level of ionising radiation . |
| 22 | Nor need this group have been composed of the same households throughout : as the fortunes of different employments fluctuated so different groups could have been included at different times . |
| 23 | Over 40,000 people staged a demonstration in Buenos Aires on Dec. 30 against the decision , which had been forecast for some time . |
| 24 | Since then , various parts have been occupied at different times by a multitude of smaller firms . |
| 25 | In considering the case of B Ltd , he stated that it was easier to conclude that the mezzanine platforms were plant as the four platforms had been installed at different times , covered only 60% of the floor area and one had actually been dismantled . |
| 26 | He had a good look at it and said part of the pedestal had been mended at some time which took away a lot of the value . |
| 27 | That ache that she thought had been satiated for all time was back within her . |
| 28 | Much of the research and theory which has informed our educational methodology has been superseded in recent times both in psychology and linguistics . |
| 29 | This comes even when death has been expected for some time , but is even more dramatic when the death is sudden . |
| 30 | The third had been expected for some time . |