Example sentences of "has [be] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vicar calls for silence for the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ , who makes a short speech declaring he has been elected for a year and a day . |
| 2 | Since a Conservative government has been elected for a fourth term these developments will probably continue . |
| 3 | It was the first time the company has been prosecuted for a hygiene offence . |
| 4 | The as I said this , this is required for identification for the organism , but the to the toxin has been recognised for a very , very long time and right from er , the early days the possibility of inactivating the biological properties of a toxin while retaining their immunological properties has been attractive to people seeking to prevent these diseases . |
| 5 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
| 6 | Privately , New York dealers say the Ikeda Gallery is loading works purchased by Japanese investors and dealers back into the U.S. market , part of a trend that has been observed for a year now . |
| 7 | Using large fragments of flanking sequences , brain-specific expression has been observed for a number of neuronal-specific genes in transgenic mice ( 31,32,33,34,28 ) , including the HF-H gene ( 35 ) . |
| 8 | The temporary ‘ window of opportunity ’ which has made gifts of works of art and other property to US museums fully tax deductible since January 1991 , has been extended for a further eighteen months from July . |
| 9 | I am very pleased to announce that , thanks to the generosity of the Wolfson Foundation and family charitable trust , the museums and galleries improvement fund has been extended for a further two years to 1995-96 . |
| 10 | A SUCCESSFUL after-care scheme run for elderly people at Middlesbrough General Hospital has been extended for a further year , it was announced last night . |
| 11 | Sir Hugh added that the Dragon offer has been extended for a further 14 days . |
| 12 | To multiply human cells in tissue culture on the scale necessary presented considerable difficulties , but enough material has been made for a variety of clinical trials against many different viral diseases and certain cancers . |
| 13 | Many kind Friends interest themselves in George Green 's behalf , and I find that by this day 's post an application has been made for a specimen of his hand-writing etc. and a hope held out of a situation ( in a Counting house , I believe ) , but if you were willing to take him , and if it could be arranged in other points , he would greatly prefer being in your establishment to any thing else . |
| 14 | As the restaurant 's evening opening hours are 19.00 to 21.30 hours , no application has been made for a supper hour certificate or other extension . |
| 15 | I do not believe that the case has been made for a change in our policy . |
| 16 | A powerful case has been made for a change in the law . |
| 17 | COSLA remains convinced that no case has been made for a shake-up on the scale proposed . |
| 18 | ‘ He has been calling for a … ’ he glanced importantly at his notebook ‘ … |
| 19 | The type of employment offered by manufacturing industry in rural areas has been questioned for a number of reasons . |
| 20 | The response to prey size has been compared for a set of four barn owl pellet samples from England and South Africa ( Fig. 2.1 ) . |
| 21 | As its name would suggest , WinFax is a Windows-based Fax application , which has been shipping for a year now in its Version 2.0 form . |
| 22 | Funding has been obtained for a vocational exchange between catering students from Telford and Lyon in France . |
| 23 | EC ERASMUS funding has been obtained for a teaching visit to l'Universite Paul Valery , Montpellier in 1990 . |
| 24 | The use of high dose ascorbic acid ( vitamin C ) has been advocated for a wide range of ailments for years . |
| 25 | An encouraging development is that the opportunity has been given for a submission to be made in early autumn on behalf of the preserved railway movement to the House of Commons Select Committee which will be dealing with the Government 's privatisation proposals . |
| 26 | The form of T k has been given for a variety of cosmological models in refs 19 , 28 . |
| 27 | Free kick has been given for a foul on Oldfield . |
| 28 | Another worker has been sacked for a shoplifting offence in a local store . |
| 29 | This route has been earmarked for a possible future extension of the Midland Metro light rail transit system . |
| 30 | The yard has been earmarked for a complete overhaul by private developers . |