Example sentences of "has been [verb] for many " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , the role of fibrinogen in platelet aggregation has been recognised for many years ( Born & Cross , 1964 ; Brinkhaus et al , 1965 ) .
2 Salicylate nephrotoxicity has been recognised for many years .
3 ‘ Hemp has been grown for many years on the Continent and this decision will allow UK farmers to gain a share of the market currently occupied by our EC partners . ’
4 In recent years , the Shetland summer season has been tainted for many of us by the knowledge that thousands of our sea-birds have failed to raise any young .
5 The conservation of the primary structure of ribosomal proteins across species has been documented for many other ribosomal proteins ( 2 ) .
6 Its bid to become a polytechnic has been supported for many years by Conservative Members from Derbyshire .
7 This approach , a very recent development for credit in this country ( though of course it has been accepted for many years as the basis of car insurance ratings ) , started in America .
8 This is the practice that has been followed for many years and by and large it has worked .
9 That Soviet ships dumped nuclear waste in the area has been suspected for many years .
10 Thus , a Keeper of Italian Painting would have responsibility for the Italian drawings , thereby not only linking their administration and scholarly maintenance but also bringing drawing into the direct relationship with painting which Clifford says he has been advocating for many years .
11 This method has been taught for many years and I do not think that pilots who have learned to do it this way need bother to change .
12 This latest development in a saga which has been running for many months represents a change of heart by the Saints ' board .
13 The gall bladder epithelium has been considered for many years to be an excellent model for the study of the physiological properties of epithelial cells and in particular ion transport .
14 Boarding out ( or fostering ) has been practised for many years and the Curtis Committee on the care of children strongly urged that this should be the first choice in finding substitute homes .
15 The possibility of a connection between the disappearance of coronae and the onset of massive winds has been discussed for many years .
16 John Ambrose has been turning for many years , delighting competition judges and spectators with his originality and precision .
17 Salt has been used for many centuries as a preservative , whereby it is left on food to withdraw the moisture present by the process of osmosis .
18 The publication of correspondence between famous people has been used for many years for the purposes of scholastic enquiry .
19 The ERNIE machine is a modern computerized form of sampling by ‘ random numbers ’ which has been used for many years in research .
20 G. affinis is a small ( 4.6 cm long ) , surface-feeding minnow which originated in the United States and has been used for many years in many parts of the world to control mosquito larvae .
21 Let us begin by trying to understand the rationale for the system ; after all , it has been used for many years and must presumably have had some point to it .
22 It has been used for many years in traveller 's diarrhoea , as a colostomy deodoriser , and as an antispirochetal agent in syphilis .
23 These are in addition to applications in the detergents field , in which it has been used for many years .
24 Our system of construction has been used for many years all over this country , by the sponsoring authorities and others , and erm we do n't have the earthquake requirements , but we do need many high value schools both quickly and on time , and we 've completed something like 2,000 projects similar to this over many years .
25 To ‘ off-comed 'uns ’ it is not even a large village , with only 2,080 inhabitants , but to the native it is a town because it has held a market charter since 1223 and although no market has been held for many years , the charter was read once a year in the market place until 1939 .
26 Paraconductivity has been reported for many different compounds in various forms , but no consensus about the dimensionality in these materials has been reached .
27 Mr Bell said : ‘ My programme has been set for many weeks and every day is tied up . ’
28 It has been occurring for many years and has been embodied in legislation such as the Housing Acts of 1935 and 1957 , although numbers of sales have fluctuated considerably according to the political complexions of the government of the day .
29 But for this House to depart from a rule relating to land law which has been established for many centuries might upset long established titles .
30 It has been known for many years that damage to the left hemisphere is more likely to affect language ability than damage to the right , suggesting that the left hemisphere is very important for language .
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