Example sentences of "has been [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea has been around for ages , of course — people using two thin woollen sweaters rather than one thick . |
| 2 | The theory of risk compensation , which has been around for years , says that drivers adjust the amount of risks they take to keep their perceived level of risk constant . |
| 3 | Another group , the Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Citizen Council , has been around for years without promising amenities like that ; one of Bushwick 's biggest employers , it has stuck to various welfare and housing services . |
| 4 | The journalist spends time on the story and then discovers that the subject has been around for years . |
| 5 | Road pricing has been up for discussion for some time as a possible way of alleviating the high levels of traffic congestion in many city centres . |
| 6 | In practical terms they call for the government to help buy and protect the Mar Lodge Estate — 77 000 acre plot of land in the Cairngorms which has been up for sale since May . |
| 7 | ‘ No one has been there for years , I would swear it . ’ |
| 8 | This has been so for decades and there is little on the horizon that threatens to curtail it . |
| 9 | This has been so for centuries , and afflicts all nations . |