Example sentences of "be [verb] for many " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Sometimes this research was located in areas where the effects of human activity had been sustained for many centuries . |
| 3 | I am convinced that stuff had been accumulating for many years in this cellar and that Ernest Griffiths had no idea what was in there . |
| 4 | Interventions by schools to reduce smoking have been undertaken for many decades , although little attention has been given to assessing their effectiveness . |
| 5 | Up-to-date valuations of such properties had not been undertaken for many years previously , partly because of business people 's complaints that any revaluations of commercial properties could inevitably lead to an increase in their total tax bill . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | On being asked about the condition of the front door and windows , he admitted they had n't been painted for many years and that the door had more or less reached the end of its life , and showed it . |
| 8 | But the conditions in Greek state psychiatric hospitals have been exposed for many years . |
| 9 | Much will depend on how it seeks to solve the long-running debate about merging income tax and the national insurance system ; whether benefits , including pensions , are to be universal or selective ; and , if selective , how the state is to deal with obligations to people who have been contributing for many years to what they were told was national insurance . |
| 10 | A further example is when an organisation which has been trading for many decades finds itself increasingly out of touch with the market and the organisation 's internal culture and style is no longer appropriate to the markets it is trying to address . |
| 11 | Paraconductivity has been reported for many different compounds in various forms , but no consensus about the dimensionality in these materials has been reached . |
| 12 | It , too , is based on a detailed classification of occupations ( similar , though not identical , to those of the OPCS ) , which are grouped for many purposes into three social classes : |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 15 | Is the Minister aware that the proposals for the expansion and development of the Dalzell works have been pursued for many years more consistently and vigorously by the Labour party than by any other party ? |
| 16 | Some companies , such as Amway , manufacturers of the world 's first biodegradable household cleaning product , LOC ( Liquid Organic Cleaner ) , have been committed for many years to environmentally sound principles in the formulation , manufacture , packaging and distribution of their products . |
| 17 | they 've been done for many years |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She had brought glasses and dishes from home , she said ; they had been boxed for many years too long . |
| 20 | In a secular society these practices have been weakened for many , leaving us bewildered about how to handle our grief . |
| 21 | However , the system has now been operating for many years and much good work in the safety field has resulted . |
| 22 | The panic buying forced the Moscow city council on May 28 to announce a temporary ban on the sale of food and consumer goods in city shops to anyone unable to produce a Moscow residence permit ( such restrictions had already been operating for many weeks in Leningrad and a number of other cities ) . |
| 23 | He , too , married a girl of his own milieu ; they 've been separated for many years . |
| 24 | That Soviet ships dumped nuclear waste in the area has been suspected for many years . |
| 25 | Another , a woman who was living , and had been living for many years in , in continuous adultery ! |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 28 | John Ambrose has been turning for many years , delighting competition judges and spectators with his originality and precision . |
| 29 | Norwegians are keen to train their dogs and Rottweilers are used for many purposes , from mountain rescue to drug detection . |
| 30 | Of course , price subsidies are used for many other purposes ; for example , in chapter 3 it was noted that they might be used to tackle the problem of an externality . |