Example sentences of "have been [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last fifty years there have been problems for the fishermen and most have become unemployed or moved to other jobs . |
| 2 | In recent years there have been records for every month as single birds have summered five or six times . |
| 3 | We have also seen that for the purposes of civil liability there have been proposals for a generalised statutory scheme for exceptional risks . |
| 4 | Second , in the same area , again there have been proposals for a cyclists ’ crossing of the traffic island to link Bristo Place to George Square , which should also become part of the scheme . |
| 5 | Heads of department from the Soviet trade union centre , the AUCCTU , are expected to visit Congress House in the New Year on a fact-finding mission , and there have been requests for training links to be built between the TUC and the Hungarian trade union body , SZOT , which has been attempting to restructure itself over the last two years . |
| 6 | In the Planning Basis for Kent , published in 1948 , we read under Bridges , Halling : " From time to time there have been requests for a bridge at Halling to replace a very inadequate privately owned ferry service . |
| 7 | He and Botham have been friends for 20 years , and Chris says : ‘ He is a walking miracle . |
| 8 | He and I have been friends for many years , so it may have helped that I was there to give him some confidence in the project . |
| 9 | They have worked together and have been friends for some time . |
| 10 | Our families have been friends for years . ’ |
| 11 | There might , indeed , have been scope for compromise on some of these issues . |
| 12 | Petite Forlarty which is a castle in the middle , just on the outskirts of Florence er and e for some reason I mean the c the Italians have been colourists for yonks . |
| 13 | On a sale of a private company , or if there have been reorganisations for taxation purposes , it is common for the seller to require the contract to be conditional on a clearance under s.703 ( cancellation of tax advantage ) and any other applicable tax provisions . |
| 14 | It has certainly caused some confusion amongst my friends — I have been Mrs for 44 years ! — |
| 15 | Over here , there have been calls for the Guardian Angels to set up a chapter of Pink Angels . |
| 16 | There have been calls for legislation to give suppliers an automatic right to claim interest on overdue payments and for debt collecting procedures in the courts to be simplified . |
| 17 | There have been calls for his resignation , which he has ignored . |
| 18 | As already noted there have been calls for national statements to encourage central and local government to develop sensitive and appropriate family and child care policies , and good child care service and practice . |
| 19 | There have been calls for the Bank to issue more debt at the short end , to take advantage of lower short rates . |
| 20 | None of these possibilities is countenanced by competition policy in any of the three jurisdictions previously discussed , though there have been calls for a more protectionist approach in the US . |
| 21 | This of course is a value judgement which a government is entitled to make , but it is one which some economists would argue is not fully justified by the evidence , on the basis of which there have been calls for much more stringent control . |
| 22 | There have been calls for an inquiry into the problem . |
| 23 | These are almost always the same men , the ones who own the guns and the best-trained dogs , whose families have been hunters for years , passing their knowledge and experience down through the generations until it 's almost in the blood . |
| 24 | The Manager of the year awards are open to Domino 's staff who have been managers for more than nine months . |
| 25 | I come from Holland and in Amsterdam toy robots ( especially Japanese ones and deleted ones from Holland ) have been accessories for over a year now . |
| 26 | There have been fears for the future of Dangerfield Mills at Hawick since the spinning operation went into liquidation nearly 18 months ago . |
| 27 | There have been concerns for some time that IBM Corp was fast running out of cash — the UK subsidiary was reportedly ordered to factor its receivables by its parent at the end of last year after it ran out of cash for its operations , hardly a cheap way of borrowing for a blue chip company , and the Reuter report that it and IBM Credit Corp are seeking $4,600m of revolving credit in the international syndicated loan market ( see page seven ) , seems to confirm it ; at least one source told the news wire that IBM is trying to keep the arrangement very quiet , presumably to avoid generating more alarm than there already is about progress of its business . |
| 28 | But the main items of most concern have been grants for surface cultivation ( ploughing and rotovation ) , drainage and fertilisers , whether paid under Development Plans or as one-off capital aids ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 29 | Hunter is transferring from Inchcolm Abbey in the Firth of Forth , where he and his wife Rae have been custodians for the last 10 years . |
| 30 | ‘ Con Gallagher and Una have been lovers for about a year now . ’ |