Example sentences of "been [noun pl] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In a famous essay , H. J. Laski recorded that between 1832 and 1906 , out of 139 judges appointed , 80 were Members of the House of Commons at the time of their nomination and 11 others had been candidates for Parliament ; that , of the 80 , 63 were appointed by their own party while in office ; and 33 of them had been either Attorney-General or Solicitor-General . |
| 4 | The film industry and the export of works of art , so far primarily the joint responsibility of the OAL and the Department of Trade and Industry , have long been candidates for transfer to an enlarged arts department . |
| 5 | Nolan regularly rides the horse , Chickweed , that Angela Brickell had care of , and there would have been opportunities for sex at race meetings , like in a horse-box , if he wanted to take the risk . |
| 6 | BA cadets do sixty hours of LOFT in the three-axis jet simulators after gaining their CPL/IRs , and Cyprus Airways , Gulf Air and the International Test Pilots School have also been clients for LOFT courses . |
| 7 | There have several times been movements for reform in the course of this century . |
| 8 | There have been stations for service establishments , such as RAF Cranwell and Cosford Aerodrome . |
| 9 | Such wide spaces may have been places for furniture — certainly , a number of different positions from which to view a pavement is desirable . |
| 10 | ‘ There would have been stalls for coffee , gingerbread and souvenirs , ’ he said . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And in Sylvia s case there had certainly been causes for distress . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | There have been gains for nature conservation in that the storms have prompted a fundamental questioning of the received view . |
| 15 | Had Mountbatten been lambasting the Arabs , there might well have been grounds for constraint . |