Example sentences of "has [been] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The castle walls surround the medieval town , which is still inhabited as it has been for hundreds of years . |
| 2 | Has been for six years . |
| 3 | Although the triple junctions identified in Africa , including those along the continental margin as well as those in the interior , have variously evolved by spreading along one , two or all three rift arms , the most common sequence has been for one arm to remain inactive and form an aulacogen , with spreading occurring along the other two ( Fig. 4.13 ) . |
| 4 | It 's still as pure as it has been for thousands of years . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Miss Kenton ’ is properly speaking ‘ Mrs Benn and has been for twenty years . |
| 6 | And in fact housing is more affordable now , than it has been for twenty five or thirty years . |
| 7 | Although annual rail investment , at more than £1bn , is currently higher than it has been for three decades , that results from decisions taken two to three years ago . |
| 8 | The mute swan population stands at the highest it has been for 40 years . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't think this is merely habit , ’ he said , ‘ though habit it has been for twenty-five years . |