Example sentences of "has been for many " in BNC.

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1 The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years .
2 The 18th baron , who inherited the title three years ago , has sensibly decided to stay on at the Dower House , where he has been for many years .
3 We know how tough it has been for many but we are poised to move forward again , lacking only the spark of confidence with which a Conservative victory would ignite recovery .
4 The place anciently belonged to the Fauconbergs , but has been for many generations the seat of the Bethells .
5 Suppose State C has been for many years the major supplier of wheat to State A. If States A and B make an agreement that A will buy wheat from B instead of from C , this will affect C which will have to decide upon its response .
6 Since the inter-war years , Britain has been for many people an upwardly mobile society , with children from working-class homes winning jobs in the expanding service class .
7 ‘ Hopkins 's sister is a widow and has been for many a year , ’ the fellow replied .
8 The Heart of Wales Line is now under greater threat than it has been for many years , because of financial pressures from British Rail in general and Regional Railways in particular .
9 However , the truth of the matter is that the Scottish economy is in a better state now than it has been for many years and is continuing to thrive .
10 It does not protect the farmers since so many are now in difficulties and the long-term trend has been for many to leave agriculture altogether .
11 I know that that is not entirely agreeable to some of my hon. Friends and to some Opposition Members , but that is the fact of life — and has been for many years .
12 The census has been for many years now an important instrument , among a range of such instruments , in the administration of the welfare state .
13 She keeps busy with local activities and has been for many years editor of her church magazine .
14 Norfolk has been for many years one of our Medau strongholds and it is for this reason that the Society decided to select this prestigious location .
15 erm Listeners will probably know that there has been for many years what 's called the Schools Council , which has looked at erm curriculum matters and examination matters , and a year or so ago it was decided to discontinue the Schools Council , and to replace it by two successor committees , one the School Curriculum Development Committee , which you 've already mentioned and which I chair , and a parallel committee concerned with examinations , the School Examination , sorry the Secondary Examination Council , which is chaired by a mathematician , Sir Wilfred Cockroft .
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