Example sentences of "already [been] in [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is probable that a maypole tradition had already been in existence for many years , if not centuries . |
| 2 | The recent announcement of a link up between the EC and EFTA to create a European Economic Area [ EEA ] by 1993 is likely to have little immediate impact on the proportion of exports destined for these areas , partly because privileged access to each others markets has already been in existence for a number of years between the two trading blocks . |
| 3 | At a time when copper coinage had already been in use for some centuries at the heart of the Han empire , wealthy leaders of the tien community in the southern province of Yunnan were storing hundreds of thousands of cowries in the great bronze drums which were a prominent feature of the Dong-Son culture focussed on northern Indo-China . |
| 4 | He was sentenced to twelve months in jail but was released when the court heard he 'd already been in custody for ten months . |
| 5 | He 's already been in prison for seventeen months awaiting trial on drugs charges . |