Example sentences of "have been in existence for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others have been in existence for years , yet seem to hold out little hope of attracting new recruits . |
| 2 | MAGISTRATES ' Courts have been in existence for hundreds of years , presided over by lay Justices of the Peace ( magistrates ) , that is people who have no legal qualification . |
| 3 | In Ireland , credit unions have been in existence for a decade longer than in Britain , but there are now over 450 unions , with a membership exceeding three-quarters of a million . |
| 4 | Group savings schemes and such like which have been in existence for many years . |
| 5 | By then , however , the main outlines have been in existence for a very long time , and it is these earlier arrangements about which we really need to know more and where future research should be concentrated . |
| 6 | The first 4 of these have been in existence for a long time . |
| 7 | For Opposition Members to paint a negative picture of TECs failing to do what they have been set up to do is not good enough , because , after all , they have been in existence for only two years . |
| 8 | Lisburn have been in existence for more than 150 years and is Ulster 's oldest surviving cricket club . |
| 9 | The EGBT have been in existence for some years and have proved themselves a respectable and reliable organisation with several completed projects to their credit . |