Example sentences of "been [prep] existence for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A discrete block of land may have been in existence for a long time before it was first described in a written document . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The first 4 of these have been in existence for a long time . |
| 6 | J. C. E. Roberts , welcomed all present and remarked that although the Society had only been in existence for a few months , much had already been done and the Society had a firm foundation on which to build . |
| 7 | Believe it or not , the society has now been in existence for a year and subscriptions became due on the 16th of March . |
| 8 | Despite the widespread provision of automatic teller machines ( ATMs ) which has now been in existence for a number of years , there is an apparent reluctance in the public to adopt this facility wholeheartedly . |
| 9 | The Commission has been in existence for the same length of time as the Fair Employment Agency , since 1976 . |