Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for [det] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes this research was located in areas where the effects of human activity had been sustained for many centuries . |
| 2 | We have been told for several centuries now that every child is naturally different and it is therefore wrong to impose on one the mould which has been prepared for others unlike it . |
| 3 | Salt has been used for many centuries as a preservative , whereby it is left on food to withdraw the moisture present by the process of osmosis . |
| 4 | Our eyes have been closed for many centuries , yet the sages and physicians of the East have never lost sight of the reality of the WHOLE . |
| 5 | But for this House to depart from a rule relating to land law which has been established for many centuries might upset long established titles . |