Example sentences of "been [vb pp] for 20 year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The play 's pleasures are largely connoisseurial ( it has n't been seen for 20 years ) , though one suspects its absence from the stage is a case of understandable neglect . |
| 2 | If he can prove that it has been exercised for 20 years before the date of an action , it will be presumed that it has existed from ’ time immemorial ’ . |
| 3 | In addition to that , the common law will presume that there is a ’ lost modern grant ’ if the right has been exercised for 20 years . |
| 4 | The treaty had been renewed for 20 years in 1974 but the Yemeni government had indicated that it would oppose renewal in 1994 . |
| 5 | In line with this principle , she ignored the Gorbachev visit and went to the cinema to watch a film that had been banned for 20 years , since it deals with the Russian invasion of 1945 . |