Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [adj] attention to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cardigan Bay Forum , of which we are a founder member , has been paying serious attention to the issues arising from the oil industry 's increasing interest in exploring potential reserves in Cardigan Bay , including the forthcoming test drilling by Hamilton Brothers off Bardsey . |
| 2 | If she had been paying more attention to his face she might have believed that his deeply shocked , anguished expression was not an act , put on for her benefit . |
| 3 | It was n't intended ; none of them had been paying any attention to the world round about : they 'd all but walked into one another . |
| 4 | Standards have gone up consistently over the six years of the league and , although still dominated by a new wave of running clubs that have burgeoned over the last decade , more and more of the traditional athletics clubs have been paying more attention to the competition . |
| 5 | Natural scientists have been giving increasing attention to GEC , both nationally and internationally , but many of the questions confronting policymakers and citizens can only be answered through research in the social sciences . |