Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [v-ing] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1978 an organisation called the Liberal Association for the Movement of People ( LAMP ) has been striving to address these problems . |
| 2 | The Giuliani campaign — advised by Roger Ailes , the media guru who turned the Bush campaign around — has been trying to persuade Jewish voters that Mr Dinkins is a clone of Jesse Jackson and no friend of Israel . |
| 3 | The minister of agriculture and resettlement , Kumbirai Kangai , has been trying to reassure white farmers . |
| 4 | And about 500 yards away in Neasham Road , Mr John Atkinson , company director of Profix Fabrication , has been trying to find new markets for his steel products . |
| 5 | In Britain , the government has been trying to encourage commercial recyclers such as waste-paper merchants to join forces with the packaging industry to give more packaging a second life . |
| 6 | A Tory friend of mine who has been trying to write nice things about the Conservative campaign has been tearing his hair out in desperation , not just because they are doing so badly — but because they deserve to . |
| 7 | China is North Korea 's closest ally and has been trying to defuse recent tensions . |
| 8 | Souces indicated Matshushita Electric Industrial Co , Solbourne 's major stakeholder with investments in the firm totalling more than $50m , has been attempting to exert tighter controls of late . |
| 9 | While there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that Syria has been attempting to develop nuclear devices , it continues to purchase large quantities of heavy weapons and missiles from China and has illegally proscribed certain areas in Syria from IAEA inspection . |
| 10 | She knew that I 'd have to keep Dawn in my bedroom to start with , and she 'd been beginning to have second thoughts about letting me do that . |
| 11 | But with the resurgence in business , those who are left are having to work long hours to ensure that the quality of service to clients is not affected , and she believes that she will have to start recruiting again before long . |
| 12 | Pearce , set to be named as England 's captain for the World Cup qualifying campaign , had been hoping to renegotiate new terms despite signing a five-year contract worth £1m two years ago . |
| 13 | Ahead of the opening of a new Supreme Soviet session on Sept. 10 a working group of ministers and experts set up at the end of August had been attempting to synthesise two sets of proposals [ see p. 37663 ] . |
| 14 | The little girl was on her own a few yards from the rug where she had been sitting eating some moments before . |
| 15 | A brutal military campaign launched by Iraqi government troops in late March rapidly crushed the Kurdish guerrilla insurgency , which had been threatening to overrun wide areas of northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Iraqi defeat in the Gulf war . |
| 16 | They 've been trying to find alternative berths for incoming cargoes and negotiating the release of ships waiting to sail on the night time . |
| 17 | I 've been trying to find loose stones again . |
| 18 | Harp Lager have been trying to attract English horses and although this is never easy I 'm sure that if the right money was available , then the barriers would come down . |
| 19 | We have been trying to breed Red Pandas for some time but they are very difficult . |