Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun sg] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in the heart of Manchester , but for many years industry and commerce have been moving away from the city centre , increasing the risk that only a lifeless core will be left . |
| 2 | Welcome back : For hundreds of years people with more money than sense have been putting up strange buildings on their land that seem to have no point whatsoever . |
| 3 | I know from my personal experience of the valuable work that Apex has been doing . |
| 4 | Kavner says he assumes Noorda and company had been evaluating their options all along and finally decided to spend their resources on USL . |
| 5 | Jeopardy and Amber had been working on a piece which they intended to perform when Mandru returned home . |
| 6 | Another factor which made Russian foreign policy different in kind from that of the other Great Powers in 1880 was that , like Great Britain ( with whom she often came into conflict over them ) , she had great extra-European interests , both in the Far East and central Asia , where her territories , influence and commerce had been growing steadily for twenty years . |
| 7 | Scanner appeal co-ordinator Jack Froggatt said : ‘ The town centre bombings raised awareness of the need for a scanner in Warrington and money has been coming in much quicker since then . ’ |
| 8 | The daughter of a rich Jewish textile manufacturer from Lodz , this highly intelligent woman of great charm and style had been living in Germany during the years when Hitler was coming to power , and the persecution of Jews had begun . |
| 9 | The advertisement for the video equivalent of the Mills and Boon novel declares : ‘ Because they 're a branded series , your customers will see one and keep coming back for more ( it may be a new concept in video , but publishers like IPC and Mills and Boon have been doing very nicely on it for years ) ’ ; thus heralding a new departure for the form . |
| 10 | So erm mum and dad has been writing and erm I think they phoned |
| 11 | Product differentiation and improvement has been occurring steadily over the years and now includes metal and wooden window frames , doors , storage tanks , household furniture , beds , as well as a much improved range of braziers , and tin trunks . |
| 12 | Following this direct action , BP Coal flew in its executives to meet LAG , a meeting that LAG had been attempting to organize for a year and a half . |
| 13 | There seems little doubt that suspicion and resentment had been festering in Pakistani minds since long before this series began . |
| 14 | Cohse branch secretary at Greenbank Sheila Bowes said : ‘ Nurses do n't want this move but management have been contemplating it for some time . ’ |
| 15 | It would not have been followed by the effect if some other event or condition had been missing . ) |
| 16 | St Clears Chamber of Trade and Commerce have been landscaping the approaches to the town in order to attract visitors and provide an amenity for local residents . |
| 17 | Is it because you 've taken a stand since Mother 's been taking to her bed ? ’ |
| 18 | Church & Co has been producing shoes in Northampton since 1873 and here is an excellent opportunity to see the many processes that make up the manufacture of men 's welted shoes . |
| 19 | But for about a year certain pieces of late Roman coinage and art have been cropping up in unexpected places in the international market . |
| 20 | It looks like the Army and Navy have been going for hundreds of years , Army and Navy Stores |
| 21 | Americans and Japanese have been collecting in Antarctica for years . |
| 22 | The Ridgeway is one of the oldest routes in the world , man and beast has been travelling its 85 mile length from Wiltshire to Buckinghamshire for at least 4,000 years . |
| 23 | ‘ You ca n't imagine , ’ she choked , ‘ the hell that girl has been goin' through these last few months . |
| 24 | As with all computer technology the price of the necessary hardware and software has been falling dramatically and more and more manufacturers are starting to take seriously the idea of producing pen based computers for the mass market . |
| 25 | Burgon and Ball have been making shears in Sheffield for over 200 . |
| 26 | Volunteers from both east and west have been making mercy missions to the thousands of refugess caught up in the fighting . |
| 27 | They must be the ones that Mum had been eating when you I came in . |
| 28 | Negotiations between the National Trust and MoD have been taking place for two years and have reached a critical stage . |
| 29 | Clothes and bric-a-brac have been pouring into the hospice 's charity shops in response to an appeal for more goods . |
| 30 | Non-pay items such as drugs and equipment have been running above 7 per cent as inflation generally has risen . |