Example sentences of "[noun] [that] have [been] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that let Windows applications run on Unix desktops . |
| 2 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that enable Windows applications to run under Unix on desktop systems . |
| 3 | do you want a cup of tea that 's been stewing for three days ? |
| 4 | A lone man at nearly midnight , wearing a thin jacket in a storm that had been blowing for over an hour … |
| 5 | While everyone was careful to avoid the word ‘ black ’ in their statements , the fact remains that the ‘ minority ’ workshop , which was overseen by one Ramona Edelin of the National Urban Coalition , an urban action organisation founded in 1967 , was really a reflection on the efforts of some of the black inspired programmes that have been running for years in America . |
| 6 | Women , Art and Society is a synthesis of work that has been progressing for twenty years about women and the visual arts . |
| 7 | A council that 's been paying for a fourteen-year-old criminal to stay in Spain has been criticised in court . |
| 8 | In Australia , he had rejuvenated a sport that had been declining for years ; in England , he did exactly the same , leaving people exhilarated by his team 's play wherever they went and creating a great new surge of interest in the game . |
| 9 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
| 10 | The American versus British female stereotype is a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion that has been raging for decades . |
| 11 | Among the host of popular classes that have been running for several years — upholstery , art , body conditioning , keep fit , body talk , jazz dance , electronic organ , and two levels of French — there are also the more recent additions of appreciation of poetry , yoga for beginners and dressmaking . |
| 12 | you know , that G P's that 's been practising for a long number of years you know er , elderly G P's are probably not as up-to-date on these kind of things as they should be . |
| 13 | And the NRPB 's move also emphasized a process that had been continuing for many years . |
| 14 | For a band that has been performing for around a decade , their output is remarkably small , but perfectly formed . |
| 15 | It 's a time bomb that 's been ticking for centuries and the fuse has always been gold . |
| 16 | and outside the porches , to light their number up outside their house , erm people do n't seem to have erm , really changed their ideas very much , we still sell the same type of fitting to people , er the one that goes over the garage doors , on the corner of the , of the house wall , er lanterns er outside the front door with coloured glass in them er things that have been going for |
| 17 | ‘ There is a danger in any organisation that has been going for twenty years of attracting a clique and closing the doors on others . |
| 18 | An event that has been occurring for only five years before the enactment of the 1986 Act is of a more dubious standing . |
| 19 | ‘ An accumulation of socioeconomic problems that have been developing for 25 years are closing in on blacks like a vice , ’ says veteran African-American author and social theorist Harold Cruse . |
| 20 | ‘ There it is — the bush — trees that have been standing for hundreds of years . ’ |
| 21 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 22 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 23 | They gave him a letter that had been waiting for his arrival . |
| 24 | It is argued that the traditional bureaucratic mechanistic structure that has been operating for so long can no longer cope with the dynamic environment that we now live in . |
| 25 | In the first place it is a single system of examinations in place of the dual system that has been operating for the last twenty-two years . |
| 26 | Well never can he and er the other partners with er the plant hire that 's been going for donkey 's ages and never shows a profit . |
| 27 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
| 28 | This is unfortunate , for a series that has been gestating for three years . |
| 29 | What he can do is instill a sense of purpose and energy that 's been missing for years . |