Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] [v-ing] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Echo has been working on the technology for three years with a variety of minicomputer architectures . |
| 2 | Yes the districts have been working on the basis that I twelve is an additional provision to I five . |
| 3 | Colour specialists in Louisville have been working on the changes for three years , using information pulled in from dealers and regional sales people . |
| 4 | Luckily , despite the cramped conditions , I was able to block the inspector 's view , thereby obscuring Colin Webley 's neanderthal plumbing and the various cultures and mould growths my boy Chester has been propagating on the water tank as part of his Tech . |
| 5 | The princess has been calling on the skills of an astrologer in the region for the past three and a half years . |
| 6 | The paper says that Sun has been working on the project for two and a half years under the code-name Green at its SunLabs unit under former Apple Computer Inc executive Wayne Rosing , and is forming a new company , First Person Inc , to exploit it . |
| 7 | It has been suspected for some time that North Korea has been working on a nuclear device . |
| 8 | British Telecom has been putting on the pressure since Mercury was granted a licence in February last year . |
| 9 | The faculty has been focusing on the main issues affecting freight into the next century . |
| 10 | The mother-of-three had been sunbathing on the hottest day of 1990 . |
| 11 | Mr Wilder , who for the last seventy years has been working on an exhaustive catalogue of English sporting prints 1750–1880 . |
| 12 | This week Tom has been living on a glass of water , half a cup of tea and just one small dinner a day . |
| 13 | Keeler has been musing on the nature of weediness and the likelihood of it evolving among engineered crops . |
| 14 | The SNM stated that the relief workers had been riding on a government military lorry ; such lorries were subject to routine attack and they appealed to relief agencies to be " independent " in performing their duties . |
| 15 | Both accounts demonstrate that , until Stanislav Ulam 's observation that X-rays could be used to propagate an instant fusion reaction , Teller had been working on a fundamentally impractical design . |
| 16 | She was convinced now that her husband had been working on a book about The Hell Fire Club and … |
| 17 | A team of around 30 detectives and uniformed officers has been working on the inquiry . |
| 18 | THE list of processes thought to occur abiotically at the Earth 's surface has been shrinking on a yearly basis . |
| 19 | Erika remembered the Watchword Omi had been reading on the day when Karl had come . |
| 20 | For the last month 30 police officers have been working on the case full time . |
| 21 | Well we 're looking at a particular condition of the lung that affects patients in intensive care ; it 's a disease a bit like pneumonia , it 's called the adult respiratory distress syndrome , and it 's a disease that we believe is associated with a lot of fluid in the lung , and a compatriot of mine , Dr Young , and Dr McQuillam have been working on a research that er has asked the question — ‘ if we reduce the amount of fluid in the lung , do these patients get better and get better quicker ’ . |
| 22 | For the last few years , increasing numbers of southern owners have been capitalising on the relative strength of property in the South . |
| 23 | Quinn had been doodling on a pad . |
| 24 | Jack and Dieter had stated quite clearly that Alain Gebrec had been lying on the rocks below the belvedere . |
| 25 | His father had been working on the farm and he had been sitting at the door of the hut . |
| 26 | The cursor will be returned to its original size and moved to a point just outside where the highlight had been depending on the key tapped . |
| 27 | Later she wondered what Brian had been doing on the towpath , forgetting that his favourite restaurant commanded a view of the canal . |
| 28 | Though it did not appear until relatively late in his life , Locke had been working on the Essay since about 1660 . |
| 29 | Whilst police have been investigating the savage crime … surgeons have been opearting on the savage injuries . |
| 30 | Sentinel has been working on the concept of the machine for eight years and says it will be supplying the systems to five major customers , for use in insurance as well as telecommunications applications , in the third quarter . |