Example sentences of "[noun] have be [v-ing] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the UK , this ideal has been eroding for some time and seems unlikely to survive the escalating costs of current treatments . |
| 32 | Several of the Board 's leading civil servants had been pressing for more equality in provision . |
| 33 | In practice Anglo-American co-operation had been increasing for some years , but this was now expanded . |
| 34 | Abingdon 's trade had been waning for some time , with its fulling mills lying in ruins and unemployment rife by 1538 . |
| 35 | Profits had been falling for some years ; investment collapsed suddenly in summer 1974 . |
| 36 | Dowd had been waiting for this man , Matthias McGann , to say his piece . |
| 37 | Concern has been growing for some time now , voiced not only by the media but also by some high-powered academics , ex-civil servants and former senior government statisticians , that official information which should be wholly objective is being distorted , suppressed or otherwise interfered with to serve the political ends of the government . |
| 38 | The zoo is now considering a number of proposals which includes one submitted by the staff and another by New Zoo Developments Ltd. along with an in-house plan which the Society has been developing for some time . |
| 39 | I suppose I 've seen Matthew with the safe open , and I may have noticed the books , but this firm has been going for more than a century and one does n't take much notice of such things , one has grown up with them . ’ |
| 40 | Indications of Mr Mandela 's growing political stature in the eyes of the government have been accumulating for some time . |
| 41 | Colleagues in local government have been saying for some time that the Government have said that , at some point , the revenue collection services in local authorities would be privatised and would go out to tender . |
| 42 | The Americans have been pressing for much more money . |
| 43 | This was 2,000,000 above the previous figures but within the wide range the organization had been estimating for some time . |
| 44 | Carlson had been wondering for some time what was actually going on . |
| 45 | Duncan , whose health had been failing for several years , died in West Park , Elgin , 23 May 1863 . |
| 46 | The power of Chaos had been growing for some years . |
| 47 | It was announced on April 18 that the Federal Collective Presidency had agreed to lift the " special measures " in the autonomous province of Kosovo , a part of the Serbian republic , where disturbances involving the ethnic Albanian majority had been continuing for more than a year . |
| 48 | Work towards this goal has been progressing for some time , culminating in a public launch at a major conference , held in the Forum Hotel , Glasgow on 23 October , 1989 . |
| 49 | The London General Omnibus Company had been experimenting for some years and , in 1910 introduced to the streets of London , their ‘ B ’ type , petrol engined , double-decker , opened top buses . |
| 50 | On the contrary , the country had been smouldering for some time . |
| 51 | John Ambrose has been turning for many years , delighting competition judges and spectators with his originality and precision . |
| 52 | Since the department since the regional office has been suggesting for some time , or throughout the entire process of this structure plan alteration , that erm an exceptions policy should be considered by the erm county council , I think it would be consistent that we would anticipate the panel could reach a conclusion on the inclusion of the major exceptions policy as part of this alteration . |
| 53 | SEL has been working for some two years on producing French versions of GEC 's technical specifications — an enormous project . |
| 54 | Carey continued : ‘ I doubt if He would have been impressed by the argument that the goats had been waiting for these things to trickle down as a by-product of economic growth . ’ |
| 55 | A report to the meeting said services to the region had been deteriorating for several years , with fewer trains running at less flexible times . |
| 56 | A report to the meeting said services to the region had been deteriorating for several years , with fewer trains at less flexible times . |
| 57 | It is an idea that the fans of Asynchronous Transport Mode technology have been touting for some time , but Ungermann is shying away from Asynchronous Transfer Mode to the desktop at the moment . |