Example sentences of "[noun] has be [v-ing] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A computer retailer has been operating for three years under the name of " COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SALES " and has a chain of stores in the South of England . |
| 2 | The change has been striking in two areas , with women 's issues and environmental concerns thrust to the head of the party agenda . |
| 3 | Bob Peckham has been juggling for 12 years he regularly entertains shoppers in Oxford city centre . |
| 4 | The unofficial sanctuary has been running for four years and is now looking after more than a hundred animals . |
| 5 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 6 | The Nuclear Test Veterans Association has been fighting for 10 years to get compensation for British servicemen who were on the Pacific islands when the tests took place in the 1950s . |
| 7 | The system using freezing instead of hot branding has been working for 12 years and the firm has now won a Royal Warrant . |
| 8 | Local artist Hazel Albarn has been working with ten and 11-year-olds and their teachers , helping them design and create large sculptures relating to their other work topics . |
| 9 | F. In North Wales a small coalfield near Wrexham has been declining from 24 pits in 1930 to just 2 in 1983 . |
| 10 | ‘ Our factory in Scotland has been going for 15 years ’ says Smillie . |
| 11 | The campaign has been running since 1963 and the object has been to encourage private or business premises to install some form of floral display . |
| 12 | Providing the plan has been going for ten years . |
| 13 | It 's lovely to receive your letters — the post has been taking about 11–14 days to get here and most of the letters appear to have been opened , but have arrived safely nevertheless . |
| 14 | It will be presumed that death has occurred if the Policyholder has been missing for 90 consecutive days and sufficient evidence is provided to support the conclusion that death was caused by accident . |
| 15 | The GHS has been running since 1972 and is a large-scale survey designed to meet the information needs of a variety of different government departments . |
| 16 | ‘ Stand-to ’ , and a steady drizzle has been falling since 3 a.m . |
| 17 | Though a draft directive has been circulating since 1984 it passed its final stages rapidly . |
| 18 | Janet Aughton has been battling for two years to get her two sons , Steven who 's 7 , and six year old Jason … moved from the council school they attend in Gloucester.She says the two children are gradually going blind because of a hereditary defect that 's already made her lose her sight . |
| 19 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 20 | Professor Reg King has been working for twenty years on developing a foolproof bank cashpoint machine . |
| 21 | The Service has been operating since 1987 , and began distance radio training straight away , followed in 1989 by print journalism . |
| 22 | It is hoped to achieve the 15% reduction in staffing by the employment of temporary staff as vacancies occur and this policy has been operating since 1 April 1992 . |
| 23 | Mr Portillo has been meeting with two leading Conservative Councillors from Oxfordshire to discuss the impact of the Poll Tax on the County . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman might like to know that last year saw record levels of exports from this country and that our share of manufactured exports in world trade has been rising since 1984 . |
| 25 | The Shrove Tuesday game has been going for 960 years . |
| 26 | THE national lottery may be new in the UK but in Spain the big gamble game has been running for 180 years . |
| 27 | As Mary recovered at home in neighbouring Bakewell yesterday , husband Harold , 85 , a retired engineer , said : ‘ Mary has been driving for 17 years , and is very good . |
| 28 | To put you on stand-by for the grunt'n'groan grapplers , The Daily Mirror has been speaking to two family rivals — British Bulldog and Bret ‘ Hit Man ’ Hart . |
| 29 | The C & p approach has been developing since 1988 . |
| 30 | I mean , dammit all , Charles has been working for 40 years and I 've been working for 22 ’ ) . |