Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | A wind of change has been blowing around Windsor Park |
2 | A wind of change has been blowing around Windsor Park over the past 12 months and Campbell is now regarded as just another new player who will breeze in . |
3 | Experiments to find vine clones best suited to the solumological and climatical conditions of Champagne have been continuing for more than twenty years . |
4 | The power of Chaos had been growing for some years . |
5 | Two fundamental trends are at work : employee numbers are being gradually but drastically reduced — the Army alone is facing a 30 per cent by 1995 ; and all three services are coming to terms with their obligation to ‘ market test ’ support services with the result that a steady trickle of contracts has been going to the private sector since the early 80s . |
6 | In a separate development , the Ministry of Defence has been negotiating with the receivers at Leyland-DAF 's Lancashire truck plant over the completion of a £400 million transporter contract . |
7 | Scientists at the Rowett Research Institute , near Aberdeen and the North of Scotland College of Agriculture have been working on the idea for more than 15 years . |
8 | Baldwin 's reply was not very different from words lie had used to the July deputation , but this time of course lie was speaking in public and with his words immediately available for all to refer to : |
9 | However , the value of this additional source of income has been falling in real terms over the last decade . |
10 | ‘ I think a lot of Canadians have been waiting with baited breath for several months wondering whether he will stay or go and I think the fact he 's leaving is going to be good for the country , ’ the deputy Liberal leader , Sheila Copps , said . |
11 | Andrew Simmons of ITN has been travelling with the convoy , and has sent us this special report . |
12 | I can certainly agree with my hon. Friend — that incident was most regrettable , particularly in light of the fact that the human rights record of Indonesia had been improving in recent years . |
13 | THOUSANDS of homes have been relying on stored water supplies following a discharge of diesel oil into the River Tees . |
14 | Dr Horn 's assessment is that by the 1790s the southern farm labourer 's standard of living had been falling for thirty years , and that an increase of around 85 per cent in money wages over the war years kept it just about level up to 1815 . |
15 | Letters of thanks have been flooding into our offices . |
16 | Generations of gypsies have been travelling to Stow each year . |
17 | It was reported on Feb. 17 that workers in over 20 enterprises in the port of Galati had been striking against the state of negotiations on the national labour agreement . |
18 | The reason the peseta has not blown before now may be because the Bank of Spain has been looking after its currency in a novel way . |
19 | In the recent past the Bank of England has been issuing between £300 and £500 million per week of 91 day bills and £200 million per week of 182 day bills . |
20 | Of particular interest , given that rates of divorce have been rising over the last two decades , is whether relatives commonly provide housing for people who have separated from a married or cohabiting partner . |
21 | But what is equally incredible is that the inhabitants of Seascale had been suffering from the Windscale piles for several years before the fire . |
22 | Mike noticed a group of heavy gamblers , most of them Greek , move towards the baccarat room , where the Sultan of Rupolei had been losing for the last hour . |
23 | Eighty years does n't seem a very long time when you consider the art of acting has been prospering in Europe over the last four hundred or so years , quite apart from the great traditions of ancient Greek drama . |
24 | Dozens of gliders have been soaring over the region competing in one of the country 's largest gliding championships . |
25 | The MP for Henley and President of the Board of Trade has been labouring under what 's been described as the heaviest workload of any Cabinet Minister . |
26 | But Ferguson countered : ‘ A lot of people have been looking at Eric 's move with a very negative attitude . |
27 | A lot of people have been laying into the Tomlinson report on London 's health services , and it was hardly surprising to find one of the most vociferous was NUPE 's general secretary Rodney Bickerstaffe . |
28 | Indeed , in situations where Health Authorities have had easy access to the skills of economists , as through the York Health Economics Consortium ( University of York , 1990 ) , demand has been high , suggesting that the appropriate skills for the assessment of efficiency have been lacking in the past . |
29 | A couple of scientists had been working on Edgeøya for most of the summer , and this young bear had appeared near the old trapper 's hut they were staying in ( which was near the beach where we had landed ) . |
30 | A lot of talking has been coming from Eubank 's camp and I 've kept quiet , but now it 's my turn . |