Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] has [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | However , the value of this additional source of income has been falling in real terms over the last decade . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A lot of talking has been coming from Eubank 's camp and I 've kept quiet , but now it 's my turn . |
| 8 | One reason why farm workers ' wages remain so comparatively low is that the demand for labour within agriculture has been declining as a result of mechanization-Indeed , the prospect of more expensive labour has often been sufficient to stimulate farmers to engage in a further round of mechanization so that both the supply and the demand for labour have chased each other down in an ever-decreasing spiral . |