Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] has [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mail order houses ' share of total consumer spending on such goods has been increasing at such a rate that , within two or three years , it is likely to be double its 1970 level . |
| 2 | Conservative support in the larger cities has been declining for more than 25 years . |
| 3 | A team of around 30 detectives and uniformed officers has been working on the inquiry . |
| 4 | Well the distance is equal to a hundred miles an hour , times how many hours has been travelling for ? |
| 5 | Mr Wilder , who for the last seventy years has been working on an exhaustive catalogue of English sporting prints 1750–1880 . |
| 6 | In these circumstances , it is not surprising to find that population loss from inner areas has been running at a lower rate in the 1980s and that the government 's efforts at introducing more private investment have met with some measure of success . |
| 7 | Yet Jennifer in recent months has been growing through a difficult spell in the growing up process , particularly mentally . |