Example sentences of "[conj] has been [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neil Kinnock said last night that the rise in interest rates was ‘ a shattering blow both to households right across Britain and also to industries , and it 's even worse because it 's a blow that has been gathering ever since the first day that this Government decided its one and only economic policy would be a reliance on interest rates ’ . |
| 2 | On top of this , the environmental time bomb that has been ticking away for years now seems ready to explode . |
| 3 | The man behind the take-over bid is understood to be a key figure in the Jersey tourist industry and has been trying unsuccessfully for years to get a Channel Island summer soccer tournament off the ground . |
| 4 | Mark ‘ Zippy ’ Pretty has finally got over his mid-life crisis by red-pointing Mecca at Raven Tor , and has been celebrating continuously for the last six weeks . |
| 5 | The Headland Technology unit , which manufactures personal computer building block chip sets and has been suffering badly of late , will be reabsorbed into the parent company . |
| 6 | Microsoft wants Sun to pay a licence for WABI , specifically $50 a copy , and has been saying so to Sun since at least December . |
| 7 | Microsoft wants Sun to pay a licence for WABI , specifically $50 a copy , and has been saying so to Sun since at least December . |
| 8 | Wood missed the tour through injury , but is now fully fit and has been working hard in the nets over the last three days . |