Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Evidence for the effect of tax relief on private health insurance premiums for the over 60s is fairly secure since the scheme has been operating for two years . |
| 32 | Opinion : ‘ … it will not be known until Sizewell B has been operating for some years whether the PWR will become the established nuclear option that has been sought for 30 years . ’ |
| 33 | It has been operating for 12 months and has assembled a team of 30 engineering staff . |
| 34 | Grendon has been operating for 30 years and Judge Stephen Tumim 's report , published today , praises them for their standards of humanity , care and dignity . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | Mr Vasarhelyi , who has been drawing for 30 years , has also just finished a collection of World Wide Fund for Nature stamps for export to Italy and Iceland . |
| 37 | This is unfortunate , for a series that has been gestating for three years . |
| 38 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |
| 39 | THE national lottery may be new in the UK but in Spain the big gamble game has been running for 180 years . |
| 40 | Although it has been running for 13 years , few sites have so far been cleaned up to the EPA 's satisfaction . |
| 41 | Take the High Road , which has been running for 13 years , does n't make the ratings tables because it is not slotted in a peak viewing time across the country . |
| 42 | This latest development in a saga which has been running for many months represents a change of heart by the Saints ' board . |
| 43 | ‘ In Basildon only 32 out of 8,000 homes were sold and in Scotland where it has been running for two years only 223 out of 6,000 tenants have bought houses . |
| 44 | The unofficial sanctuary has been running for four years and is now looking after more than a hundred animals . |
| 45 | The tank is 60″ × 24″ × 18″ and has been running for twelve weeks . |
| 46 | The scheme has been running for 11 years . |
| 47 | Once the scheme has been running for 20 years or more , claimants will not build up any more 80ths . |
| 48 | ‘ The class has been running for 2½ years ’ What stamina ! |
| 49 | The Milk Race , which has been running for 25 years , is like a wagon train as it winds its way through the country . |
| 50 | But the rehabilitation centre which has been running for 21 years could be closed within the year . |
| 51 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 52 | This new magazine is modelled on the successful ‘ English Civil War Notes & Queries ’ which has been running for several years . |
| 53 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
| 54 | Er you will all be aware I think that the budget has been running for some months and er I suppose a lot of you either as spokes persons or as members of groups have actually been dealing with the budget issues in some detail . |
| 55 | Here , after a campaign has been running for some time , a sample survey is used , in which questions are asked about the brands in the market in question : |
| 56 | The worry for regular viewers to the series which has been running for 19 years , is that the ethos of the programme may be changed to pander to the larger English audience . |
| 57 | The BA Honours Degree in Retail Marketing , formulated by JS and Manchester Metropolitan University , has been running for three years and the two parties have now formally signed a contract securing the future of the programme . |
| 58 | Voluntary Project administrator Roy Montgomery is convinced the scheme , which has been running for three months , is a major success — and a lifeline for local young people . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | Moya , a seemingly relaxed woman in her forties , described her attacks , which she has been having for 20 years , as ‘ an enormous blackness and fear , like being held under water ’ . |