Example sentences of "[Wh det] have been [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fremont , California-based Opus Systems Inc , which has been undergoing the trauma of prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings — a sort of jail sojourn where the keys are left in the door — has announced the SparCard 2+ , its next generation Unix single board computer for plugging into personal computers , offering 25% performance improvement over its predecessor , the SparCard 2 . |
| 2 | The newly opted-out hospital trust is trying to close Casualty and is running down the wards of the Mile End branch of the Royal London Hospital , which has been serving the East End well since 1858 . |
| 3 | MAFF , which has been monitoring the mercury levels of UK residents , has identified those most at risk as fishing communities living near water where the mercury content of fish is above average . |
| 4 | That Britain is now a little more ready to join this hope-filled , rolling bandwagon is , not unnaturally , a matter of mild elation to Rushdie and to Article 19 , the freedom-of-speech group which has been organising the campaign for his defence . |
| 5 | Dealers pointed the finger at Credit Lyonnais Laing , which has been chasing the stock for a fortnight and whose paper and packaging expert , Henry Poole , has spotted the company 's recovery potential , advising clients to get in quick . |
| 6 | But its time-saving qualities — up to 30 minutes each day for each teacher — attracted the St George 's School for Boys in Southampton , which has been piloting the system for two years . |
| 7 | Inexperience in the heavier , but more powerful Indycars aside , Mansell said he could face problems if Cyclone Roger , which has been lashing the coast this week , brings rain on race day . |
| 8 | The armed group was not believed to be connected with the Jungle Commando guerrilla group which has been fighting the Suriname Government on and off since 1986 , he said . |
| 9 | Farrar , Straus & Giroux , which has been distributing the backlist of the closed North Point Press , has acquired all its publishing assets says BP Report . |
| 10 | Amato has seen his Socialist party split and his government rocked by a huge bribery scandal which has been sweeping the country over the past year . |
| 11 | But the borough 's environmental health committee was told yesterday that the outbreak , which has been sweeping the region , is slowing down . |
| 12 | The council , which has been leasing the buildings to the college , now wants them back . |
| 13 | BRITAIN 'S science establishment is trying to suppress reports by a university group which has been assessing the cost-effectiveness of some of the country 's most expensive science projects . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's not science , ’ says Alex Perge of the Department of Energy 's nuclear waste office , which has been studying the possibility of dumping tonnes of slightly contaminated soil left over from the Manhattan nuclear project . |
| 15 | Initially he will work for Carr O'Connell Book Marketing , the freelance team which has been carrying the Headline list since his accident , with the aim of returning to Headline full-time in April . |
| 16 | Barbarossa 's initial aim was to unify Germany , and settle a number of conflicts which had been weakening the realm . |
| 17 | As a result , Mackensen was freed to attack the northern region of Serbia ; and Bulgaria , which had been watching the fortunes of war , anxious to identify the winning side , joined the Central Powers on 6 September 1915 . |
| 18 | The measures failed to satisfy the African National Congress ( ANC ) which had been demanding the restitution of land seized from blacks and other reparations for the victims of racial discrimination . |
| 19 | She inherited from her brother a methodical and intelligent Treasurer , the Marquis of Winchester ; and she also took over the conclusions of committees which had been investigating the Crown 's finances under Edward VI . |
| 20 | When , in 1975 , PNG won its independence from Australia ( which had been running the place since 1949 ) , Bougainville formally became part of the new country . |
| 21 | Ryutaro Hashimoto , the Finance Minister , on Oct. 3 announced his resignation , effective Oct. 18 , as accusations mounted that he had failed to stem the tide of financial scandals which had been sweeping the country since the start of the year . |
| 22 | This high moorland village is an industrial settlement developed early in the nineteenth century to house lead-miners and their families employed by the Blackett family , which had been exploiting the deposits since 1729 . |
| 23 | The move follows the £1.4m out-of-court settlement agreed in July with the Tunstall Group , which had been suing the firm for damages for the losses it had incurred in purchasing Sound Diffusion shares ( see ACCOUNTANCY , August , p 15 ) . |
| 24 | What has been distorting the diesel/petrol cost equation is the deep discounting by dealers desperate to unload stocks . |
| 25 | It is not difficult to see what has been keeping the ASH office busy over the past three months . |