Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun] have been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 2 | It 's a kind of health farm and you go there to sample a simple lifestyle which Mongolians have been enduring for about 3,000 years and you are going to put up with for twenty-four hours . |
| 3 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 4 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 5 | At the end of this campaign it looked at last as if the time of peace had come , when the Council for which Anselm had been pressing for the past four years could be held with royal support . |
| 6 | Duncan , whose health had been failing for several years , died in West Park , Elgin , 23 May 1863 . |
| 7 | Was this what Edward had been waiting for ? |
| 8 | Maybe this is what England have been looking for , a team that looks symmetrical on the scorecard , at least . |
| 9 | The treaty conceded most of what Bruce had been fighting for . |
| 10 | Community care is what SSDs have been doing for decades . |
| 11 | The old detractors may remain unconvinced , but taking ‘ Outernational ’ on its own merits — and leaving the past where it 's best left — this has to be the culmination of what Mackenzie has been striving for through those half-pitched albums of the late '80s . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's what men have been doing for centuries . ’ |
| 13 | That kind of riding is what horses have been doing for centuries . |
| 14 | Family planning experts claim it 's what women have been waiting for . |
| 15 | This is what goats have been asking for in the their prayers . |