Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] been [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Retail price maintenance still being lawful in the case of books , the publisher might well include the recommended retail price on the cover of the book ( or in an advertisement ) , only to be surprised subsequently to learn that a retailer has been selling at a different price . |
| 2 | One reason why farm workers ' wages remain so comparatively low is that the demand for labour within agriculture has been declining as a result of mechanization-Indeed , the prospect of more expensive labour has often been sufficient to stimulate farmers to engage in a further round of mechanization so that both the supply and the demand for labour have chased each other down in an ever-decreasing spiral . |
| 3 | In the 1980s local decentralization has been occurring at a slower pace than in the previous decade and in some cases appears to have gone into reverse . |
| 4 | The deficit has been reducing as a percentage of GDP . |
| 5 | AN AMOROUS owl has been breaking into a nature park visitors ' centre every night after falling in love — with a wooden model . |
| 6 | Since you left me so abruptly , my mind has been teeming with a whole variety of things I 'd like to do to you . ’ |
| 7 | I hope your mind has been working in an expansive way and that you have thought more about your future . |
| 8 | Over the past three years my department has been collaborating with a training programme for general practitioners based at the Conceicao Hospital in Porto Alegre , a large city in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of around 1.5 million . |
| 9 | The report assumes that decommissioning costs would be spread over 100 years , although the industry has been pushing for a " deferred safe storage strategy " , spreading the costs over 135-150 years . |
| 10 | As for the comments made by Opposition Members about the reduction in the number of trainees in the industry , regrettably that has to be explained by the fact that the industry has been going through an especially difficult time and still is . |
| 11 | Hamlet the out-of-work thespian pig has been appearing in a weekly strip in ‘ The Stage ’ since 1988 . |
| 12 | Derry City 's new boy conceded Roy Coyle 's side had been going through a lean period but he said the lads would bounce back . |
| 13 | ‘ Rail services in the North-East have been deteriorating for a number of years with reduced frequencies , later first trains and earlier last trains , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Converted to luminosity , this means that the sun 's brightness has been dimming at a rate of 0.05 per cent per year , a figure that is in good agreement with the satellite results . |
| 15 | Well they were , the ward committee had been seeking for a , a candidate , but I had no opposition at that time at all . |
| 16 | His wife Ann-Marie Turnpenny , of Sheerwater Avenue , Darlington , said their marriage had been going through a difficult period . |
| 17 | The embattled Chancellor had been hoping for a public show of loyalty from the Prime Minister . |
| 18 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 19 | It 's not just that Mr Parnham knows the count , it 's an idea the old boy 's been floating for a while , so he tells me . |
| 20 | Since then the 25 business men and women on the committee have been working to an ambitious programme . |
| 21 | As clerk to the local Parish Council I should like to point out that Nether Wyresdale Parish Council have been asking for a footpath along this stretch of highway for the last twenty years . |
| 22 | Roger Kelly , who coordinates its work explains : ‘ For 15 years this place has been going through a slow , organic evolution . |
| 23 | More importantly , any disclosures made in relation to this warranty will highlight fairly accurately whether the Business has been trading at a loss since the Balance Sheet Date — which if true might seriously affect the Purchaser 's willingness to buy the Business . |
| 24 | In the 1980s , aggregate Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) has been roughly static , and per capita GDP has been falling at a time when net aid flows have been rising . |
| 25 | When they 'd first re-entered the apartment the place had been crawling with a crowd of men who were mending the air-conditioning , installing a computer and modem to a fresh telephone line , and plugging in the dreaded fax machine . |
| 26 | I suspected that he was hoping to hear that the senator had been arranging for an illicit love affair on board Wavebreaker . |
| 27 | Both accounts demonstrate that , until Stanislav Ulam 's observation that X-rays could be used to propagate an instant fusion reaction , Teller had been working on a fundamentally impractical design . |
| 28 | The group had been drinking at a nearby pub in Uckington , Glos . |
| 29 | She was convinced now that her husband had been working on a book about The Hell Fire Club and … |
| 30 | Hundreds of people campaigning against VAT on dometic fuel have been protesting in a torchlit demonstration in Glasgow 's George Square . |