Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [been] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The unofficial sanctuary has been running for four years and is now looking after more than a hundred animals . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Nuclear Test Veterans Association has been fighting for 10 years to get compensation for British servicemen who were on the Pacific islands when the tests took place in the 1950s . |
| 5 | The system using freezing instead of hot branding has been working for 12 years and the firm has now won a Royal Warrant . |
| 6 | Good God , Teddy , the US arms industry has been praying for this war for years . |
| 7 | 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 : |
| 8 | Providing the plan has been going for ten years . |
| 9 | The decommissioning of a small experimental reactor on the Sellafield site has been continuing for some years . |
| 10 | It will be presumed that death has occurred if the Policyholder has been missing for 90 consecutive days and sufficient evidence is provided to support the conclusion that death was caused by accident . |
| 11 | Professor Reg King has been working for twenty years on developing a foolproof bank cashpoint machine . |
| 12 | In the UK , this ideal has been eroding for some time and seems unlikely to survive the escalating costs of current treatments . |
| 13 | People magazine has been looking for possible substitutes , and among the personalities they suggest is Prince Charles . |
| 14 | The Shrove Tuesday game has been going for 960 years . |
| 15 | THE national lottery may be new in the UK but in Spain the big gamble game has been running for 180 years . |
| 16 | Concern has been growing for some time now , voiced not only by the media but also by some high-powered academics , ex-civil servants and former senior government statisticians , that official information which should be wholly objective is being distorted , suppressed or otherwise interfered with to serve the political ends of the government . |
| 17 | The zoo is now considering a number of proposals which includes one submitted by the staff and another by New Zoo Developments Ltd. along with an in-house plan which the Society has been developing for some time . |
| 18 | I suppose I 've seen Matthew with the safe open , and I may have noticed the books , but this firm has been going for more than a century and one does n't take much notice of such things , one has grown up with them . ’ |
| 19 | The centre 's been running for four years and is still looked after by Andy Middleton who set it up . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The scheme has been running for 11 years . |
| 22 | Once the scheme has been running for 20 years or more , claimants will not build up any more 80ths . |
| 23 | Work towards this goal has been progressing for some time , culminating in a public launch at a major conference , held in the Forum Hotel , Glasgow on 23 October , 1989 . |
| 24 | The school 's been lobbying for new buildings for several years . |
| 25 | The second stage of development will be considered after the first stage has been operating for two to three years . |
| 26 | Andrew 's family has been trying for three years to get treatment for him . |
| 27 | Since the department since the regional office has been suggesting for some time , or throughout the entire process of this structure plan alteration , that erm an exceptions policy should be considered by the erm county council , I think it would be consistent that we would anticipate the panel could reach a conclusion on the inclusion of the major exceptions policy as part of this alteration . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ The class has been running for 2½ years ’ What stamina ! |