Example sentences of "[noun sg] has be [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The territorial assembly has been calling for the tests to stop until proper health studies are done . |
| 2 | The charity has been running for the past ten years and also has a branch in Middlesbrough which specialises in providing relief for sufferers of cerebral palsy in Poland . |
| 3 | But if the black hole has been emitting for the last ten or twenty thousand million years , the chance of it reaching the end of its life within the next few years , rather than several million years in the past or future , is really rather small ! |
| 4 | Political pressure has been growing for the Queen to pay . |
| 5 | Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes . |
| 6 | Although the City has recommended for the past year that Quality go public , the company has been waiting for the right moment . |