Example sentences of "[noun sg] has been [v-ing] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The University has been pursuing the details of its IT strategy and in 1992–3 , following extensive consultation , it has settled on the framework for the technical elements of this , the principle of which is distributed computing using a client-server model . |
| 2 | The Severn Auxilliary Rescue Association has been helping the police search the River Severn and surrounding areas . |
| 3 | The absence of a natural openside wing forward in the Welsh back-row has been worrying the cognoscenti in the Principality . |
| 4 | The Pru 's ‘ transparent ’ financial reporting has been dominating the headlines recently since it restated its 1991 life and pensions accounts under the accruals basis . |
| 5 | Mister Toad Of Toad Hall has been treading the boards by the River Thames only a stone 's throw from his magnificent ancestral home . |
| 6 | Ignoring Matilda , he turned to his son and said , ‘ I 'm always glad to buy a car when some fool has been crashing the gears so badly they 're all worn out and rattle like mad . |
| 7 | The author has been directing the excavations since 1961 , and many of the dramatic finds on the site have been made by him . |
| 8 | In policy areas ranging from mental illness to community nursing to staff development , the Welsh health service has been taking the plaudits . |
| 9 | Electronic News has been doing the rounds of the Foundation sponsors and finds that only Digital Equipment Corp of the US and European sponsors is hanging its hat on OSF/1 for its flag ship Unix machines . |
| 10 | The Law Society has been negotiating the terms of franchise contracts with the Legal Aid Board for some weeks and although a number of matters remain to be resolved , the negotiations have been conducted in a positive manner . |
| 11 | WHILE the North Wales Coast mainline has been claiming the headlines as far as steam operations have been concerned the other coastal route , the Cambrian , provided some memorable moments as well . |
| 12 | A native-born Moldavian despite his Russian name , Mr Pyotr Luchinsky , the new first secretary has been going the rounds , talking to people in soothing terms all over the republic . |
| 13 | The Prime Minister has been pressing the Saudis to provide a pre-election boost by increasing the Al Yamamah commitment through an inter-governmental agreement . |
| 14 | Since the tragedy , the Swindon Bus Company has been ferrying the children across town . |
| 15 | ‘ Sounds like the record company has been writing the stories again . |
| 16 | The biggest battle for the Macintyre expedition has been finding the funds … the trip is costing seventy to eighty thousand pounds and they 've still not raised all the money … but the charity 's patron the Duchess of York is planning to join them at Everest Base camp … that ’ ll wave the magic wand … will they make it |
| 17 | His family has been importing the machines from America since the nineteen forties . |
| 18 | Indeed , insiders suggest that Motorola is now actively encouraging existing and potential 88000 users to start looking at PowerPC : talk of a NeXT portable has been doing the rounds . |