Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [be] [verb] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A clutch of companies involved in technology from the Soviet space programmes has been given permission for the first time to deal direct with foreigners . |
| 2 | These schools have been using microcomputers for three years and have had substantial teacher training , provision of materials and other support services from the ILEA . |
| 3 | More than 30,000 pupils from 70 Wirral schools have been raising money for Winch , which expects to hand over a five-figure cheque to the national appeal the following Friday . |
| 4 | Closures of railway lines had been taking place for many years , accelerated by the growing availability of cars in the 1950s . |
| 5 | America 's top two golfers have been elected favourites for the 32-nation event , and they are determined to avenge their recent defeat in the Dunhill Cup at St Andrews . |
| 6 | Ugandans have been promised elections for a constituent assembly by the end of the year . |
| 7 | So far only £2,000 has been raised , but individuals have been doing jobs for nothing . |
| 8 | One major thrust of such efforts has been to introduce proxies for market signals , in the form of financial targets and constraints . |
| 9 | Noble Metals have been supplying Ford for a number of years with high specification platinum/ iridium wire , used in the manufacture of high performance spark plugs . |
| 10 | Our club members had been knitting cushions for charity and at the beginning of question time Georgie asked if she could tell the story of her cushion . |
| 11 | The Society needs more teachers ; many of teachers have been taking classes for 20 years or more ! |
| 12 | However , tiger attacks on people have caused problems , especially in the forests of the Sundarbans , where aggressive tigers have been killing people for hundreds of years . |
| 13 | ‘ The teacher was not highly qualified but very much alive and specially trained in English medium teaching at Kagumo Training College nearby ; the children had been learning English for six months . |
| 14 | Negotiations have been taking place for almost two years and their failure is a big setback to the ambitions of the Edinburgh-based financial institution set up with £26 million in 1991 as a building society acquisition vehicle . |
| 15 | Second , almost three-quarters of these interviewees had been using heroin for two years or less by the start of the prevalence study period . |
| 16 | Good god bank clerks have been wearing uniforms for these last three four five years . |
| 17 | And yet , as er as Linda said women have been playing football for the last seventy , and before that , I mean op , throughout the century women have been playing football ! |
| 18 | Many women have been delaying births for years . |
| 19 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 20 | Worries that the relocated employees faced were finding employment for relocated spouses and ensuring that the relocation did not affect children 's schooling . |