Example sentences of "[noun pl] [noun sg] has [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many years AI has been calling for an independent judicial inquiry to investigate the pattern of disputed killings by security forces in Northern Ireland in order to help prevent unlawful killings . |
| 2 | Over the past fifteen years concern has been growing over the environmental effects and social costs of ‘ acid rain' . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Good God , Teddy , the US arms industry has been praying for this war for years . |
| 5 | Watkins says Bill Joy 's Sun Labs team has been looking at micro-kernel technologies under the auspices of Spring , Sun 's blue-sky , rolling research effort . |
| 6 | This matter has dominated the talks Virgin has been having with BA following the High Court settlement which saw BA pay Virgin and Mr Branson a total of £610,000 in damages . |