Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [be] [v-ing] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last week , both Protestants and Republicans have been vying with each other to grab the headlines by claiming the 3,000th victim . |
| 2 | There has also been criticism of the Government 's shifting from a pilot scheme it has been running since 1989 , in which secondary teachers have been linking with primary staff in 76 schools to provide their specialist input . |
| 3 | County councillors have been dealing with British Coal in relation to Gascoigne Wood and Selby complex for twenty years . |
| 4 | Clearly , no one explanation could cover why we eat cows but not cats ; why big game hunting is the traditional pursuit of the wealthy ; why furs are going out of fashion ; why sexual slang employs so many animal and eating metaphors ; why customary cannibalism is seldom if ever authenticated ; why we worry so much more about high fat meats than about eating cheese ; why so many religious sects espouse vegetarianism ; why burger bars have been redecorating with pastel colours ; why the Flintstones barbecue dinosaur steaks ; why we eat beef rather than cow ; why businessmen might eat steak tartare at a negotiating lunch ; and why meat is said to give men aggression , strength , or heterosexual virility . |
| 5 | Partly it is because the courts have been dealing with greater numbers of offenders . |
| 6 | ‘ I think a lot of Canadians have been waiting with baited breath for several months wondering whether he will stay or go and I think the fact he 's leaving is going to be good for the country , ’ the deputy Liberal leader , Sheila Copps , said . |
| 7 | Tories have been battling with each other in the Commons , on TV , in the newspapers and on the floor of the Tory Party conference with a ferocity never seen this century . |