Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Lib Dems have been gaining ground in Cheltenmham for some years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | UK industry has already agreed to an 85 per cent interim cut in CFCs and carbon tetrachloride for 1993 and representatives of user industries and manufacturers have been meeting Department of the Environment officials to discuss the practicalities of cutting 1,1,1-trichloroethane and halons . |
| 4 | The logic is inescapable and is supported by no less a body than the French Centre d'Observation Economique ( CEO ) , which published a report last month showing that French franc appreciation hit French export competitiveness in mid-1992 , while French manufacturers have been losing ground in their domestic market since the middle of 1991 . |
| 5 | The Forest of Dean freeminers have been hauling coal by hand for 700 years . |
| 6 | Hominids have been using fire in Africa for some 1–1.5 million years , but whether the early firing was the work of species of Australopithecus or Homo is not clear . |
| 7 | Problems with maintenance on timber cladding have been the main reason why upvc ( unplasticised polyvinyl chloride ) versions have been gaining popularity in recent years . |
| 8 | Danish dairies have been shipping butter to Britain for over 100 years . |
| 9 | Under its new chief executive , John Houliston , big changes have been taking place at Dairy Crest as it prepares for a stock market flotation next year . |
| 10 | Cave rescue teams have been taking part in a hazardous exercise to gain experience of an emergency underground . |
| 11 | The Ostertags have been making wine in Alsace for a long time — centuries rather than years . |
| 12 | The study , carried out by researchers led by Steve Wilcox , of Cardiff University , shows that council housing transfers to other bodies have been taking place in England on a much larger scale than has happened so far in Scotland . |
| 13 | Overall it is clear that two parallel developments have been taking place in adult education for the unemployed . |
| 14 | Friends have been paying tribute to the man who drowned on an adventure holiday in California . |
| 15 | Certainly it is in the private sector , where the only bribe that counts is low prices , where fierce competition and price wars have been wreaking havoc among Europe 's surviving computer makers . |
| 16 | The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected . |
| 17 | Hundreds of Maxwell pensioners have been lobbying Parliament on the eve of the anniversary of the publisher 's death . |
| 18 | On energy , consultations have been taking place on generation , conservation and solar energy . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The part-time volunteers have been sounding retreat with the massed bands of the Light Division . |
| 21 | Closures have been taking place over the past 10 years . |
| 22 | A SERIES of team-building initiatives have been taking place across AEA to give staff at all levels the opportunity to work together to formulate team action plans which can be applied in the workplace . |
| 23 | It has come to my attention that students have been copying software with staff encouragement . |
| 24 | 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 ! |
| 25 | CONFUSED shareholders have been seeking help on the complex question of Eurotunnel warrants and what they are worth . |
| 26 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 27 | DISCUSSIONS have been taking place in Birkenhead over the future of St Laurence 's parish , and one proposal is that it should be joined to Our Lady 's Parish . |
| 28 | Politicians have been paying tribute to the former leader of the Liberal Party , Lord Grimond , who died in hospital on Orkney aged eighty . |
| 29 | Most enterprises have been controlling stock on their computers for years ! |