Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb base] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experiments to find vine clones best suited to the solumological and climatical conditions of Champagne have been continuing for more than twenty years . |
| 2 | Scientists at the Rowett Research Institute , near Aberdeen and the North of Scotland College of Agriculture have been working on the idea for more than 15 years . |
| 3 | Baldwin 's reply was not very different from words lie had used to the July deputation , but this time of course lie was speaking in public and with his words immediately available for all to refer to : |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | THOUSANDS of homes have been relying on stored water supplies following a discharge of diesel oil into the River Tees . |
| 6 | Letters of thanks have been flooding into our offices . |
| 7 | Generations of gypsies have been travelling to Stow each year . |
| 8 | Of particular interest , given that rates of divorce have been rising over the last two decades , is whether relatives commonly provide housing for people who have separated from a married or cohabiting partner . |
| 9 | Dozens of gliders have been soaring over the region competing in one of the country 's largest gliding championships . |
| 10 | But Ferguson countered : ‘ A lot of people have been looking at Eric 's move with a very negative attitude . |
| 11 | A lot of people have been laying into the Tomlinson report on London 's health services , and it was hardly surprising to find one of the most vociferous was NUPE 's general secretary Rodney Bickerstaffe . |
| 12 | Indeed , in situations where Health Authorities have had easy access to the skills of economists , as through the York Health Economics Consortium ( University of York , 1990 ) , demand has been high , suggesting that the appropriate skills for the assessment of efficiency have been lacking in the past . |
| 13 | Newsagents , from whom the majority of you buy your magazines , tell me that issues of GH have been selling like hot cakes over the Christmas period . |