Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem for researchers in this country has been getting enough Yew to carry out their work . |
| 2 | The Prime Minister has been meeting Conservative backbenchers to try to persuade them not to vote against the Government on Wednesday 's Commons debate on the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 3 | A farmer has been using four oxen to plough a field in what 's believed to be the first public demonstration of the skill in almost twenty-five years . |
| 4 | Dr Dafydd Griffiths , at the Institute of Archaeology , has been using these techniques to find answers to these questions , which could throw considerable light on past trading routes and cultural contacts . |
| 5 | The maintenance staff has been working 18-hour shifts to bring the hospital into full operation . |
| 6 | World War 1 veteran Mr Brownbill has been waiting two years to see if his application for a house renovation grant would be successful . |
| 7 | World War I veteran Mr Brownbill has been waiting two years to see if his application for a house renovation grant would be successful . |
| 8 | The Pearl has been making strenuous efforts to change its business direction , but the Australians clearly see the possibilities offered by the British group 's large distribution network to market its own products . |
| 9 | With the possibility of privatisation looming , the BTG has been making strenuous efforts to become an international organisation . |
| 10 | One element of Germany 's new policy has been winning Polish agreement to take back expelled asylum-seekers ; a quarter of Germany 's influx arrives via Poland . |
| 11 | This was in response to reports that Collor 's main political advisers had been using federal funds to solicit the votes of the 168 deputies needed to fend off the impeachment initiative . |
| 12 | The West Germans had been using this technique to stimulate postwar rebuilding since the 1950s , and the Department of the Environment clearly saw some parallels . |
| 13 | Throughout the decade , Grierson had been sponsoring young filmmakers to go out and record the lives of ordinary working people . |
| 14 | It would have been much better if they had been getting some therapy to help them understand why they needed to take drugs in the first place . |
| 15 | However they also felt that they had been expecting most children to write in sentences at too early an age . |
| 16 | Harbury had been failing all day to reach Wickham , which was especially frustrating as Wickham was in the same building and Harbury felt proprietorial about the crime . |
| 17 | And at last Sergeant heard the voice he had been waiting all day to hear : |
| 18 | Later , over coffee , Steven broached the subject that he had been waiting all day to discuss with Jennifer . |
| 19 | waistcoat I 've been saving some time to get them . |
| 20 | I mean I 've been doing outside jobs to get , you know , I mean , like doing festivals |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been working all night to get our ricks covered . |
| 22 | This afternoon anxious council chiefs have been meeting MMI representatives to assess the implications of MMI freezing its business . |
| 23 | At one hospital staff have been taking extra steps to make sure patients know what choices they have , and they say the results are dramatic . |
| 24 | The world 's top fashion designers have been creating spectacular outfits to help raise funds for the charity Oxfam in its fiftieth year . |
| 25 | Although it probably sounds odd that I am suggesting negotiating a written agreement with your teenager , psychologists have been using business-style contracts to resolve family conflicts for some years now . |
| 26 | Notice that we have been using reverse operations to show direction , Forward or " plus " to the right of 0 , backward or " minus " to the left . |
| 27 | In addition , there has also been press criticism that ministers have been using advance knowledge to influence market and media opinion . |
| 28 | Other unit trust managers have been using statistical tools to measure volatility as an aid to investment . |
| 29 | EC Commission vice-president , Sir Leon Brittan , has promised the European Parliament that he will investigate claims that the Italian authorities have been using unfair means to acquire public control of the Italian chemical industry . |
| 30 | The Labour whips have been advising new MPs to offer prospective secretaries only ‘ trial ’ contracts . |