Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since taking over from Left-winger David Hunt , former Thatcherite Mr Redwood has been trying to reassure the Welsh that there will be no dramatic change in Welsh Office policy . |
| 2 | The council has been trying to sell the half-timbered historic mansion in Royden Park for more than two years and has put a £1m price tag on it . |
| 3 | The council has been trying to sell the halftimbered historic mansion in Royden Park for more than two years and has put a £1m price tag on it . |
| 4 | FOR SEVERAL years , my husband has been trying to join the Labour Party . |
| 5 | Now to the second of our reports from HMS Gloucester , which has been helping to enforce the United Nations sanctions against Serbia . |
| 6 | Along with with Robin Harris , past director of Conservative research department , who is joining the Downing Street policy unit , John O'Sullivan , editor of the US National Review and Sir Ronald Millar , playwright , Mr Patten has been helping to write the Prime Minister 's speech for today 's keynote address . |
| 7 | Since 1975 the Treasury has been working to lengthen the average maturity of the debt , and with good reason . |
| 8 | Mrs Jordan said she supported local councillor Joe Michna who has been fighting to save the common and to stop the sports complex licence . |
| 9 | In writing thus , Schoenberg must have been trying to hide the main defect in this kind of quartal harmony — its tendency to become over-obvious and mechanical . |
| 10 | Since then he had been trying to write the second book . |
| 11 | By contrast , the Scottish Tories had been lobbying to keep the maximum personal element . |
| 12 | I 've been hoping to find the right opportunity for weeks . |
| 13 | In the past few years , many systematists have been trying to improve the scientific rigour of their subject , mostly by reformulating it in accord with Popperian-type hypothetico-deductive methods . |
| 14 | Staff at the police photographic department , Ministry of Defence laboratories and IBM have been trying to improve the original blurred images of the youths . |
| 15 | We have been trying to stop the deteriorating effects of ageing on our skin since the times of the pharaohs . |
| 16 | Donors , including the EC and the World Bank , have been trying to persuade the Kenyan government to privatize grain marketing since 1984 . |
| 17 | In addition to normal responsibilities , which include making new investments , approaching new potential customers and keeping existing customers happy , Mr Queen says that they have been trying to educate the professional community to recognise when a company is going to need more working capital . |
| 18 | In recent years , more and more science museums have been trying to meet the dual challenge of increasing their popularity and enhancing their educational provision . |
| 19 | Cider makers and drinkers have been gathering to find the best farmhouse cider in Britain . |
| 20 | Since we last wrote , we have been lobbying to achieve the same relaxation for voluntary drivers from sport as is proposed to be granted to those driving in a voluntary capacity for charities . |
| 21 | These comprise several features : employment has fallen in most branches of manufacturing and in some parts of the service sector ; land has been diverted from residential use by office expansion , road construction and slum clearance ; more mobile people have been leaving to escape the poor physical environment and the social problems ; new private house-building has been discouraged by high costs , land hoarding by local authorities and uncertainties about sales potential ; and falling household size has reduced the capacity of the overall housing stock ( Cameron , 1980 ; Evans and Eversley , 1980 ; Kennett and Hall , 1981 ; Lawless , 1981 ) . |
| 22 | Significantly , while Philips have been hurrying to launch the first full size CD-I players , Sony — notionally , Philips ' CD-I partners — have made no announcements about CD-I plans other than to show the palmtop device and to speak obliquely about other announcements to follow . |
| 23 | OVER the past few weeks I have been attempting to assess the relative marketing merits of companies as diverse as theatre companies , electrical retailers and peat producers . |