Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] place [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The document ignores the debate on curriculum which has been taking place for 20 years . |
| 2 | Planning has been taking place on this restructure for some months now with close liaison between RAFM and the Aircraft Salvage and Transportation Flight at Abingdon , who will be responsible for all of the dismantling and moving of the airframes . |
| 3 | Some of the bitterest fighting during the last nine months has been taking place between these two factions in and around Mogadishu , particularly since November 1991 , with neither yet gaining control . |
| 4 | These cold statistics do not show one important trend that has been taking place since 1945 . |
| 5 | Britain would now be in the fortunate position of having had , in 1991 , nothing worse than a shallow and short-lived recession , from which a smart recovery would already have been taking place for several quarters , with no balance of payments constraint and little rise in unemployment . |
| 6 | Despite a post-election resumption of fighting , a breakthrough in negotiations appeared imminent following the March round of the UN-sponsored peace talks between the government and the FMLN ( which had been taking place at monthly intervals over the past year ) . |
| 7 | Closures of railway lines had been taking place for many years , accelerated by the growing availability of cars in the 1950s . |
| 8 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 9 | Negotiations between the National Trust and MoD have been taking place for two years and have reached a critical stage . |
| 10 | It is true to say that the ‘ reforms ’ have been taking place along several different tracks at the same time , and it would be simplistic to suppose that the single element called ‘ case management ’ could or should be expected to ‘ make the difference ’ in isolation from other aspects of the reforms . |
| 11 | Although AMARC was formally established as recently as 1988 , it has gained a worldwide reputation for its community radio conferences , which have been taking place since 1983 . |
| 12 | Every season he appears in over 100 concerts on all five continents and at major international festivals , including the ‘ IDRIART ’ festivals which have been taking place since 1983 to encourage people to come together from east and west , and in America from north and south , through the international language of the arts . |
| 13 | Chapters 5 and 6 have discussed the changes that have been taking place in rural and urban areas and the effects these have had on social structure , poverty and inequality . |
| 14 | My conclusions , expressed in the last chapter — ‘ Venice of the Twenty-First Century ? ’ — have been reinforced by the events that have been taking place in Eastern Europe since the autumn of 1989 . |
| 15 | The changes that have been taking place in Latin America and the economic growth that the region has experienced have not brought about any redistribution of income in favour of the low-income groups , the trend has been if anything slightly towards a greater polarisation of wealth . |