Example sentences of "have [adv] [be] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Croce , a noted Philadelphia cancer researcher , has only been collecting for the past ten years , specialising in Italian seventeenth-century paintings and drawings . |
| 2 | General Morillon has also been negotiating for the placing of six Muslim towns or enclaves to be put under UN protection . |
| 3 | It has also been running for the past three weeks against The Free Frenchman , which may turn out to be a turbo-tortoise but which started as the turn off of the week . |
| 4 | Funny that they 'd both been heading for the same place , though . |
| 5 | Even though the merger of these sections of capital has brought industry and finance closer together , especially through directors who sit on the boards of both industrial firms and financial institutions , the affect seems to have often been stultifying for the manufacturer . |
| 6 | The main stumbling block had been the appointment of its chair [ see pp. 37712 ; 37777 ; 37858 ] , a problem temporarily resolved on Dec. 11 when Prince Norodom Sihanouk , who had hitherto been pressing for the chairmanship , called on the SNC to " stop talking about the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship … and have the 12 SNC members , on an equal footing , work for peace " . |
| 7 | He had reportedly been pressing for the USA to distance itself from the peace negotiations and he was therefore opposed to a Washington venue ; he was also known to support a Middle Eastern venue to emphasize the regional , as opposed to the international , nature of the conflict . |
| 8 | Although they have only been trading for the last ten years , they continue the tradition of using a water powered mill which started in the 1800s . |
| 9 | I believe she used to be so reluctant about marrying people because marriage is important to her , she 's only been waiting for the right one . ’ |
| 10 | But we have always been looking for the cause of the extra 40 per cent . |
| 11 | The first candidates have now been enrolling for the new , operational system , following the successful completion of the pilot phases of the Advanced Courses Development Programme during 1988–90 . |
| 12 | Some scholars , especially those who have worked on English as well as Continental evidence , have recently been arguing for the role of kingship , if not in initiating , then in profiting from economic activity in both town and countryside . |