Example sentences of "that have been [v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A five-member UN war crimes commission that has been sifting through mountains of documents submitted by governments and non-governmental bodies is building a computerised database of reported atrocities , accompanied by names of victims , alleged perpetrators and witnesses . |
| 2 | The American versus British female stereotype is a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion that has been raging for decades . |
| 3 | Like the ‘ Samson ’ , it is an important rediscovery , once in the Demidoff Collection , that had been missing for decades and was last seen in at the C.L.Cardon sale in Brussels in 1921 . |
| 4 | Surely this was something that had been threatening for years ? |
| 5 | In Australia , he had rejuvenated a sport that had been declining for years ; in England , he did exactly the same , leaving people exhilarated by his team 's play wherever they went and creating a great new surge of interest in the game . |
| 6 | It requires courage and support from sympathetic colleagues to admit that the things that have been happening in classrooms or schools over the past 20 years have been wrong , pigheaded or simply inefficient . |
| 7 | Frankly some of the other things that have been going on weeks . |
| 8 | While everyone was careful to avoid the word ‘ black ’ in their statements , the fact remains that the ‘ minority ’ workshop , which was overseen by one Ramona Edelin of the National Urban Coalition , an urban action organisation founded in 1967 , was really a reflection on the efforts of some of the black inspired programmes that have been running for years in America . |
| 9 | For example in the case of deep bed undergravel filters that have been running for years , a gravel cleaner is attached to the intake of the power filter and as the gravel is hoovered the mulm is trapped in the filter and clean water returned to the tank . |
| 10 | Potted primulas and other plants that have been standing in frames can be brought into the greenhouse now . |
| 11 | It 's a time bomb that 's been ticking for centuries and the fuse has always been gold . |
| 12 | What he can do is instill a sense of purpose and energy that 's been missing for years . |