Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Staff at the police photographic department , Ministry of Defence laboratories and IBM have been trying to improve the original blurred images of the youths . |
| 3 | We have been trying to stop the deteriorating effects of ageing on our skin since the times of the pharaohs . |
| 4 | Donors , including the EC and the World Bank , have been trying to persuade the Kenyan government to privatize grain marketing since 1984 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |