Example sentences of "has [been] [verb] [adv] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been developing away on a polymer foam that is intended to fill an entire building ‘ from floor to ceiling ’ in a few seconds after an alarm is tripped . |
| 2 | In the US , some observers point out that single-mode fibre has been produced only on a small scale and the technology is not proven . |
| 3 | The Government has been relying heavily on a pick-up in consumer spending to provide the basis for recovery but worries about job security and unemployment have encouraged saving rather than spending . |
| 4 | This particular perversion , I notice , like every other , has been set up on a professional basis in go-getting New York . |
| 5 | Hundreds of teachers and academics have been murdered , the UES has been closed down on a number of occasions by the army and the UCA subjected to bomb attacks . |
| 6 | Now it is for these reasons all of these different views and these conflicting opinions coming from authoritative sources and the concern the locals have that this issue has been ramrodded through on a political ticket is is is the very reason why it should go to an inspector appointed by the Secretary of State at least some semblance of independence and that issues brought out in in full public consideration . |
| 7 | A younger generation , or at least a younger American generation , has been brought up on a list of acid tests , invented to get rid of the boiled oatmeal consistency of the bad verse of 1900 , and there is no doubt that many young readers seeing Binyon 's inversions , etc. , will be likely to throw down the translation under the impression that it is incompetent . |
| 8 | Lisa Benner — police believe that her body has been washed up on a beach in Kent |
| 9 | Guardian members are to receive an average £520 cash windfall for voting ‘ yes ’ to the merger at a special meeting in December — the first time a bonus of this size has been paid out on a simple merger operation . |
| 10 | Workflow software is able to recognise when a particular action has been carried out on a document and can then carry out other actions ( which were previously done manually ) by itself . |