Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] receiving [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a wet spring giving way to brilliant dry weather many of the mountain crags have been receiving attention , both in terms of new routes and repeats of less frequented or unrepeated lines . |
| 2 | Among the rules and conditions for admission to this establishment a person had to have been resident in the parish for three years to have been receiving parish relief , and to be able to recite the Lord 's prayer and Apsotles ' Creed , also they shall not be an enemy of the Gospel or Established religion , nor a common swearer , adulterer , thief , picker , hedge breaker or drunkard . |
| 3 | In a few cases private individuals have been receiving journals by post , if they weigh less than 300 grams . |
| 4 | Last November , Zimbabwe ordered rice from North Korea because drought had disrupted the usual source of supply in Malawi , while Mozambique has been receiving aid in the form of rice from Japan . |
| 5 | Thus older people predominate among long-term claimants : 75 per cent of people aged 60 and over have been receiving Income Support for three years or more , compared with 40 per cent of those under 60 ; elderly people comprise 60 per cent of those receiving this benefit for five years or more . |
| 6 | Before their attack 374 ( 24% ) patients had been receiving bronchodilators alone ( step 1 ) ; in 147 ( 39% ) maintenance treatment was unchanged or reduced after their attack , and 227 ( 61% ) were prescribed medication from step 2 or beyond . |
| 7 | The Dragonslayer had been receiving signals from the unnamed planet . |
| 8 | Mr Sheffield said a report from a consultant psychiatrist at the hospital stated Mrs Morse had been receiving treatment since 1983 . |
| 9 | The co-ordinating committee reported that students participating in the strikes had been receiving death threats . |