Example sentences of "[noun] has [been] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NIGEL LAWSON has been testing Ivory & Sime 's sense of humour . |
| 2 | One of the country 's top chefs has been sampling life at the bottom … testing school dinners . |
| 3 | In Europe , Dow Corning has a basic plant at Barry in South Wales to which ICI has been supplying methanol from Billingham since 1955 . |
| 4 | The former chairman of ICI has been offering advice to everyone from fruit sellers to factory owners . |
| 5 | Siobhan has been losing weight for two years . |
| 6 | ‘ Spencer has been taking money from customers and only entering a part of the amounts in the books . |
| 7 | But despite this and the fact that Brazil 's President Fernando Collor de Mello strongly supports the concept of the park opposition has been gathering force . |
| 8 | How can you tell when a motorcyclist has been having fun speeding on the motorway ? |
| 9 | WOODACON Oils , based in Torry has been supplying home heating oil in the Grampian area for 27 years . |
| 10 | A former adviser to Roy Hattersley , Mr Hill has been running Labour 's highly effective press and broadcasting machine . |
| 11 | Ann has been attending tree healing sessions for several months now . |
| 12 | For a week now the person — or thing — in that study has been crying night and day for some special chemical powders . |
| 13 | Since the publication of ‘ Education for Self-Reliance ’ , the process of transforming these goals into curriculum plans and curriculum practice has been taking place , somewhat languidly at first , but with increasing momentum . |
| 14 | OSF HAS BEEN SUBMITTING MOTIF TO X/OPEN REGULARLY |
| 15 | In Durham , Brian Roberts has been studying village plans and has now extended his research to other northern counties , as well as looking at England 's village plans generally . |
| 16 | Culham has been doing forefront work in the fusion field for over two decades , and today is the site of the Joint European Torus ( JET ) . |
| 17 | Some of the bitterest fighting during the last nine months has been taking place between these two factions in and around Mogadishu , particularly since November 1991 , with neither yet gaining control . |
| 18 | A woman who tried to take over Swindon Town Football Club has been giving evidence against the former manager Lou Macari , who 's on trial for tax fraud . |
| 19 | During the winter months , behind the scenes restoration and conservation work has been taking place and there are new developments at many houses and gardens . |
| 20 | Of course the swell has been gathering force for a century or more , since Joseph Thompson first saw ‘ the most peculiar band of men to be found in Africa ‘ . |
| 21 | He suggests that IBM has been using cash to offer attractive financing to help sell mainframes to generate the revenue growth to cover the cost of its 180,000-strong mainframe-oriented sales and service organisations , and needs to work out how to make the mainframe business the cash cow it should be , focussing on the near $20,000m in sales , general and administrative costs , not the $6,500m for research and development , pointing out that saying it is cutting $1,000m off this , mainly on mainframes , while not making a proportionate cut in costs , is a recipe for disaster . |
| 22 | The SLF has been pushing Government to ensure the interests of landlords are taken care of in the regulations but in the meantime , Mr Barlow said the advice not to relet was the only choice even although it would have a serious effect on entrants wanting to get into let holdings . |
| 23 | At the Bull & Gate , next door to the Town & Country Club in London 's Kentish Town , the management has been promoting pub rock in a back room with adjoining outer bar for almost as long as the form has existed . |
| 24 | However , since then Mr Barnes has been considering starting proceedings under the 1976 Criminal Law Jurisdiction Act , which allows for prosecutions of individuals in the Republic for offences allegedly committed in Britain . |
| 25 | As a counterpoint , Sun has been controlling headcount and spending , shaving 2% to 2.5% off G&A . |
| 26 | Sun has been finding management information system departments , traditionally a cost factor at corporate customer sites , getting more involved in decision-making in the department , a corporate profit centre where budgets are now flowing . |
| 27 | The promising Belfast youngster has been gaining experience on the international front among the Federation Cup aspirants in Nottingham . |
| 28 | The fierce campaign by several anti-Maastricht movements has been gaining ground . |
| 29 | For the past three years Brenda has been learning German at the Open Learning Centre on site and she puts it to good use on frequent trips abroad . |
| 30 | Durham County Council has been erecting safety fencing on the bridge in preparation for the opening of the link on the Teesdale Way but work was not complete . |