Example sentences of "[noun] has [been] [v-ing] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thailand 's Professor Pilai Poonswad , who for 10 years has been studying four species of forest hornbills , pointed out that the birds nest in large Dipterocarps and that their taste in trees was something they shared with loggers . |
| 2 | One well at Cusiana has been producing 10,000 b/d on a long-term test and the development phase is about to begin . |
| 3 | For two years now , the first Astra has been broadcasting 16 channels of TV programmes , including Rupert Murdoch 's Sky Channels , right across Europe . |
| 4 | Thames Water has been losing seventeen percent of its supplies from leaks , but are now confident they can reduce that figure dramatically . |
| 5 | The NCT Houseswap Register has been going 15 years now and raises over £500 annually . |
| 6 | On top of that Hamilton has been overseeing three and a half hours of live television in a time-slot littered with failed ventures . |
| 7 | One of the founding fathers of independent television has been celebrating sixty years in broadcasting . |
| 8 | A government supermarket in New Delhi has been selling 10 solar cookers every day for the past few months for about £20 each . |
| 9 | A farmer has been using four oxen to plough a field in what 's believed to be the first public demonstration of the skill in almost twenty-five years . |
| 10 | A flotilla of surfers and canoes has been riding one of the year 's biggest Severn Bores . |
| 11 | STEVE DAVIS has been practising six hours a day during the build-up to the Embassy World championship , such is his determination to win his seventh title . |
| 12 | World War 1 veteran Mr Brownbill has been waiting two years to see if his application for a house renovation grant would be successful . |
| 13 | World War I veteran Mr Brownbill has been waiting two years to see if his application for a house renovation grant would be successful . |