Example sentences of "[noun] have [be] [v-ing] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To talk up the prospects of change , some note that Japanese life insurers have been demanding bigger dividends lately . |
| 2 | Town have been getting stronger and wiser by the week … they could do it against Blackburn … |
| 3 | However , she points out proudly that her films have been faring better than her rival 's at the box office . |
| 4 | Over the past decade , practitioners in neighbourhood or community-based teams have been developing closer relationships with the people they serve . |
| 5 | In common with families in general , one parent families have been getting smaller . |
| 6 | To lure passengers away from El Al , its rivals have been offering larger commissions to travel agents . |
| 7 | A spokeswoman for the independent Kings Fund Institute said : ‘ There 's a myth that old people have been getting fitter . |
| 8 | Since the end of the Second World War people have been getting fatter . |
| 9 | Since then international agencies such as ICRISAT and IITA have been undertaking further research on the more fundamental adaptations that now appear to be required ( Hudson 1981 ) . |
| 10 | Business fluctuations have been getting larger and larger . |
| 11 | In recent years , the English courts have been making greater and more assertive use of their powers ; they retain , however , a proper sensitivity to the position of foreign countries , and exercise their discretion with that in mind . |
| 12 | United Kingdom manufactured exports have been increasing faster than world trade . |
| 13 | This year , despite the injuries which have befallen them , and the unfortunate suspension of the experienced Kieran McKeever , Derry believe that their preparations have been going better than last year . |