Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a long time KFW has been promoting in particular the small and medium scale sector of the economy , i.e. it grants loans at favourable interest rates to small and medium sized enterprises to make up for their specific financing disadvantages … |
| 2 | In fact , like the many German towns vying with one another in the Eighties , Nîmes decided on the building before it even had a collection to put into it , and since 1984 it has been buying in three areas with assistance from funds specially designated by the State for regional museums to collect contemporary works : French art from 1960 to 1990 , with the Nouveau Réalisme and Figuration Libre via the Support-Surface movement ; the Mediterranean scene , with art from southern France , Spain and Italy , with Arte Povera and the Transavanguardia , and represented by artists such as Jose Maria Sicilia , Miquel Barcelo , Susanna Solano , Janis Kounellis , Mario Merz , Giuseppe Penone and Enzo Cucchi ; a taste of English and German tendencies , with Richard Long , Hamish Fulton , Gerhard Richter , Imi Knoebel , Helmut Dorner and others . |
| 3 | March 17th is my traditional early chiffchaff date and although a journey south to Poole and a short time near possible sites on that day , yielded no hearing of the bird , one has been singing in this garden today . |
| 4 | For the reasons explained above , the interest in script recognition systems has been expanding in recent years . |
| 5 | I draw his attention to the fact that we are now net exporters of televisions whereas we were net importers under the Labour party and to the fact that motor output has been expanding in recent years whereas it was declining under Labour . |
| 6 | Mr. Bill Walker : The Hon. Gentleman will be aware that since its inception the SDA has been investing in this way throughout Scotland and in companies . |
| 7 | Then the eggs the queen has been laying in such abundance begin to hatch into small grubs . |
| 8 | With the same courage she showed in the playground , Howey has been competing in senior international events since the age of 15 , winning the world and European junior championships as well as senior bronze and silver medals at world and European level . |
| 9 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman is aware of the fact that unemployment has been rising in most European Community countries and that it is higher than it was a year ago in every EFTA and G7 country . |
| 10 | Within the major firms this stock has been rising in some cases at over 20% per annum , and has proved to be a very good investment in spite of not being on the market . |
| 11 | In his search he was aided by a number of new roads which the Mexican government has been building in this area to open up new regions to cultivation . |
| 12 | Ferrin , the Northern Ireland 10,000 metres champion , has been impressing in half marathons recently and although he only finished third at Ballyclare he has the pedigree to sustain a challenge from early in the race . |
| 13 | Margaret has been teaching in that particular home for five years . |
| 14 | It is tough on criminals and supportive of police , and it has been languishing in these hallowed halls for years now . " |
| 15 | Industrial production has been falling in many of the world 's largest economies — over the last year it has fallen 2 per cent in Italy ; by 2.5 per cent in France ; by 6.5 per cent in Germany ; and by 7 per cent in Japan . |
| 16 | However , the value of this additional source of income has been falling in real terms over the last decade . |
| 17 | My first shot was ‘ Incomes policy and exchange rates ’ which rather reveals perhaps the track upon which I find my own mind has been running in recent months if not years . |
| 18 | The trading performance of many sectors is very good , and that trading performance has been strengthening in recent months , as the hon. Gentleman should know . |
| 19 | The Wales-based artist Alex Beleschenko has been working in recent years on large-scale architectural commissions for stained glass . |
| 20 | It is crucial to identify the source of the methane in order to be able to devise appropriate remedies , and FPG has been working in this area for some time . |
| 21 | He has been working in this vein since the late Sixties , when only hippies , greens and cranks thought it was important . |
| 22 | Leonie von Wilckens has been working in this area for over thirty years from her base at the German National Museum in Nuremberg , home of a major textile collection . |
| 23 | And this week the IMF made public what everyone has been saying in private : that there can be little foreign help on offer until the Soviet Union reforms its ‘ rotten ’ economy . |
| 24 | Steve Pope of Dereham , Norfolk , has been concentrating in recent times on improving the radio fit in Sugar and a number of boxes have been found on the shelves at the Museum 's store and restoration facility at Cardington . |
| 25 | trade unionism has been failing in this country for the last fourteen years . |
| 26 | The junk-bond industry has been indulging in some quasi-securitisation of its own . |
| 27 | The change has been striking in two areas , with women 's issues and environmental concerns thrust to the head of the party agenda . |
| 28 | Olivia Ensor ( Mrs Coolidge ) has been exhibiting in various local art exhibitions . |
| 29 | Mum Cheryl needs a heart-lung transplant but she has been waiting in vain for a donor since January . |
| 30 | In Dering Street , Annely Juda makes a strong start to the new year with her first exhibition of new works by Hamish Fulton who has been walking in recent months in Norway , France and Spain ( 28 January-6 March ) . |