Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] has been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hard core of nine fell walkers has been keeping the Company flag flying across the country . |
| 2 | Interim reporting has been attracting a great deal of attention over the past year . |
| 3 | We can plausibly infer that crime has been increasing in the last two to three decades , presenting a problem for explanation and policy . |
| 4 | For a week now the person — or thing — in that study has been crying night and day for some special chemical powders . |
| 5 | This seemingly symbiotic link has been damaging to the more general applicability of these criteria in other contexts . |
| 6 | This course has been experiencing a rising age profile in entrants and a particularly sharp increase in the over 35 age group . |
| 7 | One of the country 's top chefs has been sampling life at the bottom … testing school dinners . |
| 8 | There are a number of problems caused by a protracted campaign — and arguably , this election has been going on since last autumn when everyone started wondering whether Major could pull it off . |
| 9 | British Ropes has been examining the 80-year-old bridge and in a report to Cleveland County Council says 18 large bolts need to be replaced . |
| 10 | This department has been running an experimental scheme called project . |
| 11 | This industry has been spending a great deal of money lobbying intensively in Brussels and Strasbourg to reduce restrictions of their trade . |
| 12 | OVER the past two months , an electronic device called the 810 enhancement has been arriving in Britain from the US . |
| 13 | It has been known for some time that the Inland Revenue has been taking a close interest in the marketing practices of livestock farmers in parts of Wales and the West Country . |
| 14 | Reports that have reached us suggest that the Inland Revenue has been attempting to shake off its former austere image by offering some visitors refreshment . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The man regarded as the all-time superstar of British Football has been meeting old friends at a special lunch in his honour . |
| 17 | The 84-year-old Oscar-winner has been fighting a losing battle against failing sight for the past year . |
| 18 | The Scottish Council has been estimating the value of Scottish manufactured exports since the early 1960 's and is the only organisation producing regular and comprehensive statistics on this aspect of Scottish economic activity . |
| 19 | The Scottish Council has been estimating the value of Scottish manufactured exports since the early 1960 's and is the only organisation in Scotland producing regular and comprehensive statistics on this aspect of Scottish economic activity . |
| 20 | British Telecom has been installing extra lines ‘ in terraced houses all over the capital ’ so that some stockbrokers , bankers and insurance agents can work from home . |
| 21 | British Telecom has been putting on the pressure since Mercury was granted a licence in February last year . |
| 22 | British Telecom has been demonstrating a video phone with BT says will sell for £800 a pair . |
| 23 | In Britain , British Telecom has been running video conferencing studios for the past 12 years . |
| 24 | In this sense , social work has been struggling to free itself from the same trap as much of British industry . |
| 25 | Ignoring Matilda , he turned to his son and said , ‘ I 'm always glad to buy a car when some fool has been crashing the gears so badly they 're all worn out and rattle like mad . |
| 26 | The length of this period has been declining , partly because people are choosing to have smaller families . |
| 27 | Roger Kelly , who coordinates its work explains : ‘ For 15 years this place has been going through a slow , organic evolution . |
| 28 | This group has been doubling resolving power of the SAM ( its ability to see detail ) every year since its invention , and the device can now surpass the resolution of the best optical instruments . |
| 29 | The poor old dear has been having a hard time of late . |
| 30 | As one might expect from the rise in the divorce rate , the proportion of single-parent families has been increasing . |