Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interim reporting has been attracting a great deal of attention over the past year . |
| 2 | We can plausibly infer that crime has been increasing in the last two to three decades , presenting a problem for explanation and policy . |
| 3 | For a week now the person — or thing — in that study has been crying night and day for some special chemical powders . |
| 4 | This seemingly symbiotic link has been damaging to the more general applicability of these criteria in other contexts . |
| 5 | This course has been experiencing a rising age profile in entrants and a particularly sharp increase in the over 35 age group . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This department has been running an experimental scheme called project . |
| 8 | This industry has been spending a great deal of money lobbying intensively in Brussels and Strasbourg to reduce restrictions of their trade . |
| 9 | OVER the past two months , an electronic device called the 810 enhancement has been arriving in Britain from the US . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The man regarded as the all-time superstar of British Football has been meeting old friends at a special lunch in his honour . |
| 14 | It 's not just that Mr Parnham knows the count , it 's an idea the old boy 's been floating for a while , so he tells me . |
| 15 | The 84-year-old Oscar-winner has been fighting a losing battle against failing sight for the past year . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And erm then the Inspector then found out if this scum works is going to carry on charging through these men . |
| 19 | In this sense , social work has been struggling to free itself from the same trap as much of British industry . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The length of this period has been declining , partly because people are choosing to have smaller families . |
| 22 | Roger Kelly , who coordinates its work explains : ‘ For 15 years this place has been going through a slow , organic evolution . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The poor old dear has been having a hard time of late . |
| 25 | Apparently this person 's been going out all hours of the day and night . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't have anything to say to the nonsense our French friend has been uttering . |
| 27 | ‘ Because she 's still fixated with her idea that Old Red 's been carrying a torch for your aunt for years , and it 's now burst into a fine new flame . |
| 28 | While the hon. Gentleman has been travelling up and down the country assuring the training and enterprise councils of his support , the hon. Member for Fife , Central , his fellow Front-Bench spokesman on these matters , has been singing a somewhat different tune . |
| 29 | You see , I refrain from outlining just what this gentleman has been saying to me — about you all . |
| 30 | wo woken up and heard her come in and that he 's had her standing in front of him and the old finger 's been going , exactly what he 's doing now , he 's done it with his |