Example sentences of "[conj] has be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is unfortunate , for a series that has been gestating for three years . |
| 2 | Women , Art and Society is a synthesis of work that has been progressing for twenty years about women and the visual arts . |
| 3 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 4 | The American versus British female stereotype is a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion that has been raging for decades . |
| 5 | In the first place it is a single system of examinations in place of the dual system that has been operating for the last twenty-two years . |
| 6 | It is argued that the traditional bureaucratic mechanistic structure that has been operating for so long can no longer cope with the dynamic environment that we now live in . |
| 7 | An event that has been occurring for only five years before the enactment of the 1986 Act is of a more dubious standing . |
| 8 | For a band that has been performing for around a decade , their output is remarkably small , but perfectly formed . |
| 9 | ‘ There is a danger in any organisation that has been going for twenty years of attracting a clique and closing the doors on others . |
| 10 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 11 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
| 12 | Zimbabwe supports controlled culling of its large elephant population and has been looking for legal ways to cover the costs . |
| 13 | The tank is 60″ × 24″ × 18″ and has been running for twelve weeks . |
| 14 | IDG World Expo is trying to pull together a Unix Fair ‘ 93/Tokyo for December 8 to 10 at the Pacifico Yokohama and has been touting for prospects for the show at UniForum . |
| 15 | Can I also say really I agree with Martin when he said erm , and has been saying for at least six months that surely we have more important things to , to talk about than , than this and I 'm sorry for Martin that he had to erm , give in really and put this I was the movement of the amendment in January ninety two erm , which confirmed that the rights of tenants and old occupiers of land in county council ownership to er allow or stop fox hunting over land in their care . |
| 16 | Warwick , 38 , and a veteran of 131 Grands Prix , won the world sportscar championship with Peugeot this year and has been itching for a chance to get back in the big time of Formula One . |
| 17 | Often the pilot is lost and has been worrying for the past half an hour about where he is . |