Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [been] [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Multi-processors seem to be the flavour of the day at the moment and IBM Corp has been promising a multi-processing addition to its RS/6000 line for some time , so it 's not too surprising that we hear it 'll announce one in around six weeks for delivery later in the year . |
| 2 | Microsoft Corp has been talking a little more about its planned Cairo — now called Windows Cairo — object-oriented operating system , and far from being a distant prospect , it looks as if it will come hard on the heels of Windows NT , with a professional developers ' kit available as soon as early next year according to the late Systems & Network Integration . |
| 3 | Two organisations have now managed to set up clearing facilities enabling them to dispense hard currency in Moscow : Credobank , a Moscow-based commercial bank , began offering cash advances to Visa card holders from early March and American Express has been offering a limited service to its card holders from its Moscow representative office ; Credobank has an on-line connection to a London clearing centre to check all cards — the connection was organised by Sprint Networks ; the bank also plans to offer cash service in some Moscow hotels . |
| 4 | In the preceding part of the text , the writer has been describing a particular racehorse ( He ) which had been fitted with blinkers ( them ) for its previous race ( on that occasion ) . |
| 5 | This course has been experiencing a rising age profile in entrants and a particularly sharp increase in the over 35 age group . |
| 6 | Since September 1984 the University has been undertaking a major development plan at Magee , rapidly increasing student numbers and establishing a range of innovative , career-orientated courses with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary scholarship involving all faculties . |
| 7 | Since September 1984 the University has been undertaking a major development plan at Magee , rapidly increasing student numbers and establishing a range of innovative , career-orientated courses with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary scholarship involving all faculties . |
| 8 | Edinburgh University has been running a Media and Theological Education project since1986 to look at ways in which the media affect people 's perceptions of the world , themselves and God . |
| 9 | For over a year ‘ Maude 's ’ boiler has been undergoing a complete overhaul at a works in Cornwall at a cost of £70,000 , which included the installation of a new steel firebox . |
| 10 | The southern icy continent has been yielding a harvest of strange meteorites |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | One of the best known names in football has been teaching a group of schoolchildren some of the skills which took him to the top of the game . |
| 13 | This industry has been spending a great deal of money lobbying intensively in Brussels and Strasbourg to reduce restrictions of their trade . |
| 14 | Peer review has been having a hard time recently , while there is still widespread anger that the UGC 's devastating 1981 economies were resolved with little or no explanation of the philosophy behind them . |
| 15 | But let's not ignore the fact that , despite this , rock has been undergoing a certain process of feminisation over the last couple of years . |
| 16 | Interim reporting has been attracting a great deal of attention over the past year . |
| 17 | In the meantime , the Examination Committee has been investing a good deal of effort in communicating with tutors , students , and training organisations about what is being tested in the examinations , by , for example , issuing definitions and illustrations of the skills assessed . |
| 18 | The 84-year-old Oscar-winner has been fighting a losing battle against failing sight for the past year . |
| 19 | ‘ You know , St. David , that Welsh rugby has been having a terrible time lately . |
| 20 | The local parish council has been debating a possible site since nineteen sixty-four . |
| 21 | The local parish council has been debating a possible site since nineteen sixty-four . |
| 22 | Britain 's champion in the sport has been lending a helping hand . |
| 23 | Dickinson 's view that early Anglo-Saxon archaeology lacks a good theoretical framework is an extraordinarily isolationist one , when archaeology has been undergoing a revolution in thinking since the beginning of the 1960s and which has been dominated by theoretical considerations appropriate to all archaeological periods , including the post-Roman periods . |
| 24 | Despite the often flagrant commercialism of its rather lightweight extravaganzas , the Palais has been running a deficit well beyond its more than C$2 million annual subsidy from the city . |
| 25 | Like Terry Venables calling for a pre-match arsenic , the old trouper knows that the best way to disarm your critics is to make ‘ em laugh , but the joke has been wearing a bit thin , and it was with some relief that he swopped his sheepish smile for a satisfied one . |
| 26 | There are few indications that that marvellous high level of incorruptibility has been cracking a little bit , are n't there ? |
| 27 | A former inmate at Gloucester jail has been telling a jury how a senior prison officer beat him across the back . |
| 28 | The style of the Victorian era has been enjoying a revival , first with the conservatory and now reproduction cloches . |
| 29 | The poor old dear has been having a hard time of late . |
| 30 | Your husband 's been having a busy week . ’ |