Example sentences of "[n mass] have [be] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farther north , in the Jaffna peninsula , where the rebels are strong , government aircraft have been bombing civilian areas . |
| 2 | A great many people have been getting good local press publicity for Medau during the summer . |
| 3 | A spokeswoman for the independent Kings Fund Institute said : ‘ There 's a myth that old people have been getting fitter . |
| 4 | Since the end of the Second World War people have been getting fatter . |
| 5 | Hundreds of people have been auditioning this week for the chance to be one of the faces in the crowd . |
| 6 | Probably , most people have been doing this for ages , but I ca n't remember seeing it , so if it helps anyone , great . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ Throughout the 1980s more people have been working each year in Darlington . |
| 8 | At one hospital staff have been taking extra steps to make sure patients know what choices they have , and they say the results are dramatic . |
| 9 | POSC member companies — the oil industry 's open systems user organisation — and the group 's permanent staff have been evaluating potential SIP components since last December . |
| 10 | More recently , record company and music publishing A&R staff have been assessing much of the same talent from different standpoints . |
| 11 | In the last 18 months alone Megatech has shipped in excess of 4500 copies of TAS , and since the beginning of this year sales have been averaging 400 units a month . |