Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] been going [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years . |
| 2 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 3 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 4 | I understand that revision of the regulations , which has been going on for sometime , is reaching its final phase . |
| 5 | Now the District Council have taken a lot of money off this town , over the market stalls now , for a number of years , and I believe if they 're going to do a scheme like this which has been going on now for over eight years , it should be done all in one go . |
| 6 | As my hon. and learned Friend has accepted the closure of Bir Zeit is part of the systematic infringement of the Geneva convention by Israel which has been going on for years , should not a more robust approach therefore be taken , both by our Government and by the European Community , and should not economic measures at some stage be taken in relation to Israel to prevent the continuation of such unacceptable violations of human rights and of the Geneva convention ? |
| 7 | I say metamorphosing because it is our firm intention to continue the natural development process which has been going on in recent years , rather than make any radical changes just because we are now a university . |
| 8 | They 're part of a re-organisation which has been going on since the Nationwide merged with the Anglia Building Society five years ago . |
| 9 | Now may be the time they are willing to tell you what has been going on . |
| 10 | The move is symbolic of what has been going on at H&C since George Paul , the chief executive , took over two years ago . |
| 11 | It would seem that the birth of Isaac has made all the difference , and might hold the clue to our question about what has been going on . |
| 12 | We must stop , as we stopped at the end of the story of the binding of Isaac , that other story about God bringing a bearer of his promises to the brink of death , and ask more about what has been going on . |
| 13 | He said : My impression is that what has been going on over a period of years has come from , or been led by , a small mafia group of MI5 who have contacts outside in one or two sections of the press , and a few self-appointed private enterprise security agents . |
| 14 | Answering this kind of question will inevitably involve you in a certain amount of guesswork , because you ca n't know for certain what has been going on , but some assumptions are more likely than others . |
| 15 | ‘ If so , perhaps you can tell me what has been going on up at the Hall that has made Miss Hatherby stop your lessons . ’ |
| 16 | People have known for some time what has been going on , and I 'm surprised it has taken this long to come out into the open . |
| 17 | This time the army has gone out of its way to make it clear , publicly , that it has no views on what has been going on . |
| 18 | ‘ Doctor , what has been going on ? ’ |
| 19 | This brief outline gives some idea of what has been going on and where we have got to , a brief outline of the key tasks , and the progress made on these . |
| 20 | However let us turn to what has been going on in Mid-Wales : — |
| 21 | Although all of us are deeply concerned to know precisely what happened in East Timor , will she bear it in mind that , since Indonesia took over East Timor a few years ago , there has been considerable development of the infrastructure in that country , and that , although no one condones that massacre , we must know what has been going on before we adopt the language that we heard from the Labour party ? |
| 22 | ‘ It reinforces and give practice to what has been going on during the day , ’ he says . |
| 23 | Harriet Harman , shadow Treasury chief secretary , said : ‘ The last thing the country needs at the moment is a dogfight in the Cabinet and that is what has been going on . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ What 's been going on , then ? ’ asked Simon . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got a good idea what 's been going on . ’ |
| 26 | They tell us what 's been happening on the unit that we 're going to be working on , so that we know what 's been going on for the morning . ’ |
| 27 | Maybe we can beat the interference ; get more information on what 's been going on out here . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ What 's been going on ? |
| 29 | My people ca n't afford to let it be known what 's been going on here . ’ |
| 30 | Lamb said : ‘ We are aware of what 's been going on in India and obviously things are not as rosey as we would have liked , but we all hope the conflict will die down . |