Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have [be] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may seem ironic to onlookers that the very parents who have been complaining loud and long about the difficulty of sharing their home with impossible teenage children , should be lamenting the fact that they 've left , only a few months later . |
| 2 | Members range from major companies who have been using home-based workers for years to self-employed solicitors , translators and public relations people . |
| 3 | Those who have been living near to parents or who have remained in very close touch with them , are going to feel the immediate absence of the parent they loved more keenly than those who have broken away from close family ties and kept up only a dutiful contact with father or mother . |
| 4 | The only people who are likely to experience extended periods of spontaneous regression are those who have been practising deep meditation over a prolonged period of time and have reached a high degree of competence in this field . |
| 5 | But the horridly fascinating subtlety of the mite 's means of infestation has only just become clear , thanks to Dr Nigel Franks and colleagues at the University of Bath , who have been studying infested colonies in observation nests . |
| 6 | The researchers from the University of Florida who have been studying marine bacteria say their discovery shows how an ecosystem can change and be flexible . |
| 7 | But John Heddle , who chairs the Conservative parliamentary environment committee , was confident it would be enough to ‘ buy off ’ most of those Tory MPs , particularly in marginal seats in the North and North-west of England , who have been putting intense pressure on ministers . |
| 8 | Scientists who have been preparing commissioned material for publication in Western journals and books are having their manuscripts frozen , often without notification and , at best , with a curt note from the publishers . |