Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been using [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it probably sounds odd that I am suggesting negotiating a written agreement with your teenager , psychologists have been using business-style contracts to resolve family conflicts for some years now . |
| 2 | Other unit trust managers have been using statistical tools to measure volatility as an aid to investment . |
| 3 | This was in response to reports that Collor 's main political advisers had been using federal funds to solicit the votes of the 168 deputies needed to fend off the impeachment initiative . |
| 4 | Americans have been using 60/40 material for jackets and trousers for years , yet for some reason it 's never quite caught on in this country . |
| 5 | She tried to tell him that hospitals had been using such beds for years , but he just went into another tantrum . |
| 6 | Other publishers have been using unusual marketing tools this year . |
| 7 | The West Germans had been using this technique to stimulate postwar rebuilding since the 1950s , and the Department of the Environment clearly saw some parallels . |
| 8 | The Belgrade-based news agency Tanjug quoted Serb forces as saying Muslims had been using heavy artillery to bombard Serb positions in the Bratunac region of eastern Bosnia . |
| 9 | In addition , there has also been press criticism that ministers have been using advance knowledge to influence market and media opinion . |
| 10 | EC Commission vice-president , Sir Leon Brittan , has promised the European Parliament that he will investigate claims that the Italian authorities have been using unfair means to acquire public control of the Italian chemical industry . |