Example sentences of "have been concentrating on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SDIO has been concentrating on limited ground-based systems . |
| 2 | ‘ So far ’ , Iain Anderson reports , ‘ the group has been concentrating on gathering information on the courses available in the SCOTVEC and SEB systems to attempt to produce clear advice to teachers and pupils on the ‘ pathways ’ through the various options . |
| 3 | Aldercine Hodson , Ruth Lawrence and Moya Hood taught in this area from the late sixties , but more recently Aldercine has been concentrating on classes with Active Retirement Clubs , as well as people with other special needs , and has organised several Sport/Fun Days for people with disabilities . |
| 4 | Norfolk has been concentrating on promoting Medau with a view to increasing class membership . |
| 5 | My whole thinking , every waking moment should have been concentrating on the 100 metres in which I was still convinced , despite losing to Carl in Madrid earlier in the season , that I could take the gold medal . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , you should have been concentrating on what you were saying . |
| 7 | Maggie glanced sideways at the river , having been concentrating on the fairly heavy traffic . |
| 8 | Up to this time Jones had been concentrating on his muon work for which the DOE had been providing the funding . |
| 9 | Reluctantly realizing that major investment from the City was increasingly unlikely , they had been concentrating on the unions and council pension funds . |
| 10 | After such drawings became fashionable ( and thus more expensive ) in recent years , Bean had been concentrating on filling in gaps in the Metropolitan 's collection of nineteenth-century French drawings , purchasing sheets by the academic painters Henri Lehmann , Isadore Pils , Ferdinand Cormon and Hippolyte Flandrin . |
| 11 | ‘ Having a fling with Barbs is n't faithlessness , ’ said Constance , who had been concentrating on this very matter for her own reasons . |
| 12 | The dossers and down-and-outs of Glasgow between 1985 and 1987 , then a different kind of hooligan , then onto a series of a little boy with a yacht and then in 1990–1 I did a huge series of faces and , in the last year , I 've been concentrating on thug images with bow necks and caps and dogs . |
| 13 | So far we 've been concentrating on Meryl 's reasons for hanging round on the gallery in the middle of the night ; all well and good , but what was Gladys doing there ? ’ |
| 14 | The dossers and down-and-outs of Glasgow between 1985 and 1987 , then a different kind of hooligan , then onto a series of a little boy with a yacht and then in 1990–1 I did a huge series of faces and , in the last year , I 've been concentrating on thug images with bow necks and caps and dogs . |
| 15 | I 've been concentrating on my technique , so soon I could try working straight on to the plate . |
| 16 | I 've been concentrating on trying |
| 17 | ‘ Since the turn of the year — and not before ! — I 've been concentrating on my retirement , while my wife Irene continues part-time mid-wifery , ’ says Bob . |
| 18 | This week I 've been concentrating on the serious matter of the winter wardrobe . |
| 19 | Research groups in Europe and the US have been concentrating on altering the genetic structure of certain animals to make their organs more acceptable to the human body . |
| 20 | ‘ They have been concentrating on the targetted London seats , ’ said his agent Anne Harradine . |
| 21 | So far , we have been concentrating on describing the ‘ conversational topic ’ , but neglecting the notion of speaker 's topic . |
| 22 | I have been concentrating on a report of the Select Committee on Welsh Affairs on Inward Investment into Wales . |
| 23 | ‘ The criminals have been concentrating on sheds , outhouses and garages and taking bikes , lawnmowers and garden equipment , ’ the crime prevention officer at Antrim Road explained . |
| 24 | So we can only concentrate our efforts and what we have been concentrating our efforts on is not turning any place into a nuclear dump , then we have been concentrating on our union 's policy which is the retention of all the facilities and job security for our members . |
| 25 | Recently she 's been concentrating on developing her own career , with a new album doing the rounds , and a very heavy touring schedule in the offing . |