Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expenses cashier Fiona Smith has been collecting the small change when people have returned from overseas business trips and holidays over the last six months . |
| 2 | As you 've been reading this book God has been telling the Holy Spirit to make the bits that are especially important for you to stick in your mind . |
| 3 | Eric Forth has been telling an international petroleum seminar in Dunstable that there 's no need to step in and limit the price rises . |
| 4 | Joe has been learning the great man 's speeches and studying his mannerisms , but does he really look likely Winston at all ? |
| 5 | In making his diplomatic push , Mr Bush agreed to continue US support for Unita , which has been receiving a covert aid programme of between $40-$50m ( £25-£30m ) a year . |
| 6 | It has been known for some time that the Inland Revenue has been taking a close interest in the marketing practices of livestock farmers in parts of Wales and the West Country . |
| 7 | She has been taking a small holiday . |
| 8 | A working group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has been taking a fresh look at the problem , and its report was endorsed by the college this week . |
| 9 | Britain 's Vivienne Westwood has been taking the historical fantasy tablets for some time . |
| 10 | Since 1978 the World Bank has been publishing an annual World Development Report with a growing number of ‘ world development indicators ’ tables ( eighteen tables in 1978 , twenty-seven in 1983 , thirty-three in 1988 ) , based for the most part on UN and internal World Bank data sources . |
| 11 | In the meantime , the Examination Committee has been investing a good deal of effort in communicating with tutors , students , and training organisations about what is being tested in the examinations , by , for example , issuing definitions and illustrations of the skills assessed . |
| 12 | His family has been farming the same land for generations but this year he has sown no cereal crops and has not even bothered to string the hops in the hop gardens . |
| 13 | She has been spreading the Comic Relief message since she went to see a Comic Relief project for homeless young people in London two years ago . |
| 14 | The local parish council has been debating a possible site since nineteen sixty-four . |
| 15 | The local parish council has been debating a possible site since nineteen sixty-four . |
| 16 | According to Computerworld , Softlab recently offered $350m for the company — which has been experiencing a rough time of late , reporting mid-term losses of $3.5m back in January . |
| 17 | This course has been experiencing a rising age profile in entrants and a particularly sharp increase in the over 35 age group . |
| 18 | One of the solictors acting for another trustee says that it appears Mrs Hilali has been living the good life . |
| 19 | But let's not ignore the fact that , despite this , rock has been undergoing a certain process of feminisation over the last couple of years . |
| 20 | For over a year ‘ Maude 's ’ boiler has been undergoing a complete overhaul at a works in Cornwall at a cost of £70,000 , which included the installation of a new steel firebox . |
| 21 | She is the Santa Maria del Sud and had recently been brought down under tow from the Argentine naval base near Buenos Aires where she has been undergoing a complete refit . |
| 22 | For some years , the suit has been undergoing a softening process ; the shoulders have lost their stiffness , fabrics have become lighter . |
| 23 | ‘ Music has been undergoing a subtle revolution . |
| 24 | ‘ But what is happening is shared internal experiences that become easy to share with somebody who has been undergoing the same kind of experience , then you can find out a lot more of what you 've undergone because people will find different ways of describing it , different metaphors . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But what is happening is shared internal experiences that become easy to share with somebody who has been undergoing the same kind of experience , then you can find out a lot more of what you 've undergone because people will find different ways of describing it , different metaphors . ’ |
| 26 | The leader of Britain 's biggest union has been touring an old industrial battleground , to see how times have changed . |
| 27 | Twenty eight year old Susan Magill has been trying a homoeopathic approach to help her improve her diet and lose weight . |
| 28 | Xhosa-speakers generally support the African National Congress , which has been waging a small-scale war with followers of the Zulu-orientated Inkatha Freedom Party for the past week in Johannesburg 's townships . |
| 29 | In his letter of resignation to the party leader , Mr Rezsoe Nyers , with whom he has been waging a long-running feud , Mr Nemeth stated he had no option but to resign . |
| 30 | Mick Hardy , Trinity House River Lights Attendant , who is responsible for the seven shore lights along the Thames , has been waging an escalating battle against vandalism which , he says , increases during school holidays . |