Example sentences of "that [verb] been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is unfortunate , for a series that has been gestating for three years . |
| 2 | Women , Art and Society is a synthesis of work that has been progressing for twenty years about women and the visual arts . |
| 3 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 4 | The American versus British female stereotype is a trans-Atlantic difference of opinion that has been raging for decades . |
| 5 | In the first place it is a single system of examinations in place of the dual system that has been operating for the last twenty-two years . |
| 6 | It is argued that the traditional bureaucratic mechanistic structure that has been operating for so long can no longer cope with the dynamic environment that we now live in . |
| 7 | An event that has been occurring for only five years before the enactment of the 1986 Act is of a more dubious standing . |
| 8 | For a band that has been performing for around a decade , their output is remarkably small , but perfectly formed . |
| 9 | ‘ There is a danger in any organisation that has been going for twenty years of attracting a clique and closing the doors on others . |
| 10 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 11 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
| 12 | Like the ‘ Samson ’ , it is an important rediscovery , once in the Demidoff Collection , that had been missing for decades and was last seen in at the C.L.Cardon sale in Brussels in 1921 . |
| 13 | And the NRPB 's move also emphasized a process that had been continuing for many years . |
| 14 | They gave him a letter that had been waiting for his arrival . |
| 15 | It may also have been that the government was unwilling to lend further strength to the clamour for the reform of the Official Secrets Act ( which has now happened ) that had been mounting for some years . |
| 16 | Surely this was something that had been threatening for years ? |
| 17 | In Australia , he had rejuvenated a sport that had been declining for years ; in England , he did exactly the same , leaving people exhilarated by his team 's play wherever they went and creating a great new surge of interest in the game . |
| 18 | A lone man at nearly midnight , wearing a thin jacket in a storm that had been blowing for over an hour … |
| 19 | ‘ An accumulation of socioeconomic problems that have been developing for 25 years are closing in on blacks like a vice , ’ says veteran African-American author and social theorist Harold Cruse . |
| 20 | and outside the porches , to light their number up outside their house , erm people do n't seem to have erm , really changed their ideas very much , we still sell the same type of fitting to people , er the one that goes over the garage doors , on the corner of the , of the house wall , er lanterns er outside the front door with coloured glass in them er things that have been going for |
| 21 | Among the host of popular classes that have been running for several years — upholstery , art , body conditioning , keep fit , body talk , jazz dance , electronic organ , and two levels of French — there are also the more recent additions of appreciation of poetry , yoga for beginners and dressmaking . |
| 22 | While everyone was careful to avoid the word ‘ black ’ in their statements , the fact remains that the ‘ minority ’ workshop , which was overseen by one Ramona Edelin of the National Urban Coalition , an urban action organisation founded in 1967 , was really a reflection on the efforts of some of the black inspired programmes that have been running for years in America . |
| 23 | For example in the case of deep bed undergravel filters that have been running for years , a gravel cleaner is attached to the intake of the power filter and as the gravel is hoovered the mulm is trapped in the filter and clean water returned to the tank . |
| 24 | Yes but then thinking about those that have been running for some time . |
| 25 | erm Has that been a concern of unions , or has it been other sorts of organisations that have been pressing for them over the years ? |
| 26 | ‘ There it is — the bush — trees that have been standing for hundreds of years . ’ |
| 27 | It 's a time bomb that 's been ticking for centuries and the fuse has always been gold . |
| 28 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that let Windows applications run on Unix desktops . |
| 29 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that enable Windows applications to run under Unix on desktop systems . |
| 30 | do you want a cup of tea that 's been stewing for three days ? |