Example sentences of "have been [verb] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And finally , an animal sanctuary threatened with closure because of a cash shortage has been saved thanks to Central South viewers . |
| 2 | The total area of the site which has been developed runs to about 60,000 sq ft . |
| 3 | The first of a new family of drugs based on the leech has been developed thanks to a key piece of understanding provided by Huber 's team at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Germany . |
| 4 | For the last three months , the Government has been collecting responses to its proposals to overhaul the law on leasehold flats . |
| 5 | The cards , which cover the period from 1910 to 1945 , belong to David Watkins from Bangor in Gwynedd who has been collecting samples of nursing humour for many years . |
| 6 | Secondly , Parliament provided machinery for administration in the situation where the power to appoint a receiver does not exist , or where the power does exist but has not been exercised , or where the power has been exercised , but the person by whom or on whose behalf the receiver has been appointed consents to an order being made . |
| 7 | I understand that Ove Arup has been appointed consultants to the Welsh Office to evaluate various options/routes , and that you are a member of the company 's team assigned to this task . |
| 8 | A firm , such as a firm of accountants that has been appointed auditors to a company , can be an expert : see 3.4 . |
| 9 | ‘ In ophthalmology there have been some problems but a new consultant has been appointed thanks to increased funding made available by this government . |
| 10 | A round the world yachtsman has been telling tales of the sea to a group of schoolchildren who 've been supporting him on his latest adventure . |
| 11 | Someone who has been training horses for years once told me that the most important thing is to keep your youngster ‘ thinking forwards ’ . |
| 12 | Man has been training birds of prey since ancient times and I am in no doubt that success has always been based on patience , mutual trust and observation . |
| 13 | The base has been training airmen for more than half a century . |
| 14 | Photographer Robert Doisneau has been taking pictures of the city for sixty years . |
| 15 | He has been taking photographs for ten years and divides his time between Paris and New York , where he was born . |
| 16 | Charles Walker has recently returned from a world trip , during which he has been taking photographs in preparation for his next book . |
| 17 | Charles Walker has recently returned from a world trip , during which he has been taking photographs in preparation for his next book . |
| 18 | She has been working out in Sierra Leone for some years and has been taking children off the streets and teaching them the basics of domestic skills and education . ’ |
| 19 | For example , the Banana Company of Costa Rica , a subsidiary of United Brands , has been converting plantations to African palm production , an enterprise which has a guaranteed internal market , as Costa Rica imports nearly all its vegetable oil . |
| 20 | The serious fraud office has been sent details of a business deal drawn up by the former chairman of Oxford United Kevin Maxwell , and the former managing director of Derby County . |
| 21 | Mrs Jean Broke-Smith , the Lucie Clayton principal , who has been coaching debs for the show for 20 years , described the problem : ‘ Even though these girls are much more self-assured than their equivalent 20 years ago they still need to be told to push their hips and pelvis forward and to keep their bottoms tucked in , ’ she said . |
| 22 | He has been given instructions to this effect . |
| 23 | The 47-year-old man has been given nicknames by his disgruntled staff , the tribunal was told . |
| 24 | According to the US PC Week , the company has been outlining plans for a Workplace family of operating systems built under the Workplace Shell and a microkernel that will be scaled for machines ranging from handheld devices to multi-processer RISC machines . |
| 25 | A court has been hearing details of twenty one offences committed by the boy in a seven month period . |
| 26 | Hanson has been earning megabucks for decades ; his personal wealth is estimated at around £100m and speculation is rife that before he retires he will go out with a final spectacular takeover . |
| 27 | Consequently , industry practice has been to reinforce policies of vertical ownership — the creation of an ‘ internal ’ market — as a more effective method of managing the uncertainties ( UNCTC , 1981 ; Hennart , 1988 ) . |
| 28 | As I get out of the second tube I see someone has been scratching letters off the sign above the door . |
| 29 | Several members have sent submissions to a national review called ‘ Enjoying the Outdoors ’ , and John Taylor , the secretary , has been monitoring developments in forestry . |
| 30 | The first to report back , later this month , will be the E&T team , which has been considering ways of making chartered accountancy training more attractive . |