Example sentences of "this [noun sg] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This course has been experiencing a rising age profile in entrants and a particularly sharp increase in the over 35 age group . |
| 2 | There are a number of problems caused by a protracted campaign — and arguably , this election has been going on since last autumn when everyone started wondering whether Major could pull it off . |
| 3 | This department has been running an experimental scheme called project . |
| 4 | This industry has been spending a great deal of money lobbying intensively in Brussels and Strasbourg to reduce restrictions of their trade . |
| 5 | Within the major firms this stock has been rising in some cases at over 20% per annum , and has proved to be a very good investment in spite of not being on the market . |
| 6 | A THOUSAND stalkers on the Scottish hills this winter have been shooting deer to keep their record numbers under control . |
| 7 | I 've got a bit of a conflict of interest here straightaway because the actual case that Roy is talking about is actually my brother and I at this moment have been complaining to the Lloyds Policy Unit in respect of erm this particular policy , because the company that was actually trading went into liquidation . |
| 8 | The length of this period has been declining , partly because people are choosing to have smaller families . |
| 9 | Roger Kelly , who coordinates its work explains : ‘ For 15 years this place has been going through a slow , organic evolution . |
| 10 | This group has been doubling resolving power of the SAM ( its ability to see detail ) every year since its invention , and the device can now surpass the resolution of the best optical instruments . |
| 11 | This microlight had been flying with the right wingtip set to maximum incidence , but with the left at one setting of reduced incidence from neutral . |
| 12 | Some people in this town have been saying things about me . |
| 13 | Apparently this person 's been going out all hours of the day and night . ’ |
| 14 | In the course of our investigation it turned out that this character had been lying low , wanted by Bristol CID on fraud charges . ’ |
| 15 | For the last 5 years , chemists in Gloucestershire which display this sign have been operating a needle exchange system . |
| 16 | You see , I refrain from outlining just what this gentleman has been saying to me — about you all . |
| 17 | This woman 's been coming from Holland every year for the last fourteen years |
| 18 | Our problem this season has been stopping them . |
| 19 | In the UK , this ideal has been eroding for some time and seems unlikely to survive the escalating costs of current treatments . |
| 20 | ‘ This magazine has been giving me a hard time . |
| 21 | This row , this argument had been brewing all season long . |
| 22 | The call came yesterday from Peter Seaman , the new president of the National Federation of Retail Newsagents , which this week has been holding its annual conference in Llandudno . |
| 23 | An informal group formed this week has been mobilising the support of cricket clubs throughout the island to stay away from the game . |
| 24 | It is hoped to achieve the 15% reduction in staffing by the employment of temporary staff as vacancies occur and this policy has been operating since 1 April 1992 . |
| 25 | This pattern has been changing ; there is a tendency now for girls to keep their babies , and over the last year or so girls have been sent there for a variety of other reasons , but essentially so that they can be assessed on their ability to care for their child . |
| 26 | Erm what this is really about , I think we all recognise this is the erm purchaser aim to increase their leverage in the contract situation as against the providers on the other side of contract and in fact , I think we ought to tie this very much more in with what this authority has been saying about the proposals of the trust on the provider side because I think that this is an argument against the whole district N H S trusts that we 're getting , but it is encouraging the situation in which health authorities have purchasers on the other side of the contract are going to want to band together and merge to create a larger block in which to negotiate with their whole trust providers , I think this is a a very dangerous situation and think we needed to tie the two together as an argument there . |
| 27 | A result , I ca n't hear myself speaking if I are the policy and resources committee there were other they were erm er in the debate there were some very good cases brought in to it and some erm good recommendations and this is why I 'm surprised I 'm er forget now why , there were some who were er against by majority because I believe that when we look down on the decisions of the P N O , we have made some very good recommendations if I say so it says on twenty , paragraph twenty in and you people on this authority , members of this authority have been saying a a clear definition of the role of the local government now and for the next twenty years , should underpin any consideration of local authority management structures and the role of members and therefore the joint working party 's consideration begin from an inadequate base . |
| 28 | ‘ This Government has been pursuing an energy strategy that was wrong in conception and incompetent in execution . ’ |
| 29 | I suppose I 've seen Matthew with the safe open , and I may have noticed the books , but this firm has been going for more than a century and one does n't take much notice of such things , one has grown up with them . ’ |
| 30 | This firm has been designing precision assembly robots to make integrated circuits for the past decade . |