Example sentences of "which had [been] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the left , the social contract was to be intimately connected with the industrial policy which had been taking shape under the auspices of the National Executive Committee over the early '70s . |
| 2 | The period investigated is one of increased interest in political and academic circles in the implications of the decisive shift in the British age structure , towards a higher proportion of older people , which had been taking place since the beginning of the century . |
| 3 | Despite a post-election resumption of fighting , a breakthrough in negotiations appeared imminent following the March round of the UN-sponsored peace talks between the government and the FMLN ( which had been taking place at monthly intervals over the past year ) . |
| 4 | The news item was on the front page : the British Government , which had been sending aid and supplies to Poland to assist her fight against the Russian Soviet , had changed its policy . |
| 5 | It was a process which had been gathering momentum for some time and has continued since . |
| 6 | The job grew daily more loathsome to her and she understood now the defiant wretchedness which had been devouring Rose when they first met . |