Example sentences of "of [noun] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years an increasing number of states have been attempting to remove the appointment of the judges from the partisan political process and to ensure minimum standards of efficiency and ability on the part of judges . |
| 2 | Timid winds of change had been trying to blow in Spanish universities since 1951 , when a relatively progressive Minister of Education , Joaquin Ruiz-Giménez , had initiated an attempt to revitalize and open up the torpid and reactionary Spanish education system . |
| 3 | A wind of change has been blowing around Windsor Park |
| 4 | A wind of change has been blowing around Windsor Park over the past 12 months and Campbell is now regarded as just another new player who will breeze in . |
| 5 | Experiments to find vine clones best suited to the solumological and climatical conditions of Champagne have been continuing for more than twenty years . |
| 6 | The former chairman of ICI has been offering advice to everyone from fruit sellers to factory owners . |
| 7 | The power of Chaos had been growing for some years . |
| 8 | Two fundamental trends are at work : employee numbers are being gradually but drastically reduced — the Army alone is facing a 30 per cent by 1995 ; and all three services are coming to terms with their obligation to ‘ market test ’ support services with the result that a steady trickle of contracts has been going to the private sector since the early 80s . |
| 9 | In a separate development , the Ministry of Defence has been negotiating with the receivers at Leyland-DAF 's Lancashire truck plant over the completion of a £400 million transporter contract . |
| 10 | Scientists at the Rowett Research Institute , near Aberdeen and the North of Scotland College of Agriculture have been working on the idea for more than 15 years . |
| 11 | A man who became a shareholder of an insurance company just to pursue a claim of negligence has been lobbying the company 's annual meeting . |
| 12 | The result is that the townscape of houses has been spreading further outwards and now , in places , the rurban fringe of one town meets that of another . |
| 13 | He had a strange sensation that for many minutes he had been holding his breath , though he could n't of course have been doing that . |
| 14 | JSL of Hereford has been making pistols since 1975 , mostly for export . |
| 15 | However , the value of this additional source of income has been falling in real terms over the last decade . |
| 16 | ‘ I think a lot of Canadians have been waiting with baited breath for several months wondering whether he will stay or go and I think the fact he 's leaving is going to be good for the country , ’ the deputy Liberal leader , Sheila Copps , said . |
| 17 | Andrew Simmons of ITN has been travelling with the convoy , and has sent us this special report . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , in-flows of aid have been increasing . |
| 19 | I can certainly agree with my hon. Friend — that incident was most regrettable , particularly in light of the fact that the human rights record of Indonesia had been improving in recent years . |
| 20 | THOUSANDS of homes have been relying on stored water supplies following a discharge of diesel oil into the River Tees . |
| 21 | Dr Horn 's assessment is that by the 1790s the southern farm labourer 's standard of living had been falling for thirty years , and that an increase of around 85 per cent in money wages over the war years kept it just about level up to 1815 . |
| 22 | Police and charity commissioners investigating the disappearance of thousands of pounds of funds have been meeting the trustee who raised the alarm . |
| 23 | Primary School children from the Oxfordshire village of Standlake have been putting together individual boxes for the thousands of homeless children . |
| 24 | Letters of thanks have been flooding into our offices . |
| 25 | Thousands of fans have been flocking to see Britain 's longest running soap opera on the live stage . |
| 26 | Generations of gypsies have been travelling to Stow each year . |
| 27 | They say gangs of youngsters have been targeting elderly people in the town centre and stealing purses from them . |
| 28 | Offers of help have been pouring in from all quarters , with the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum , Elizabeth Esteve-Coll putting her conservation department at the ready to assist , and the Secretary of State for National Heritage , Peter Brooke , conceded that his department would be responsible for financing the repair bill . |
| 29 | The number of trusts has been falling , though only slowly , mainly as a result of mergers . |
| 30 | Better standards of quality in trading accounts have been seen , and the level of profitability has been improving . |