Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The water is intended to wash away the contamination of sacredness of persons who have been acting a priestly role . |
| 32 | Some of the agencies have been recommending the complete party and for some people this is ideal , in that they then do not have to worry . |
| 33 | Odilo and I have been airing the new apartment until it is heavy with her smell . |
| 34 | We have been lacking a wee bit of professionalism recently . |
| 35 | Some organisations already implement voluntary eco-audits , and some have been piloting the new British Standard 7750 . |
| 36 | While many collectors are turning over every hedge and collective barn they can find within the Russian Republic and its former constituents and satellites for hidden treasures , a small and dedicated band have been scouring the Asia-Pacific region for many decades looking for Japanese material . |
| 37 | The Institute 's Education & Training Directorate and the General Practitioner Board have been watching the falling numbers of students training in small firms with deep concern and both have set up working parties to look at the problems . |
| 38 | During the past week I have been watching the Germanic guru , Ralf Dahrendorf , on the box , telling us Britishers just where we are going wrong . |
| 39 | ‘ United have been enjoying a decent run and will arrive at Pittodrie looking for both points , ’ said Miller , who has told his players to forget all about their recent Scottish Cup win over McLean 's team . |
| 40 | Many people now reaching forty plus , have been enjoying a full sex life as a single person . |
| 41 | ‘ We have been monitoring the downward trend over the last 10 years , and our impression is that the decline is beginning to bottom out : there may have been 5m fewer loans last year , but the drop was 15m in 1991–92 . |
| 42 | He was especially good at the end , when the aliens ( who have been monitoring the whole joke , helping Spunk out at awkward moments ) beam him back to BC . |
| 43 | Since then , the fundamentalists have been waging a steady war on the government , at one point demanding the resignation of the Education Minister because of his plans for reforming the teaching of Islam in schools . |
| 44 | INDIA 'S troubled northern state of Kashmir , where militants have been waging an armed struggle for independence since 1990 , has a new governor . |
| 45 | It might still be a little premature to consign famous old clubs Nottingham and Rosslyn Park to relegation , but both have been well beaten by a resurgent Bristol — whose youthful side have been setting a blistering pace at the Memorial Ground so far this season — and their other results indicate that they face an uphill struggle to maintain their First Division status . |
| 46 | But shares have been reflecting the new-found confidence for some time . |
| 47 | We know we have been reading a novel but nevertheless we can believe that what the author has told us is true . |
| 48 | According to a report in the journal Veterinary Record , three ostriches in German zoos have been displaying the classic signs of bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE ) after feeding on meat from local slaughterhouses . |
| 49 | So far we have been discussing the intentional aspect of language in our comparison of human with other animal communication . |
| 50 | Recently , even those outlets have been drying up because they too have been selling the big breweries ' beer in return for cheap loans . |
| 51 | If you have been following a normal varied British pattern of eating you have probably been consuming less dietary fibre than you need for health protection , but it is unlikely that you are deficient in minerals and vitamins . |
| 52 | I have been following the hon. Gentleman carefully . |
| 53 | To get a true feeling for the plan it should also be applied to the Principal because although you have been paying a fixed amount in each month the value of this has also decreased due to inflation . |
| 54 | The trustees of Carmel village hall , near Holywell , have been paying a nominal £1 rent for the last 21 years . |
| 55 | I have been walking a great deal , he wrote . |
| 56 | My hon. Friend may have noticed that the Opposition have been floating a similar idea among themselves and discussing again in an internal memorandum the possibility of a luxuries rate of VAT . |
| 57 | ‘ Everyone knows that we , like Comet , have been suffering a temporary downturn . |
| 58 | There 's little room at the top of the tower , this year celebrating it 's 500th anniversary , but the choiristers have been performing the traditional May Carol there for centuries . |
| 59 | Emblem have been negotiating an exclusive agency here in Malta … ’ |
| 60 | As a result , Syrian forces and their allies have been pounding the Christian half of Beirut with artillery for several weeks . |