Example sentences of "have been [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various measurements have been advocated to define the extent of cranial settling . |
| 2 | TERRY Hurlock and David Speedie have been warned to end the war — or else . |
| 3 | However as Pacione ( 1984,145 ) observes : ‘ few models have been constructed to explain the population turnaround ’ , but out of these the model produced by Lewis and Maund ( 1976 ) and shown in Figure 5.4 may fit the present situation as described by Moseley ( 1983 ) in Table 5.4 the most closely . |
| 4 | Two concrete drainage culverts have been constructed to accommodate the Park Burn which crossed the line of the Bypass at a number of locations . |
| 5 | Geomorphologists have been trying to answer the what , where and when of things , but they have seldom tried to ask how . |
| 6 | In the past few years , many systematists have been trying to improve the scientific rigour of their subject , mostly by reformulating it in accord with Popperian-type hypothetico-deductive methods . |
| 7 | Staff at the police photographic department , Ministry of Defence laboratories and IBM have been trying to improve the original blurred images of the youths . |
| 8 | For a number of years we have been trying to upgrade the quality of our business , in terms of the technical content of products , the level of design we build in and the price we charge . |
| 9 | We have lost it , I think , because we have been trying to lose the people and feelings it used to describe . |
| 10 | On all three issues conservatives in the Soviet Communist Party and army have been trying to reverse the combination of change at home and co-operation with America abroad . |
| 11 | We have been trying to stop the deteriorating effects of ageing on our skin since the times of the pharaohs . |
| 12 | Donors , including the EC and the World Bank , have been trying to persuade the Kenyan government to privatize grain marketing since 1984 . |
| 13 | Militant Hindus have been trying to destroy the mosque at Ayodhya for years because they believe it was built by the 16th Century Moslem invaders . |
| 14 | In addition to normal responsibilities , which include making new investments , approaching new potential customers and keeping existing customers happy , Mr Queen says that they have been trying to educate the professional community to recognise when a company is going to need more working capital . |
| 15 | Since their overwhelming vote for independence in a 1991 referendum , the Ukrainians have been trying to choose the West . |
| 16 | ‘ Marty Quinn and myself have been trying to rebuild the side and , considering the turnover in players , it 's all the more pleasing to have got this far in the cup . |
| 17 | The problems with the New Age Travellers also helped confirm the fears of nearby villagers who have been trying to get the festival stopped for the past year . |
| 18 | ‘ I have been trying to get the traders out for eight years , but there have been so many obstructions . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We have been trying to raise the profile of the SGU and nothing , as far as I am concerned , raises it more than the Scottish Club Championship , ’ he said . |
| 20 | We have been trying to extract the figures from the Opposition . |
| 21 | In recent years , more and more science museums have been trying to meet the dual challenge of increasing their popularity and enhancing their educational provision . |
| 22 | The drawings have now had to be purchased individually and other British institutions have been invited to join the consortium , with the British Museum acting as broker . |
| 23 | A range of experienced print-on-paper publishers have been invited to join the board of directors of IEBPC including : Petri Arpi , Werner Soderstrom ( Finland ) ; Brian Blunden , IEPRC ( Britain ) ; Pierre-Henri Cousin , Larousse ( France ) ; Eric Dobby , Harrap ( Britain ) ; Lorenzo Enriques , Zanichelli Editore ( Italy ) ; Dr Stanley D. Frank , Britannnica Software ( USA ) ; Gunter H. Frohlen , Oscar Brandstetter Verlag ( Germany ) ; Gerard Lamy , Lamy SA ( France ) ; Michael Klett , Ernst Klett Verlag ( Germany ) ; Dr Andreas Langenscheidt , Langenscheidt KG ( Germany ) ; Bill Pattis , NTC Publishing ( USA ) ; Eva Rudman , Norstedts Forlag ( Sweden ) ; Sanchez Ruiperez , Grupo Anaya ( Spain ) ; Egon Schmidt , Gyldendal ( Denmark ) ; Egil Tveteras , Kunnskapsforlaget ( Norway ) ; Roel Velthuijs , Wolters Noordhoff ( Netherlands ) ; David Worlock , European Information Industry Association ( Britain ) ; and Ryosuke Yasue , Iwanami Publishing ( Japan ) . |
| 24 | South Africa and Namibia have been invited to join the cartel . |
| 25 | Now the Managers ' Association have been invited to outline the problems at a meeting of the FA 's crowd control committee in February . |
| 26 | A total of 18 teams have been invited to form the Second Division , but none are existing members of the Anglo Two Counties Championship . |
| 27 | In recognition of their charity work , Mr & Mrs Dick have been invited to attend the Royal Garden Party . |
| 28 | Bayern Munich , beaten by Aberdeen in the quarter- finals , have been invited to supply the opposition . |
| 29 | These new courses have been devised to meet the needs of local employers and students . |
| 30 | These were customer built display units belonging to Martin & Frost , each requiring samples of a special size , all of which have been prepared using the computer p.o.s . |