Example sentences of "have been [verb] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we have been seeking similar promotional competitions with northern theatres [ and we have n't given up yet ] we do not have the facilities to run a comprehensive programme of regional competitions . |
| 2 | ‘ It can not be denied that in the face of recession , publishers have been exploring all possible avenues for book sales . ’ |
| 3 | A team of qualified volunteers have been providing free short- term counselling — generally six to eight weekly sessions — with waiting times kept to a minimum . |
| 4 | OVER the last two weeks special couriers have been delivering mysterious brown paper packages to literary editors around London . |
| 5 | A great many people have been getting good local press publicity for Medau during the summer . |
| 6 | A large number of smaller companies there have been receiving regional selective assistance since the middle 1980s . |
| 7 | And in Sweden , although in the 1930s unions and managements found common ground in their efforts to increase efficiency under capitalism and avoid state intervention in their relationship , since the 1970s the unions have been promoting new socio-political goals . |
| 8 | Competition is cut-throat and it seems some of the designers have been taking some dodgy tabs ( or suffering from over-worked stress syndrome ) , as the high-top becomes more and more ridiculous . |
| 9 | Ten parts of South Africa ( not necessarily contiguous geographical entities but based on ethnic groupings ) have been designated by the government as " homelands " for Africans ; four of these have been declared independent sovereign states but are recognized only by South Africa and by each other ; the remainder are at various stages of " self-government " . |
| 10 | Ten parts of South Africa ( not necessarily contiguous geographical entities but based on ethnic groupings ) have been designated by the government as " homelands " for Africans ; four of these ( Bophuthatswana , Ciskei , Transkei and Venda ) have been declared independent sovereign states but are recognized only by South Africa and each other ; the remainder ( Gazankulu , KaNgwane , KwaNdbele , KwaZulu , Lebowa and Qwaqwa ) are at various stages of " self-government " . |
| 11 | Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training . |
| 12 | Sir — Both the government and the opposition parties have been given one clear ringing message by the voters in the election : that environmental issues are of little or no concern to them . |
| 13 | In parts we have been given that modern definition . |
| 14 | Centres should note , that to recognise student achievement on more than one instrument , modules have been given separate instrumental categories . |
| 15 | They say it is too soon to say if either will produce any results , but Chief Inspector Steve Cross of Cheshire 's Serious Crime Squad confirmed : ‘ We have been given some new names which we are following up at the moment . |
| 16 | The mujahedin have been using US-supplied Chinese and Egyptian-made rockets in recent years to shell Kabul , but there has been no previous evidence of Western rockets being given to the guerrillas . |
| 17 | Q I have been using extra red Henna on my hair for almost two years while I 've been growing my hair . |
| 18 | Recently we have been learning that young animals , puppy dogs , even a giraffe , brought up exclusively by humans will be unable later on to identify themselves or establish emotional contact with their own species . |
| 19 | The Yorkshire outfit have been producing some good results in their own division , and have lost only one of their eight league games so far , but we saw the big gulf in scoring power between some of the first and lower division clubs in the county competitions and York look to be facing something of a Mission Impossible . |
| 20 | Trials of state-of-the-art technology to monitor air quality in and around Wilton have been producing some interesting data . |
| 21 | This continues the series of major loan exhibitions from the British Museum to the University of East Anglia past subjects include Benin bronzes which have been made possible due to the high standard of the exhibition space , security arrangements and environment control in Norwich , which meets the Museum 's stringent loan requirements . |
| 22 | To enable them to fulfil these tasks UDCs have been granted extensive financial , planning and land acquisition powers . |
| 23 | Then she thought perhaps Pat is dead now , perhaps he has died even now while we have been watching this dreadful absurdity . |
| 24 | That is one good reason why we have been supporting several non-governmental projects in the region and why we have made representations to presidents and other leaders about the state of children in those countries . |
| 25 | In West Africa two Institutes have been delegated important curricular functions at primary level : at Ahmadu Bello and Sierra Leone Universities ( the latter not until 1968 ) . |
| 26 | As the attached ‘ Ultimate ’ Entry Bond confirms , you as the named participant have been awarded Six Exclusive Prize Draw Codes . |
| 27 | As the attached Ultimate Entry Bond confirms , you as the names participant have been awarded Six Exclusive Prize Draw Codes . |
| 28 | If you have been told to aim for a very precise figure , or have been following conventional height-to-weight charts , then you are almost definitely trying for an unrealistic weight . |
| 29 | LINFORD CHRISTIE and Sally Gunnell , Britain 's Olympic track gold medallists , have been voted top sporting personalities for 1992 by the Sports Writers ' Association of Great Britain . |
| 30 | So you know there the recoveries are very good , very welcomed by us , but basically we 're two years now since this happened erm pensioners have been suffering extreme mental turmoil for that period , quite frankly they 're , they 're utterly confused , they do n't understand what 's happening and to ask those sort of people to rely and put their s their , their whole future security on the outcomings of out of court settlements where claims are made for two hundred million and there 's a thirty two million you know they 're getting totally confused and I think that that they just do not know what 's happening , they , they want long-term security , we 're now getting an increasing number of people who 've retired since the schemes were wound up and are therefore getting a hundred per cent of their , their money from the company fund , which we 're told is going to run out in two-and-a-half years time . |