Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have been trying to design a new force structure that would both live within the expected budget cuts and be capable of responding effectively to all imaginable crises . |
| 2 | David said : ‘ We have been trying to promote a professional image and get away from everyone 's idea of school dinners or canteen catering . |
| 3 | OVER THE past few years Britain and her European allies have been trying to adapt a system designed to catch Warsaw Pact spies to the task of hunting international terrorists . |
| 4 | Secondly , we have been trying to develop an understanding of locality in human agency ; one responsive not only to social or cultural processes but also to instinctive demands and human interaction . |
| 5 | For the last six months the managers brought into the firm by Robert Maxwell have been trying to strike a deal to wrench it from the quagmire of his estate . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been trying to get a video of the game for the past four or five years , but I have never had any success . ’ |
| 7 | Q I have been trying to locate a manufacturer of a walking boot or walking shoe which is synthetic , ie not leather or suede for a vegetarian friend , but so far have had no luck . |
| 8 | SIR — Since Peterborough reported that the Maastricht Treaty was being sold by HMSO ( March 19 ) I have been trying to obtain a copy without success . |
| 9 | Dock Workers Union leaders have been meeting to consider a national dock strike over Government plans to scrap the jobs for life scheme . |
| 10 | Ever since being given a large stalk of them at the end of last summer , I have been wanting to make a design from them . |
| 11 | Doctors all over the world have been working to find a way to test whether people like Peter and Paul 's Mum will have HC or not . |
| 12 | Since a year last August scientists working on UA1 and UA2 have been putting the finishing touches to their apparatus , and at the same time machine physicists at CERN have been working to get a large enough number of collisions in the SPS . |
| 13 | Like my hon. Friend , I pay tribute to the efforts of Lord Carrington and others within the Community who have been endeavouring to obtain a ceasefire , and to the efforts made by Mr. Cyrus Vance . |
| 14 | People have been flocking to see a controversial production of Swan Lake . |
| 15 | The ministers were supported by almost 52,000 local or lay preachers : of these totals the four leading denominations we have been surveying had a total of 6,409 ministers and 44,142 lay preachers in England . |