Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you are aware I have been exploring ways in which the Regional Council can try to encourage investment by the private sector in the provision of new industrial land and buildings . |
| 2 | There have been recurring attempts by the police service since World War II to develop alternative means of entry and promotion to the traditional progression from the ranks , which have always been met by by by bitter reference to the schemes of the 1930s . |
| 3 | US aircraft have been dropping supplies by air since 1 March , but aid workers say that is not enough to feed the people . |
| 4 | Scientists have been penetrating areas beyond human senses , and they have developed more and more devices to augment our senses in order that we may see into the heart of matter or reach the ends of the universe . |
| 5 | Local authorities have been providing hostels since 1959 but only in very small numbers . |
| 6 | A few of these associations have been providing homes in rural locations , and although individually their impact has not been great , collectively it is growing . |
| 7 | Police have been serving injunctions on New Age travellers in an effort to avert a mass gathering this Bank Holiday . |
| 8 | So far I have been suggesting ways in which the Free Church benefited from the political activities of its founder and other leading members . |
| 9 | In a few cases private individuals have been receiving journals by post , if they weigh less than 300 grams . |
| 10 | who have been receiving underpayments from their husbands when the courts maintenance agreements . |
| 11 | In the meantime , all four major further education teacher training centres in England — Huddersfield and Wolverhampton Polytechnics , Bolton Institute of Higher Education , and Garnett College have been developing proposals for pre-service courses leading to a BEd . |
| 12 | In the preceding two chapters we have been developing ways in which questions of locale and locality can be systematically introduced into social theory . |
| 13 | Moreover Apple , and its partner in Taligent , IBM Corp , have been downplaying expectations for the Taligent environment . |
| 14 | Moreover Apple , and its partner in Taligent , IBM Corp , have been downplaying expectations for the Taligent environment . |
| 15 | Good god bank clerks have been wearing uniforms for these last three four five years . |
| 16 | There has been no shortage of pointers ; the NCC and DES have been bombarding schools with advice , and there is a danger of overkill . |
| 17 | By and large , climatologists agree that two ‘ perturbations ’ have been affecting trends in temperature during the present century : the warming influence of this increase in carbon dioxide , and the variable cooling influence produced when great volcanic eruptions spread dust high into the stratosphere , blocking some of the heat from the Sun . |
| 18 | Talented trendspotters in Oxfam 's 27,000-strong shop volunteer-force have been amassing stocks of women 's and men 's wear to meet demand . |
| 19 | Detectives believe terror gangs have been renting flats in London and the Midlands using them as a base for operations and then moving on . |
| 20 | This is even more welcome since all through autumn people have been repaying debts from the free-spending 1980s . |
| 21 | How many of you have been hearing whispers in your mind that you have been ignoring ? … . |
| 22 | He says hoardes of people have been taking photos of the sunflowers . |
| 23 | The Society needs more teachers ; many of teachers have been taking classes for 20 years or more ! |
| 24 | In England , we have been taking steps through the Housing Corporation to increase the accountability of housing associations to their tenants by , for example , promoting tenant membership of management committees , and by requiring management committees to consult much more effectively . |
| 25 | However , as the hon. Gentleman knows , the Libyan Government have been taking steps in parallel — that is , they have made an application to the ICJ and , at the same time , they are making a response to the UN Security Council . |
| 26 | Senior White House aides and CIA officials have been telling members of the Congressional Intelligence Committees this week that Gen Noriega is drinking heavily , taking drugs , and is so nervous that he moves addresses four and five times a night . |
| 27 | Mr Lewis warned judges and magistrates who have been jailing offenders at an unprecedented rate , that pushing the service too far and too fast would create what he called unacceptable risks . |
| 28 | Ever since then , people have been conducting tests upon different generations of sound recording systems . |
| 29 | Members of its executive council have been collecting signatures in the border region . |
| 30 | They have been collecting tins from their customers to help the needy in the Russian town of Kostroma , which is twinned with County Durham . |