Example sentences of "been [v-ing] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coupled with this , however , we have to remember the huge concentration of such sediment in deltas such as that of the Mississippi , where it has been accumulating at a fantastic rate ( perhaps 10 000 feet in the same period of time ) . |
| 2 | Along with the rest of the property sector , British Land 's shares have been trading at a considerable discount to its assets per share , and yesterday 's move is an attempt to close the 40 per cent gap which built up as institutions took a dimmer view of the market . |
| 3 | In the 1980s local decentralization has been occurring at a slower pace than in the previous decade and in some cases appears to have gone into reverse . |
| 4 | The method of carbon dating is based on the assumption that these two reactions have been occurring at a constant rate for the past 15000 years . |
| 5 | Herman , whom Erika had already been keeping at a safe distance from her feet , backed away . |
| 6 | Oh I du n no , I 've been looking at a few , not that probably , not in the top ten |
| 7 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 8 | Retail price maintenance still being lawful in the case of books , the publisher might well include the recommended retail price on the cover of the book ( or in an advertisement ) , only to be surprised subsequently to learn that a retailer has been selling at a different price . |
| 9 | The immigration process had previously been proceeding at a hectic pace following a " family reunification " agreement signed by the two countries in January . |
| 10 | The Americans had originally been aiming at a tenfold multiplication . |
| 11 | They had been staying at a 16th century chateau near Compeigne . |
| 12 | Although the reprocessing plant itself has been shut for annual maintenance since February , discharges have been continuing at a reduced volume . |
| 13 | Economic analyst Alex Henney , who has made a detailed study of the economics of nuclear power , estimates that , looking at the total balance sheet , the CEGB 's nuclear activities have been running at a substantial loss . |
| 14 | In these circumstances , it is not surprising to find that population loss from inner areas has been running at a lower rate in the 1980s and that the government 's efforts at introducing more private investment have met with some measure of success . |
| 15 | The group had been drinking at a nearby pub in Uckington , Glos . |
| 16 | Levels of intermarriage , in the first place , varied considerably from republic to republic and from nationality to nationality ; and although the proportion of ethnically mixed families at the national and republican level might have been increasing , it did not necessarily follow that the incidence of intermarriage between each of the major nationalities had been increasing at a similar rate . |