Example sentences of "has been [v-ing] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Some of the bitterest fighting during the last nine months has been taking place between these two factions in and around Mogadishu , particularly since November 1991 , with neither yet gaining control . |
| 32 | These cold statistics do not show one important trend that has been taking place since 1945 . |
| 33 | A QUIET revolt has been taking place in courtrooms across America . |
| 34 | Quite clearly , while I 'm not prepared to put a a figure on the contribution that conversions are going to make to the period to two thousand and six , I 'll be most surprised if it was a long way different from what has been taking place in the past . |
| 35 | Much of the cutting has been taking place in May , during the nesting season , to prepare fields for planting in the autumn . |
| 36 | One of the oldest races has been taking place in the village of Olney since ( 1445 ) fourteen forty five . |
| 37 | As part of the five-hundredth anniversary celebrations of the consecration of the Frari church in Venice , the Sovrintendenza ( the state administration of ancient monuments and works of art ) has been taking stock of the restoration projects carried out in the Basilica over the last twenty years . |
| 38 | Maurice Adams , General Manager of ACET , has recently returned form Uganda where he has been discussing planning for future projects with ACET 's African Director , Anthony Kasozi . |
| 39 | My 1979 two and a quarter diesel has been leaking oil from around the fuel pump and I had put this down to a leaky gasket . |
| 40 | For example , the Banana Company of Costa Rica , a subsidiary of United Brands , has been converting plantations to African palm production , an enterprise which has a guaranteed internal market , as Costa Rica imports nearly all its vegetable oil . |
| 41 | Peskin has been buying property at rock-bottom prices ahead of recovery . |
| 42 | Mrs Jean Broke-Smith , the Lucie Clayton principal , who has been coaching debs for the show for 20 years , described the problem : ‘ Even though these girls are much more self-assured than their equivalent 20 years ago they still need to be told to push their hips and pelvis forward and to keep their bottoms tucked in , ’ she said . |
| 43 | According to the US PC Week , the company has been outlining plans for a Workplace family of operating systems built under the Workplace Shell and a microkernel that will be scaled for machines ranging from handheld devices to multi-processer RISC machines . |
| 44 | The House of Lords EC sub committee on the environment has been hearing evidence on the implementation and enforcement of Community environmental legislation from MEPs and the UK Department of the Environment ( DoE ) . |
| 45 | A court has been hearing details of twenty one offences committed by the boy in a seven month period . |
| 46 | Hanson has been earning megabucks for decades ; his personal wealth is estimated at around £100m and speculation is rife that before he retires he will go out with a final spectacular takeover . |
| 47 | As I get out of the second tube I see someone has been scratching letters off the sign above the door . |
| 48 | Eighteen year old Sandra Griffiths , a kennel maid , has been undergoing surgery in Milton Keynes General Hospital . |
| 49 | Several members have sent submissions to a national review called ‘ Enjoying the Outdoors ’ , and John Taylor , the secretary , has been monitoring developments in forestry . |
| 50 | Any teacher who has been borrowing equipment from the Society or Jean Parmiter and is NOT using it , please return as soon as possible . |
| 51 | Mica has been touring Europe with fellow artists Aswad and Billy Ocean . |
| 52 | Mica has been touring Europe with fellow artists Aswad and Billy Ocean . |
| 53 | THE New Zealand Dairy Board has been touring Europe over the past two weeks pressing its case for continued access to the British dairy market . |
| 54 | It has been touring Britain for 30 years now . |
| 55 | The first to report back , later this month , will be the E&T team , which has been considering ways of making chartered accountancy training more attractive . |
| 56 | The profession has been considering ways in which the actuarial role can be strengthened to prove greater protection for pension scheme members . |
| 57 | Mr Bond has been building rockets since his teens . |
| 58 | It is the small company which soaks up the unemployed , rather than the larger company , which of late has been shedding workers in massive numbers . |
| 59 | Miss Denice Lewis , the American poule de luxe , has been shedding light on her fellow compatriot , Mr Steven Wyatt , the ‘ wealthy oil trader ’ who kindly befriended our own Duchess of York . |
| 60 | Church & Co has been producing shoes in Northampton since 1873 and here is an excellent opportunity to see the many processes that make up the manufacture of men 's welted shoes . |