Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [v-ing] since [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With help from master decorator Renzo Mongiardino , who is known to have helped him in the past , Ortiz-Patiño should have little trouble showing off the rare editions , manuscripts and fine bindings first collected by his father ; his own Dutch and Spanish Old Master paintings ; English silver by Paul de Lamerie and the gold snuff boxes he has been collecting since 1956 . |
| 2 | At the heart of System 10 will be a new version of the Sybase SQL Server , the core database server that the company has been shipping since 1987 , which is now out at around some 6,500 sites worldwide . |
| 3 | At the heart of System 10 sits the Sybase SQL Server 10 product , basically the core database server which the company has been shipping since 1987 , and now out at around 5,000 sites worldwide . |
| 4 | At the heart of System 10 will be a new version of the Sybase SQL Server , the core database server which the company has been shipping since 1987 , and now out at around some 6,500 sites worldwide . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman might like to know that last year saw record levels of exports from this country and that our share of manufactured exports in world trade has been rising since 1984 . |
| 6 | Mr Roland ’ Tiny ’ Rowland , head of Lonrho , has been trying since 1977 to acquire House of Fraser , owner of Harrods in Knightsbridge , London , and of various other department stores throughout the land . |
| 7 | The C & p approach has been developing since 1988 . |
| 8 | It is hoped to achieve the 15% reduction in staffing by the employment of temporary staff as vacancies occur and this policy has been operating since 1 April 1992 . |
| 9 | The Service has been operating since 1987 , and began distance radio training straight away , followed in 1989 by print journalism . |
| 10 | The CIA 's code of conduct , which has been operating since last April , is now an integral part of the association 's Responsible Care programme , to which all CIA member companies have now signed up . |
| 11 | Funding Silotank has been operating since last year , but was officially opened yesterday at a reception attended by representatives of the organisations which have supplied funding for the venture . |
| 12 | ‘ Stand-to ’ , and a steady drizzle has been falling since 3 a.m . |
| 13 | The scheme has been running since 1986 and won a similar CIMA award in 1988 . |
| 14 | There has also been criticism of the Government 's shifting from a pilot scheme it has been running since 1989 , in which secondary teachers have been linking with primary staff in 76 schools to provide their specialist input . |
| 15 | The campaign has been running since 1963 and the object has been to encourage private or business premises to install some form of floral display . |
| 16 | The scheme has been running since 1975 and has included the designs of A R Penck , Matazo Kayama and the pop artist , Andy Warhol . |
| 17 | The GHS has been running since 1972 and is a large-scale survey designed to meet the information needs of a variety of different government departments . |
| 18 | Resolutions 242 and 338 are the agreed basis for peace talks and speak of Israel giving up territory it has been occupying since 1967 in return for peace . |
| 19 | Though a draft directive has been circulating since 1984 it passed its final stages rapidly . |
| 20 | Long-serving Steve Lawson , a former Cleveland Park track record-holder , has been racing since 1974 but he has proved on numerous occasions that he 's a hard man to beat on the tricky Middlesbrough track . |
| 21 | CEPALC is a non-profit-making organisation which has been working since 1978 to serve the communication needs of grassroots groups in the towns and rural areas of Colombia . |
| 22 | The company has been trading since 1876 and staff say they 'd always thought the firm was financially successful . |
| 23 | It 's a long time it 's been going since that sort of thing . |