Example sentences of "have been [verb] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one sense this kind of thing has been taking place for centuries . |
| 2 | These cold statistics do not show one important trend that has been taking place since 1945 . |
| 3 | In recent years , a quiet revolution has been taking place as technical changes and new marketing methods for a vast range of home products have increased consumer choice and introduced alternative ways of home building . |
| 4 | The document ignores the debate on curriculum which has been taking place for 20 years . |
| 5 | Since the publication of ‘ Education for Self-Reliance ’ , the process of transforming these goals into curriculum plans and curriculum practice has been taking place , somewhat languidly at first , but with increasing momentum . |
| 6 | During the winter months , behind the scenes restoration and conservation work has been taking place and there are new developments at many houses and gardens . |
| 7 | Planning has been taking place on this restructure for some months now with close liaison between RAFM and the Aircraft Salvage and Transportation Flight at Abingdon , who will be responsible for all of the dismantling and moving of the airframes . |
| 8 | A QUIET revolt has been taking place in courtrooms across America . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Whilst all the furore has been taking place about the quality , or otherwise , of desktop publishing many professional graphics , printing and publishing houses have been making up their own minds as to its usefulness . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , as this report proves , a whole panoply of activity has been taking place on behalf of the membership and it is to the credit of our staff that we ended such a difficult year with a small surplus when other professional institutes regrettably hard large deficits . |
| 12 | Such a process has been taking place for a long time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Much of the cutting has been taking place in May , during the nesting season , to prepare fields for planting in the autumn . |
| 15 | Er , I 'm a little bit out of touch , so , i if I sound hesitant it 's because I simply do n't know how much debate has been taking place , and how , systematised the relationships are going to be in the future . |
| 16 | One of the oldest races has been taking place in the village of Olney since ( 1445 ) fourteen forty five . |
| 17 | The ancient custom of swan-upping has been taking place on the River Thames . |
| 18 | The largest cavalry charge on English soil since the 17th century has been taking place to celebrate the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the civil war . |
| 19 | The fact that after the Great War the Liberal party went into decline and the Labour party emerged as a governmental party seemed to indicate that the most interesting developments must have been taking place on the left of British politics , even before the war . |
| 20 | Britain would now be in the fortunate position of having had , in 1991 , nothing worse than a shallow and short-lived recession , from which a smart recovery would already have been taking place for several quarters , with no balance of payments constraint and little rise in unemployment . |
| 21 | They had taken the very unusual step of advertising in the local newspaper for anyone to come forward who knew of any ritual practices that might have been taking place in South Ronaldsay . |
| 22 | But D.W. Winnicott may be helpful in this context in suggesting what sort of process might have been taking place . |
| 23 | But without Violet Blake , this match would not have been taking place . |
| 24 | either subconsciously or consciously interpreted them to , to mean something other than actually what may have been taking place . |
| 25 | Closures of railway lines had been taking place for many years , accelerated by the growing availability of cars in the 1950s . |
| 26 | Although the British Government ruled out the prospect of the US company buying Austin Rover , within days of it leaking out that talks had been taking place , Bob Lutz , Ford of Europe chairman , said : ‘ I honestly believe it would have been best for Britain . ’ |
| 27 | Discussions had been taking place since the middle of last week . |
| 28 | The Local Plan inquiry had been taking place and the village had made a large input thanks to help from Rear Admiral Charles Weston and Christine Darter , who had devoted time and effort in presenting the parish point of view on many matters . |
| 29 | As one walked outside , another began arguing with Dad who was , naturally , absolutely furious at what had been taking place . |
| 30 | These and others were named as Members of the new London Passenger Transport Board in May 1933 , but moves had been taking place behind the scenes from the beginning of the year . |