Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While NGOs in England have been meeting ministers and senior civil servants on a regular basis and having open discussions on subjects such as funding for voluntary environmental work via the DoE 's Environment Forum , all we have had is a typically furtive ‘ consultation ’ on Environment Wales . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | US aircraft have been dropping supplies by air since 1 March , but aid workers say that is not enough to feed the people . |
| 5 | Any consideration of deaf education should begin with the question of levels of achievement in deaf children ; very often in the past , however , there have been intervening arguments proposed which have directed attention from the central purpose of all educators . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Local authorities have been providing hostels since 1959 but only in very small numbers . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Police have been serving injunctions on New Age travellers in an effort to avert a mass gathering this Bank Holiday . |
| 10 | So far I have been suggesting ways in which the Free Church benefited from the political activities of its founder and other leading members . |
| 11 | Sainsbury , Tesco , Asda — they all provide expensive glossy leaflets aimed at helping us to slice our treasures — interestingly into fruit salads — how about a bit of background , or best of all , a direct link back to the people who have been eating guavas and passion fruits for ever . |
| 12 | In a few cases private individuals have been receiving journals by post , if they weigh less than 300 grams . |
| 13 | who have been receiving underpayments from their husbands when the courts maintenance agreements . |
| 14 | FMC have been training farmers to use the insecticide as economically as possible in an effort to pre-empt the ban . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Due to the increasing demands on schools some Regions have been developing procedures which those who want to do research in schools must follow . |
| 17 | Due to the increasing demands on schools some Regions have been developing procedures which those who want to do research in schools must follow . |
| 18 | In the preceding two chapters we have been developing ways in which questions of locale and locality can be systematically introduced into social theory . |
| 19 | Moreover Apple , and its partner in Taligent , IBM Corp , have been downplaying expectations for the Taligent environment . |
| 20 | Moreover Apple , and its partner in Taligent , IBM Corp , have been downplaying expectations for the Taligent environment . |
| 21 | The main reason people have been wearing Adidas Shell-toes and Puma States in the past year or so is because Nike , Adidas , Troop , Converse , British Knights , Travel Fox , Reebok , LA Gear , Hi-Tec , Jordache , etc , are producing some of the silliest , shittiest trainers known to man ( and woman ) . |
| 22 | Good god bank clerks have been wearing uniforms for these last three four five years . |
| 23 | There has been no shortage of pointers ; the NCC and DES have been bombarding schools with advice , and there is a danger of overkill . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Union representatives and the management at Leicester General Hospital have been holding talks today to save more than eighty jobs . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Detectives believe terror gangs have been renting flats in London and the Midlands using them as a base for operations and then moving on . |
| 28 | ‘ I have been teaching Connections since it first came out , and I enjoy it very much , and so do the vast majority of our students . ’ |
| 29 | This is even more welcome since all through autumn people have been repaying debts from the free-spending 1980s . |
| 30 | I have been hearing reports that he is floundering a little bit , which you do . |