Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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1 | Friends of the Earth groups around the world have been publicising the plight of the rainforest and have had particular success in Brazil , supporting Paulinho Paiakan of the Kayapo and other tribal leaders . |
2 | This is a mixed blessing for those of us who have been tramping the mountains for years . |
3 | Junior ministers have been inviting the sack by asking him to resign . |
4 | Gardeners have been inviting the public to look round their allotments to show off the advantages of organic methods of growing vegetables . |
5 | Police and charity commissioners investigating the disappearance of thousands of pounds of funds have been meeting the trustee who raised the alarm . |
6 | A growing queue of upper-crust drinkers have been seeking the heady relief at the ‘ gentlemen 's pharmacy ’ , D R Harris & Co , of St James 's in London — chemist to the Queen Mother . |
7 | Although President Bush has been opposed to any such deal , Miami lawyers acting for Gen Noriega and leading US senators have been exploring the possibility of an agreement that could lead to a ceasefire and freedom for the American hostages . |
8 | For the past decade , the two have been exploring the boundaries of costume exhibitions at New York 's Fashion Institute of Technology , from which they come with a dazzling reputation . |
9 | Over the last year many people around the diocese have been exploring the Catholic faith , with a view to becoming Catholics themselves . |
10 | We have been exploring the idea that Protestantism helped to create a climate in which the scientific enterprise could gain momentum . |
11 | The 17-strong group , whose ages start at about 18 but are well-balanced on the 40-plus side , have been tapping the boards at Anstey Junior School on Tuesdays since September . |
12 | ‘ They have been tapping the money that Place and Egan left with them for safety . |
13 | Today environmental health officers have been inspecting the site — there are no toilets and the travellers have been using bushes as public conveniences . |
14 | A typical example — and there are many of these — was when he patiently sat through a high level Air Ministry conference listening to the Mosquito being castigated for its poor night flying qualities ( because of the glare from the exhausts ) , and Boscombe Down recommended that it should never be flown at night , the chairman , as an afterthought , suggested Bennett contribute his views : " I wish someone hid told me about all these faults ' , he replied , " because I have been flying the Masse on OBOE night trials with excellent results " . |
15 | MUSIC : The Scouse pop scene produced a lot of bright new bands and artists , and this year readers nominated three names who have been flying the flag not only locally but nationally . |
16 | Thousands of children have been braving the rain and having a good time … just to show how necessary it is … to have a good time . |
17 | We have been reversing the Labour Party 's neglect of the prison service in the 1970s . |
18 | " I have been serving the Turks , and am looking for better employment . |
19 | The fact we have got a good track record and have been serving the pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals industries for some time means we can get work but we have to cut our margins . |
20 | Since October 1989 teachers have been delivering the first stages of a new national curriculum ; and in the early summer they will start testing ( sorry , assessing ) all seven-year-olds on the three core disciplines : mathematics , English and science . |
21 | Being in the habit of eating a generous quantity of food — the more you have been eating the greater the initial weight loss impact when you switch to a slimming diet . |
22 | ‘ The second happiest moments of my life , ’ he said seriously , ‘ have been eating the Franz Joseph 's Matterhorn Torte . |
23 | For years they have been receiving the same information in both printout and statement form — the Bank will benefit to the tune of £10,000 in tangible savings and £71,000 in productivity savings per annum . |
24 | Until now we have been reconstructing the system … |
25 | Western experts have been reconstructing the course of events that led to the explosion in a tank containing uranium and plutonium , with the help of reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency , which visited the site after the incident . |
26 | Up to 400 Cuban military advisers are reported to be at fortified bases in northern Panama , where they have been training the the militia of the Dignity Battalions , the Washington Times said yesterday . |
27 | US intelligence reports of ‘ northern redoubts ’ where Cuban advisers have been training the militia and storing arms and ammunition could also mean a far longer military operation than the Pentagon had originally envisaged . |
28 | The soldiers have been training the police and military in anti-narcotics operations to slow the export of cocaine into America . |
29 | THE FRIENDS of John McCarthy have been reminding the Foreign Office that the British Government is the only government without a single success in efforts to achieve the release of any of its hostages . |
30 | Over the last couple of decades , feminists have been rediscovering the pleasures of ‘ sisterhood ’ . |