Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last year we have been developing an occasional series to respond to this demand — the Survivors ' Guide . |
| 2 | In Swindon 's council parks and gardens , ponds in hot houses have been accumulating an unwanted collection of the American reptiles ; large and small . |
| 3 | The legal opinion obtained by CPRE and the Council for National Parks from Professor Francis Jacobs , one of the leading authorities on EEC law , makes it clear that both MAFF and DoE have been taking an unduly restrictive view in adopting their stance . |
| 4 | It is worth noting that although the product is only just released commercially I have been using an ‘ engineering ’ version on the PC for some two months while the actual review tests were done on a genuine US release version . |
| 5 | At Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh surgeons have been using an advanced laser — the only one of its kind in Northern Ireland — to perform tonsillectomies and sinus surgery . |
| 6 | INDIA 'S troubled northern state of Kashmir , where militants have been waging an armed struggle for independence since 1990 , has a new governor . |
| 7 | For some years now I have been researching an area where a certain event took place . |
| 8 | Emblem have been negotiating an exclusive agency here in Malta … ’ |
| 9 | In recent years , independent financial advisers ( IFAs ) have been playing an increasingly important role in the mortgage arena . |
| 10 | For too long , local planning authorities and local civic societies have been fighting an uneven battle against strong-arm tactics by the multiples . |
| 11 | To date we have been permitting an additional smoking break in the morning and again in the afternoon for smokers within the office as part of the agreement to have no smoking throughout the main parts of Chesser House . |
| 12 | At CeBIT Fair in Hannover Ericsson Business Networks and Intel Corp have been showing an emulation of a jointly-developed personal computer board designed to enable Windows machines to be linked to PABXs : the personal computer is linked to the switch through a standard ISDN-type connection so the micro can receive facsimile messages , voice-mail , video communications and the like — the thing is expected to appear as a product late this year . |
| 13 | In recent years we have been witnessing an attempt to place more emphasis on the first two purposes of education to redress what is considered an imbalance in favour of the third in the three decades following the 1944 Education Act . |
| 14 | For months the polls have been predicting an unprecedented landslide victory for the Right in next month 's general election . |
| 15 | For months the polls have been predicting an unprecedented landslide victory for the Right in next month 's general election . |
| 16 | My wife Pam has been for some time aware that I have been having an on-going relationship with Suzannah , who I believe is known to some of you . |
| 17 | Bradford Northern .. 8 New Zealand ....... 26 BRADFORD NORTHERN have been making an effort this season , and reasons to be cheerful at Odsal have included cheerleaders , improved results , increased gates , two men in the Great Britain rugby league squad , an Australian at half-back and a Welshman on the wing . |
| 18 | The French manufacturers Arva , who have been making an interesting alternative range of transceivers for some years , have now developed a system of amplifying the radio signal so that a ski patroller in a helicopter can home in on a buried skier . |
| 19 | The Committee of London Clearing Bankers told us that in recent years the banks have been opening an increasing number of accounts for customers in the middle to lower income groups . |
| 20 | We have been running an experiment in our laboratories , which erm , employs about eighteen hundred people , and I 've been paying a sum of money , so that they can have anybody with a problem in the laboratories , can have independent counselling , er , and it seems to me , I 've been lo reviewing it , measurement again , we 've just been running it for a year , and I 've been interested to see the types of problem they 've been taking outside . |