Example sentences of "have been using [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A farmer has been using four oxen to plough a field in what 's believed to be the first public demonstration of the skill in almost twenty-five years . |
| 2 | Dr Dafydd Griffiths , at the Institute of Archaeology , has been using these techniques to find answers to these questions , which could throw considerable light on past trading routes and cultural contacts . |
| 3 | So after they 'd been using this stuff with no windows open or anything , one of the workmen began to feel a little bit groggy so he said to his mate and open the back door Charlie , will you , I 'm feeling a bit groggy . |
| 4 | Perhaps they should have been using better cutlery , thought Robert , or calling Hasan ‘ sir ’ and making sure he had the best chair . |
| 5 | This is reasonable , as one would expect deaf people in the USA to have been using some sign language before the imported use of FSL . |
| 6 | This was in response to reports that Collor 's main political advisers had been using federal funds to solicit the votes of the 168 deputies needed to fend off the impeachment initiative . |
| 7 | She tried to tell him that hospitals had been using such beds for years , but he just went into another tantrum . |
| 8 | She tugged at the sides of the hammock and hooked her head forward as she whispered to Ariel , who was standing away from her , the moss she had been using dripping water on to the dust . |
| 9 | The 135 hp engine was used to operating on 80 octane fuel but we had been using 130 octane avgas . |
| 10 | Lutyens had been using classical detail in some form or other since his earliest years as an architect . |
| 11 | The Belgrade-based news agency Tanjug quoted Serb forces as saying Muslims had been using heavy artillery to bombard Serb positions in the Bratunac region of eastern Bosnia . |
| 12 | The West Germans had been using this technique to stimulate postwar rebuilding since the 1950s , and the Department of the Environment clearly saw some parallels . |
| 13 | I 'd heard Joe Walsh and Pete Townshend used them quite heavy , and I rather liked the tone they got , so I slowly built it up until I got up as high as I could be comfortable with , and I 've been using that gauge ever since . ’ |
| 14 | Everything seemed brittle , and while that 's not uncommon with Strats , I 've been using this guitar regularly and it 's a particularly smooth one . |
| 15 | And it 's been a fairly good evening if you 've been using public transport . |
| 16 | It sounds as though you 've been using more conditioner than your hair needs . |
| 17 | Because it may be that you th you , you look back and say , Christ , we 've been using those standards since nineteen seventy . |
| 18 | They 've been using enormous amounts of their own resources and expertise , to make life easier for , for the people who are going through their country . |
| 19 | And yet they 've been using enormous amounts of their own resources , both finance and , and manpower resources and expertise to make life easier for , for the people who are going through their country . |
| 20 | Although it probably sounds odd that I am suggesting negotiating a written agreement with your teenager , psychologists have been using business-style contracts to resolve family conflicts for some years now . |
| 21 | Notice that we have been using reverse operations to show direction , Forward or " plus " to the right of 0 , backward or " minus " to the left . |
| 22 | However , it appears that 2 star petrol is now unavailable in our area , so we have been using 4 star in its place . |
| 23 | Members range from major companies who have been using home-based workers for years to self-employed solicitors , translators and public relations people . |
| 24 | In the last 20 years they have been using invisible nylon gill nets half a mile long and more . |
| 25 | Americans have been using 60/40 material for jackets and trousers for years , yet for some reason it 's never quite caught on in this country . |
| 26 | In addition , there has also been press criticism that ministers have been using advance knowledge to influence market and media opinion . |
| 27 | Other unit trust managers have been using statistical tools to measure volatility as an aid to investment . |
| 28 | ‘ We have used our experience and our ability to sharpen up our image and our content and for six months now have been using full colour every week . ’ |
| 29 | It may also be appropriate to explain that we have been using both systems , side by side , for over two years with files being transferred between them throughout that time . |
| 30 | Other publishers have been using unusual marketing tools this year . |