Example sentences of "have been using [adj] [noun pl] " 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 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 .
4 She tried to tell him that hospitals had been using such beds for years , but he just went into another tantrum .
5 Because it may be that you th you , you look back and say , Christ , we 've been using those standards since nineteen seventy .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Members range from major companies who have been using home-based workers for years to self-employed solicitors , translators and public relations people .
11 Other unit trust managers have been using statistical tools to measure volatility as an aid to investment .
12 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 .
13 I might mention that I have been using these movements since the commencement of my business in 1983 , with outstanding performance both as to accuracy and reliability .
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