Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] since [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally the next field in which to try out this half-truth was politics , where people have been trying since the time of Demosthenes to fool all of the people all of the time . |
| 2 | They have been living since the nursery with different materials around them and objects having different weights , and they have a concealed knowledge of ice-water-steam which is more helpful to a teacher at this stage than any class experiments . |
| 3 | It is not a recent development ; there have been mentally handicapped people for as long as there have been people , and efforts to cope with their presence have been proceeding since the last century . |
| 4 | The latest demonstration reforms proves the point what trade unions have been saying since the inception of Trust Hospitals and I think the word trust is the wrong word to use . |
| 5 | Excavations have been continuing since the eighteenth century , and in the early years much was lost in plundering and in destruction by lack of knowledge of the work . |
| 6 | Negotiations , which began last year , have been continuing since the collapse of the its parent company , Lilley , seven weeks ago . |
| 7 | Negotiations which began last year have been continuing since the collapse of the parent company , Lilley plc , seven weeks ago . |
| 8 | Woolwich says six-month arrears are back to the levels of February 1988 and the Abbey National says short-term arrears have been declining since the end of last summer and repossessions are stable or falling . |