Example sentences of "the [noun pl] have [adv] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | Thirdly , in deciding which label to attach the courts have often been acting upon questionable assumptions as to the conclusions which follow from the attachment of one label or the other . |
2 | With this increasingly active role which Highlander was playing in the civil rights movement , it was only a matter of time until the reactionary extremism , which the blacks had long been fighting against , began to be directed at Highlander itself . |
3 | Although in their own eyes the rebels had simply been fighting for what was rightfully theirs , from the point of view of Henry II and Richard they were disturbers of the peace , and as princes maintaining the peace within their dominions , the Angevins could generally rely on the support of the church . |
4 | In contrast to the Lorenz model of a homogeneously broadened laser discussed earlier , the situation in high-gain gas lasers with inhomogeneous broadening has been one where the experiments have actually been leading the theoretical development . |
5 | The Americans had originally been aiming at a tenfold multiplication . |
6 | ‘ Most of these players took part last year and were delighted with the facilities and hospitality ’ says Sean Curtis : ‘ We aim to make this year 's tournament even better and , believe me , the phones have already been buzzing in relation to tickets even though they will not available until the end of this month . ’ |
7 | The results have hardly been inspiring . |
8 | The police have also been investigating why more than a thousand other pieces of information did not appear to have been investigated by West Mercia Police -including the evidence of this nurse . |
9 | The children have both been coming to ballet since they were three and they have loved it . ’ |
10 | Up to this point the children have all been acting as the giant . |