Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concern was heightened by the knowledge that , since the late 1970s , the North Koreans had also been developing ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads . |
| 2 | Opposition parties had also been pressing for an early poll , especially in view of the poor performance by ANAP in local elections since 1989 [ see p. 36528 ] . |
| 3 | Footnote : NSS readers have apparently been enquiring about the welfare of my cat , Euclid , who , as I reported last week , went missing after the earthquake . |
| 4 | Dublin 's notorious ticket touts have also been getting in on the act through Northern front men knowing there will be a market for the tickets at ten times the outlay . |
| 5 | Manufacturers have also been putting a lot of resources into providing a wide range of dry foods especially formulated for marine fish species . |
| 6 | Sensitive to the disastrous marketing implications of such a move ( imagine needing a prescription for your favourite skin cream ) manufacturers have recently been shifting their attention to the uppermost levels of the epidermis where any improvement in texture or tone , no matter how impressive , is still deemed to be ‘ cosmetic ’ . |
| 7 | English wine growers have only been operating on a commercial basis for the past 20 years . |
| 8 | As you will see , from the enclosed programme for 1990/1991 , all our Trainers have again been working very hard , to provide you with Q.T. days which continue to be exciting , different and which reflect your requests and ideas . |
| 9 | The first candidates have now been enrolling for the new , operational system , following the successful completion of the pilot phases of the Advanced Courses Development Programme during 1988–90 . |
| 10 | The number of their monthly transactions and the average value of these transactions has also been growing as they transfer monies from their savings accounts to pay for surveys , place a deposit with estate agents and so forth . |
| 11 | This board of directors has just been spelling out the fact that we 're in big trouble ; we 're heavily in debt , we 're showing a … a net loss before taxation … we can barely afford this month 's wages bills , we ca n't meet half our orders … all that does n't just come blazing in overnight after an accident with the new singeing machine in the printing plant … ’ |
| 12 | The repatriation of Yugoslavs had now been proceeding for a week . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Indians had long been demanding the return of sacred relics , and both Stanford University and the University of Minnesota had already agreed to release their collections to Indians . |
| 15 | The political winds had also been blowing from a different and more conservative direction . |
| 16 | They had supposed the threat of Naggaroth all but extinguished , but now it seemed that the Dark Elves had merely been rebuilding their strength . |
| 17 | If your publican can knock 70p off a pint , then breweries and pubs have certainly been overcharging . |
| 18 | Companies have also been looking after their shareholders . |
| 19 | The fact that one in five of the complaints were held to be breaches of the code shows that the tobacco companies have perhaps been treating the committee and the issue in a cavalier way . |
| 20 | The heatwave which stole Ivano 's snowfields has also been wreaking rockfall havoc around the massif , with many normally safe routes becoming places to tread warily . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In the 1950s , attention was directed to the fact that manual workers had increasingly been earning wages directly comparable to those of white-collar and supervisory staff . |
| 23 | In the 1940s an interest in genetic studies came to the fore , although several German investigators had already been following this line for some years . |
| 24 | UN officials had reportedly been negotiating with Somali clan leaders to obtain approval for the troops ' dispatch . |
| 25 | One in three credit buyers have still been paying off some previous transaction with the same lender when they have arranged their most recent significant credit purchase . |
| 26 | Club sailors in the one-design classes have long been proving to one another just who 's best . |
| 27 | The Ranthambhore Foundation claims that reserve officials have also been covering up the scale of the problem for fear of being accused of failing in their duties . |
| 28 | Economists have long been calling for safety regulations to be subject to cost-benefit analysis . |
| 29 | ‘ We will want to know if the warning lights had only been flashing for 10 seconds and not 30 . ’ |
| 30 | Although the Hervert Laming letter of 13 December 1992 created its own furore about what should be written down , senior managers had already been debating for six months about whether care managers should bluff users and relatives about the money available for them . |