Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] place [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite a post-election resumption of fighting , a breakthrough in negotiations appeared imminent following the March round of the UN-sponsored peace talks between the government and the FMLN ( which had been taking place at monthly intervals over the past year ) . |
| 2 | My conclusions , expressed in the last chapter — ‘ Venice of the Twenty-First Century ? ’ — have been reinforced by the events that have been taking place in Eastern Europe since the autumn of 1989 . |
| 3 | Chapters 5 and 6 have discussed the changes that have been taking place in rural and urban areas and the effects these have had on social structure , poverty and inequality . |
| 4 | The changes that have been taking place in Latin America and the economic growth that the region has experienced have not brought about any redistribution of income in favour of the low-income groups , the trend has been if anything slightly towards a greater polarisation of wealth . |
| 5 | Reversals have , so far as is known , been taking place throughout geological time , and the evidence of these reversals is stored up in the magnetic fabrics of the rocks of both the continents and the oceanic crust . |