Example sentences of "some [noun] [vb base] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some groups have been buying into the new sites — as House of Fraser , which owns Harrods , has done at Meadowhall in Sheffield — but such an expensive strategy requires cool nerves in the present recession . |
| 2 | Figures presented in the conference report show that some states have been receiving more than their fair share of government resources for health care taking into account population . |
| 3 | Evidence suggests that some LEAs have been redistributing resources to meet their obligations under the 1981 Act . |
| 4 | We 've had hundreds of cards and letters for our special Pick the Manager Competition … some fans have been giving it plenty of thought … some have taken to the drawing board … |
| 5 | Perhaps in an effort to justify this simplification , some instructors have been warning against the use of the rudder to stop the yaw if a wing drops at the stall . |
| 6 | In rural areas , as in urban areas , some alternatives have been developing to the three main tenure groups . |
| 7 | The first is that some cricketers have been cheating for years in a most blatant manner . |
| 8 | Some retailers have been doing a brisk trade in the new toys , others apparently have not . |
| 9 | Again some policyholders have been underinsuring themselves , leaving everyone else to carry an unfair burden . |
| 10 | Explaining the proposals , MCC secretary Col John Stephenson said : ‘ We have had to cater for all cricket , so it may not seem to be as tough as some people have been demanding . |
| 11 | Mr Solarz concedes that ‘ some people have been urging me to run ’ . |
| 12 | Recently some people have been trying a different approach , seeing if they can change the nature of the atoms such that fusion can occur at a useful rate even at room temperature . |
| 13 | Well some people have been talking about five to seven years , I 've been saying all the way through that we 're very flexible on this , and clearly if erm a bidder whether it 's a management buy out with other people in the bid , others in the consortium , or an outright bid from a private sector consortium er if if they get the franchise and make clear that that 's on the basis that they 're going to put a lot of money into the capital investment , then clearly they will want a longer period and we have made that clear . |
| 14 | Due to the increasing demands on schools some Regions have been developing procedures which those who want to do research in schools must follow . |
| 15 | Due to the increasing demands on schools some Regions have been developing procedures which those who want to do research in schools must follow . |
| 16 | Some SSDs have been taking part in a project tracking children 's experiences of care under the Children Act . |
| 17 | In recent years , however , some scientists have been trying a new approach , ‘ cold fusion ’ , which involves ‘ changing ’ the behaviours of atoms at room temperatures . |
| 18 | Some historians have been arguing recently that payments of census and hostilicium specified in some polyptychs are forms of tax collection and demonstrate the continuity of taxation , and of the administrative structures to exact it , from the late Roman period to the Carolingians . |
| 19 | With one part of his mind he logged the fact that Mum had understood the worst immediately and must in some way have been expecting it . |
| 20 | ‘ There is no magic solution to this issue and employees who smoke will need to harness their own willpower , but the ban could be the kind of incentive that some smokers have been waiting for to help them reduce or stop smoking and improve their general health . ’ |
| 21 | And they would then sell these goods at high prices to those buyers who have not discovered that some sellers have been selling for low prices . |