Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 2 | Jarvis , 51 , who is the son of a jump jockey , has been training for 21 years and Carroll House 's victory was by far his most important . |
| 3 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 4 | The visioncare business , which Pilkington has been nurturing for three years and where it now ranks in the world 's top three , increased its operating profits by £4.4 million to £18.8 million . |
| 5 | For the reasons explained above , the interest in script recognition systems has been expanding in recent years . |
| 6 | I draw his attention to the fact that we are now net exporters of televisions whereas we were net importers under the Labour party and to the fact that motor output has been expanding in recent years whereas it was declining under Labour . |
| 7 | Print Quarterly , based in London , has been publishing for ten years . |
| 8 | SIR — The fact that Steve Redfern has been trying for six years to resume playing rugby union after playing rugby league ( Daily Telegraph , April 2 ) shows that union is a more enjoyable game . |
| 9 | The crowds at Constitution Dock cheered the owner who has been trying for 20 years to score a major success in this race . |
| 10 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 11 | Andrew 's family has been trying for three years to get treatment for him . |
| 12 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 13 | Thus , a Keeper of Italian Painting would have responsibility for the Italian drawings , thereby not only linking their administration and scholarly maintenance but also bringing drawing into the direct relationship with painting which Clifford says he has been advocating for many years . |
| 14 | Rick has been teaching for twelve years and is Head of Mathematics in a boys ' secondary modern school in a small town , with an intake mainly from middle-class homes . |
| 15 | Edith Harlow has been teaching for 40 years and Teachers in this area felt the time was ripe for celebration . |
| 16 | Jill Jones seems to fall into that category ( she has been teaching for seven years ) . |
| 17 | Katie Englehart , the illiterate wife of an American farmer , has been healing for fifteen years . |
| 18 | Faith also has been flying for twenty years . |
| 19 | ‘ We can hear the phones , and it saves a trek downstairs , ’ says Sheila , who has been smoking for 25 years . |
| 20 | Women , Art and Society is a synthesis of work that has been progressing for twenty years about women and the visual arts . |
| 21 | She has been childminding for eight years now and has gained an extremely good reputation . |
| 22 | Evidence for the effect of tax relief on private health insurance premiums for the over 60s is fairly secure since the scheme has been operating for two years . |
| 23 | Opinion : ‘ … it will not be known until Sizewell B has been operating for some years whether the PWR will become the established nuclear option that has been sought for 30 years . ’ |
| 24 | Grendon has been operating for 30 years and Judge Stephen Tumim 's report , published today , praises them for their standards of humanity , care and dignity . |
| 25 | A computer retailer has been operating for three years under the name of " COMPUTER EQUIPMENT SALES " and has a chain of stores in the South of England . |
| 26 | Mr Vasarhelyi , who has been drawing for 30 years , has also just finished a collection of World Wide Fund for Nature stamps for export to Italy and Iceland . |
| 27 | This is unfortunate , for a series that has been gestating for three years . |
| 28 | It was his first medal in the competition , which he has been entering for five years — his previous best placing was ninth in 1990 . |
| 29 | THE national lottery may be new in the UK but in Spain the big gamble game has been running for 180 years . |
| 30 | Although it has been running for 13 years , few sites have so far been cleaned up to the EPA 's satisfaction . |