Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [noun] [prep] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if you have been paying premiums for many years , you will rarely get a proportion of its maturity value . |
| 2 | The notion of the health-promoting school which permeates all aspects of school life seemed to be gaining favour with many schools and may be one way of tackling the situation . |
| 3 | Closures of railway lines had been taking place for many years , accelerated by the growing availability of cars in the 1950s . |
| 4 | ‘ One of our strengths is that we have been making catalysts for many years and only market those which we have used in our own plants , ’ explained Dr Barrie Pearce , commercial assistant for ICI Catalysts at Billingham , Cleveland . |
| 5 | Dr Johnny Birks has been studying mink for many years and he admits with some reluctance that this extremely successful marten may have contributed to the vole 's decline . |
| 6 | With hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes by the conflict , the economy of these areas has been devastated and government forces are laying siege to many parts of the north , often involving inaccurate and indiscriminate bombardments of civilian population centres . |
| 7 | As far as the Parents Charter is concerned , that document is gathering dust in many school cupboards as governors , including some Tory governors , refuse to send it out . |
| 8 | Creative and productive thinking was taking place in many authorities right across the political spectrum , while the relationship between councillors , officials and the public was changing . |