Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] [prep] discussion " in BNC.
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| 1 | At issue was a boundary question between Venezuela and British Guiana which had been under discussion for some time . |
| 2 | Both of these measures had been under discussion for a number of years , and but for the war there is every reason to believe they would have been enacted earlier . |
| 3 | ( Their abolition had been under discussion since 1989 — see pp. 36564 ; 37593 . ) |
| 4 | From late May the formation of a " pluralist " government , with or without the resignation of Prime Minister Fatos Nano , had been under discussion in the People 's Assembly , and on June 12 a non-party " government of national stability " took office in preparation for a general election . |
| 5 | Copies of the transitional government 's broad economic programme , which had been under discussion by the Council of Representatives in October and November , became freely available to the public in early December . |
| 6 | On Jan. 13 a new Constitution , which had been under discussion since June 1991 [ see p. 38290 ] , was adopted by the People 's Great Hural ( parliament ) by 328 votes to one , with two abstentions , and was signed by President Punsalmaagiyn Ochirbat at a ceremony on Jan. 15 . |
| 7 | On April 23 the Bulgarian National Assembly adopted the privatization bill which had been under discussion since February [ see p. 38776 ] . |
| 8 | The formation of a Franco-German military force had been under discussion for several years , and a 4,000-strong brigade had been agreed in principle in November 1987 [ see p. 35665 ; 35913 ] and started operations in October 1990 [ see p. 38473 ] . |