Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [conj] [be] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 " The changeable international situation , " he said , " has affected and is still affecting Xinjiang 's social stability .
2 The KGB has survived and is even taking on new tasks , such as distributing western food aid .
3 The only doubt about this was raised by the Court of Appeal in Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [ 1985 ] 1 All ER 724 where the court specifically left open the question whether additional protection should be afforded to an employer where the former employee is not seeking to earn his living by making use of the body of skill , knowledge and experience which he has acquired but is merely selling the knowledge to a third party ( see p79 above ) .
4 Markby asked twice if she were cold and she knew he 'd noticed and was politely trying to find out what was wrong .
5 Another im prominent toxoid vaccine which you should all have received and be regularly receiving boosters for is the tetanus vaccine , and really , a very similar situation pertains here , that the toxin is so important in the pathogenesis of disease , tetanus , that simply immunity to that one factor can lead to immunity er to the disease as a whole .
6 She almost asked whether he had not been there the previous Friday but stopped , unsure whether he had forgotten or was deliberately misleading her .
7 Some members of staff at the school felt that it had suffered and was still suffering from the effects of the reorganization .
8 The right hon. Member for Lagan Valley said that he was not clear whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman had finished or was still giving way , and my right hon. Friend referred to what looked like only the first half of his speech .
9 He had something up his sleeve … an idea had germinated and was already going into action .
10 Now a woman had returned and was probably going to lead trouble back to him , and he wanted no part of it .
11 Like Dr Neil , J.D. thought how much she had changed and was still changing .
12 along with Terry Snow , have kindly agreed to serve as Chairmen of the Advisory Panels to which I have referred and are currently agreeing the terms of reference and membership of the Panels .
13 Local mothers have formed and are now administering Scotland 's first Gaelic-speaking pre-school playgroups .
14 This means that people who have suffered or are currently suffering from schizophrenia need to be able to withdraw from arousing circumstances , but that the extreme understimulation which could sometimes be found in an old-fashioned mental hospital should equally be avoided .
15 Thus I can know what is in the bottom drawer of my desk , or what I shall eat for breakfast tomorrow , by some form of inductive inference from what I have observed or am now observing .
16 And inwardly in his mind and in his thoughts , he will survey all the present creation and the worlds that have passed or are still standing ; the years of the world with all the happenings that occurred in it , and the men with their wealth and their power ; the revelations of the [ spiritual ] benefits which were bestowed on the Fathers , and the retributory judgements that took place generation after generation [ or ‘ birth after birth' ] , together with all the various vicissitudes which the affairs of the creation undergo .
17 ‘ Though circumstances have changed and are constantly changing , I trust its emphasis on hope and compassion will still be found relevant today . ’
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