Example sentences of "has [been] [v-ing] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this has been leaking for some time then the transfer box is probably low on oil . |
| 2 | It is clear that he has been speaking for some time . |
| 3 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 4 | Brian Clough has been trying for several weeks to recapture the man he sees as a key player in his fight to lift Forest off the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I am deeply interested in the row that has been brewing for some time in the heat of the nuclear arms debate , and not only because the key figure is a friend of mine . |
| 7 | Work towards this goal has been progressing for some time , culminating in a public launch at a major conference , held in the Forum Hotel , Glasgow on 23 October , 1989 . |
| 8 | He has been writing for some time , starting with horror , and has more recently turned to the psychological thriller . |
| 9 | The zoo is now considering a number of proposals which includes one submitted by the staff and another by New Zoo Developments Ltd. along with an in-house plan which the Society has been developing for some time . |
| 10 | Since the department since the regional office has been suggesting for some time , or throughout the entire process of this structure plan alteration , that erm an exceptions policy should be considered by the erm county council , I think it would be consistent that we would anticipate the panel could reach a conclusion on the inclusion of the major exceptions policy as part of this alteration . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | This latest development in a saga which has been running for many months represents a change of heart by the Saints ' board . |
| 13 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 14 | This new magazine is modelled on the successful ‘ English Civil War Notes & Queries ’ which has been running for several years . |
| 15 | Any tank that has been running for several months in a typical down-flow system will eventually become clogged and packed down . |
| 16 | Er you will all be aware I think that the budget has been running for some months and er I suppose a lot of you either as spokes persons or as members of groups have actually been dealing with the budget issues in some detail . |
| 17 | Here , after a campaign has been running for some time , a sample survey is used , in which questions are asked about the brands in the market in question : |
| 18 | A particularly influential way of studying them was outlined by Ninian Smart , one of the first members of the Shap Working Party which has been campaigning for this approach since the early 1970s : religions each have at least six dimensions : doctrinal , mythological , ethical , ritual , experiential and social . |
| 19 | John Ambrose has been turning for many years , delighting competition judges and spectators with his originality and precision . |
| 20 | Good God , Teddy , the US arms industry has been praying for this war for years . |
| 21 | ‘ She has been missing for several days now and we are concerned for her safety , ’ said a Garston police spokesman . |
| 22 | The decommissioning of a small experimental reactor on the Sellafield site has been continuing for some years . |
| 23 | Concern has been growing for some time now , voiced not only by the media but also by some high-powered academics , ex-civil servants and former senior government statisticians , that official information which should be wholly objective is being distorted , suppressed or otherwise interfered with to serve the political ends of the government . |
| 24 | In the UK , this ideal has been eroding for some time and seems unlikely to survive the escalating costs of current treatments . |
| 25 | It has been occurring for many years and has been embodied in legislation such as the Housing Acts of 1935 and 1957 , although numbers of sales have fluctuated considerably according to the political complexions of the government of the day . |
| 26 | ‘ It was only an idea he had , based on the way Robert has been behaving for some time . |
| 27 | A further example is when an organisation which has been trading for many decades finds itself increasingly out of touch with the market and the organisation 's internal culture and style is no longer appropriate to the markets it is trying to address . |
| 28 | That has been happening for some time , but the Secretary of State and the Minister should know that . |