Example sentences of "[been] [v-ing] place for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Closures of railway lines had been taking place for many years , accelerated by the growing availability of cars in the 1950s . |
| 2 | In one sense this kind of thing has been taking place for centuries . |
| 3 | The document ignores the debate on curriculum which has been taking place for 20 years . |
| 4 | Britain would now be in the fortunate position of having had , in 1991 , nothing worse than a shallow and short-lived recession , from which a smart recovery would already have been taking place for several quarters , with no balance of payments constraint and little rise in unemployment . |
| 5 | Negotiations between the National Trust and MoD have been taking place for two years and have reached a critical stage . |
| 6 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 7 | Such a process has been taking place for a long time . |
| 8 | Negotiations have been taking place for almost two years and their failure is a big setback to the ambitions of the Edinburgh-based financial institution set up with £26 million in 1991 as a building society acquisition vehicle . |