Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp has been doing it for some time , and now Wordperfect Corp is doing it too — applying for patents on their software rather than relying copyright law : reason is that , as the Wall Street Journal explains , a patent can provide a company with exclusive use of its patented programs for a fixed number of years , even if another company develops the idea independently ; copyright , which is created as soon as an idea is expressed in an original way , protects only the expression of the idea , not the idea itself , and it does n't confer exclusive use if someone else develops the same software independently ; downside is that getting a patent costs big — in both time and money — and once it expires , the technology it describes is free for all . |
| 2 | And while it is BPX-GOM 's first third-party agreement to remotely operate and produce from a subsea gas well , the Offshore Division has been operating its own satellite gas well , High Island A-587 , since 1991 . |
| 3 | PARLIAMENT has been reminding me this past week of some scenes from the musical Paint Your Wagon . |
| 4 | It is true that the recession has been putting their customers out of business , but accountants will always be kept busy picking up the pieces , or explaining in long reports why other accountancy firms got it wrong and are liable for a fortune in damages . |
| 5 | My mum has been minding him since he was seven months old , he is now six . |
| 6 | No less than three supporters , all before opening time , have told me that they know for certain that a League chairman has been watching me in recent weeks . |
| 7 | The former England striker revealed : ‘ The chairman has been telling me the same thing ever since I took over 18 months ago . |
| 8 | Labour has been outlining its policy on the economy at the Party Conference in Blackpool . |
| 9 | Labour has been saying something it knows to be untrue . |
| 10 | Labour has been feeling its way since Major 's election , as if the corridor it was traversing was suddenly plunged into darkness . |
| 11 | Just such an episode has been playing itself out on the American financial stage . |
| 12 | Despite the contraction in its employment , Britain 's manufacturing industry has been increasing its requirements for factory floorspace . |
| 13 | For many years the industry has been examining its production processes to see how resources can be used more efficiently — which generally means getting more out of less . |
| 14 | A scheme which takes teachers out of the classroom to give them experience in industry has been celebrating its one hundred thousandth placement . |
| 15 | Ward 's side had been fighting it out on the streets with the IPLO 's Dublin-based Army Council in a row over drug money . |
| 16 | The mould Penicillium looked interesting , and was available : research workers in the department had been using it , just as Fleming was doing , to prevent the growth of unwanted organisms in bacterial cultures . |
| 17 | A man leaning in a shop doorway had been watching her performance too . |
| 18 | A few minutes later , as he turned right into the Banbury Road , now beginning to think once more with some semblance of rationality , Morse considered whether his witness had been telling him the whole truth . |
| 19 | The touring side have been playing their opening three day fixture against Worcestershire — and they quickly settled into winning rhythm.Bob Hall reports . |
| 20 | Women on the continent have been using them for years and they 're gradually becoming available in this country . |
| 21 | The two sides in the battle over admitting men to an Oxford women 's college have been putting their case to University Chancellor , Lord Jenkins . |
| 22 | A Tory friend of mine who has been trying to write nice things about the Conservative campaign has been tearing his hair out in desperation , not just because they are doing so badly — but because they deserve to . |
| 23 | What 's more , the editor has been reciting his speech |
| 24 | A village cricketer has been celebrating his seventieth birthday by opening the batting in a game . |
| 25 | Ozymandias , whose famous admonishment has been haunting me from Day One , seems to lurk round every corner , laughing up his sleeve . |
| 26 | If there is something to be said for the project , it 's that Waggoner has been doing his homework . |
| 27 | John Nelson , a communications consultant has been examining them on behalf of the Sunday Times and his conclusions are greatly at odds with the story so far . |
| 28 | John Nelson , a communications consultant has been examining them on behalf of the Sunday Times and his conclusions are greatly at odds with the story so far . |
| 29 | Jeopardy had been watching him . |
| 30 | A neighbour 's child had been breaking my constituent 's windows , hurling abusive language and stealing property at will . |