Example sentences of "have [be] active " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evans has been active in outlet trading . |
| 2 | The best-known current investigation is into share-buying in companies where Mr David Abell 's Suter engineering group has been active . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , evidence has emerged that the West Berlin branch of Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's Christian Democratic Union party ( CDU ) has been active in stirring pro-unity emotions in Leipzig , supplying demonstrators with West German flags and handing out stickers in the black , red , and gold of the two German flags with the slogan : ‘ We are one people . ’ |
| 4 | It is headed by Suresh Grover , who , like many associated with the organisation , has been active in radical Asian politics since the mid-1970s and the bitter campaign which followed the death of Blair Peach from a police truncheon blow in 1979 . |
| 5 | By the death , at the age of 66 , of Mr. Philip Henry Thomas which took place after a long illness , on Saturday the 18th instant , at his residence at 13 Rusham Road , Battersea loses a citizen who has been active for 40 years in championing the cause of Liberalism in this borough … . |
| 6 | Wells has been active in opposing the opening of a Banbridge disco which will operate on the sabbath . |
| 7 | The Commission on Analytical Nomenclature of IUPAC has been active for a long time in establishing nomenclature for chromatography . |
| 8 | Before commencing it should be emphasized that when a geologist talks of a volcano having been recently active , he means that it has been active within the last ten thousand years . |
| 9 | The latter probably included correspondence with Colonel Filipović in Belgrade , who has been active for many years in agitating for firmer action |
| 10 | She has been active on the London fringe , playing the title part in Strindberg 's Miss Julie , Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Ernest and other parts . |
| 11 | He has been active as a researcher on retirement for more than 15 years . |
| 12 | Since that time there has been active US lobbying among other Western nations against signature . |
| 13 | Despite the fact that this guitar is only days old , the neck has a vintage feel to it , as though it has been active in the field for thirty years . |
| 14 | ADRA has been active in relief and development for more than 10 years . |
| 15 | For the past twelve years ( eight of them as President ) , Reinz has been active in the Bundesverband der Deutschen Galerien ( founded in 1977 ) which orchestrates the annual Art Colonia . |
| 16 | Malaysia , too , has been active since 1983 . |
| 17 | Obair has been active on the question of employment , unemployment and training for people in West Belfast since 1987 . |
| 18 | West Belfast Action for the Unemployed has been active on the punitive effects of social security policies on unemployed people in the area . |
| 19 | The Transport and General Workers Union too has been active In the industry , and its latest recruitment drives is also aimed at casuals . |
| 20 | Following a very successful workshop in September 1991 supported by the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust , which representatives of most EC countries attended , the faculty has been active in promoting its model of training to other EC countries . |
| 21 | The Claimants Union has been active in the field of social security and welfare benefits and , in some areas of the country , offers advice and representation at tribunals to those in need . |
| 22 | Over the last few years the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) has been active in consulting with British industry and encouraging it to be competitive in the European market . |
| 23 | hDC has been active in the Windows add-on market for some time , producing excellent utilities to make working in the PC 's most popular GUI even easier than it is already . |
| 24 | From early in its history , therefore , AEA has been active in technology transfer and has come increasingly to operate as a service organisation to the nuclear industry , working through customer-contractor arrangements covered by properly drawn up contracts . |
| 25 | The second attraction is that the Town and Country Planning Association is a fascinating case study of a pressure group that has been active over a long period . |
| 26 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils much closer together and this important aspect of our work has expanded considerably in recent times . |
| 27 | The Scottish Council has been active for some years in bringing employers and school pupils closer together . |
| 28 | Lorna has been active as a tenants leader and was elected by tenants to represent them on Haringey Council 's Housing Committee . |
| 29 | At the same time N C V O has been active in addressing voluntary organisations own ability to meet the challenges of a changing world . |
| 30 | She has been active in local politics since 1985 when she took up a seat on Cleveland county council for Victoria ward , Thornaby . |