Example sentences of "of [noun pl] have be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years an increasing number of states have been attempting to remove the appointment of the judges from the partisan political process and to ensure minimum standards of efficiency and ability on the part of judges . |
| 2 | Two fundamental trends are at work : employee numbers are being gradually but drastically reduced — the Army alone is facing a 30 per cent by 1995 ; and all three services are coming to terms with their obligation to ‘ market test ’ support services with the result that a steady trickle of contracts has been going to the private sector since the early 80s . |
| 3 | The result is that the townscape of houses has been spreading further outwards and now , in places , the rurban fringe of one town meets that of another . |
| 4 | ‘ I think a lot of Canadians have been waiting with baited breath for several months wondering whether he will stay or go and I think the fact he 's leaving is going to be good for the country , ’ the deputy Liberal leader , Sheila Copps , said . |
| 5 | THOUSANDS of homes have been relying on stored water supplies following a discharge of diesel oil into the River Tees . |
| 6 | Police and charity commissioners investigating the disappearance of thousands of pounds of funds have been meeting the trustee who raised the alarm . |
| 7 | Letters of thanks have been flooding into our offices . |
| 8 | Thousands of fans have been flocking to see Britain 's longest running soap opera on the live stage . |
| 9 | Generations of gypsies have been travelling to Stow each year . |
| 10 | They say gangs of youngsters have been targeting elderly people in the town centre and stealing purses from them . |
| 11 | The number of trusts has been falling , though only slowly , mainly as a result of mergers . |
| 12 | We can actually er use various actual computer equipment er open systems er recently new development as well which basically a lot of companies have been inputting their share resources to develop this area . |
| 13 | Millions of parents have been saying this for months . |
| 14 | Since work started a greatly increased number of visitors have been arriving , and since the reopening regular services have been held . |
| 15 | The signal is dated 1 August 1942 and states that a stream of messages had been coming in from Stirling in the desert regarding the shipment of supplies by Bombays for delivery on 4 August . |
| 16 | The Royal Mail , which for a number of years has been transporting first-class mail overnight by air , totally reorganised its operation at the end of September . |
| 17 | Well the farmers for the last couple of years have been arguing that they want this green rate devalued er to try and bring it line more with the market rate er and what this would do would er increase our guaranteed prices in this country and in fact on Friday this happened er the green rate was devalued by 60%. er and so I 've done a few calculations er and for the farmers that are listening and er may understand this er if he was selling his grain in November 89 he would be getting about £99 a ton , whilst if he sells it in November this year he 'll be getting £110 a ton . |
| 18 | Thousands of picnickers have been dining out in style at a giant fireworks concert . |
| 19 | Since 1973 the Association of illustrators has been fulfilling a much needed role in the illustration industry . |
| 20 | When questioned they admitted that this state of affairs had been going on for some time . |
| 21 | Dozens of gliders have been soaring over the region competing in one of the country 's largest gliding championships . |
| 22 | Now , if you see a ploughed field today , it looks exactly as if a lot of pigs have been a-hoggin' and a-rootin' on it up . ’ |
| 23 | In London , a small group of clinical research nurses based in the St Peter 's group of hospitals and the Royal College of Surgeons has been meeting every two months for over a year , calling themselves the Clinical Research Nurses Association . |
| 24 | Biotechnologists at the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have been testing rice modified to resist the red stripe virus , which can destroy entire harvests in Southeast Asia . |
| 25 | A couple of scientists had been working on Edgeøya for most of the summer , and this young bear had appeared near the old trapper 's hut they were staying in ( which was near the beach where we had landed ) . |
| 26 | Since then , teams of scientists have been entering the site to test and remove contamination . |
| 27 | A group of colleges have been working together to develop a new HNC in Civil Engineering . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's Fergie , ’ someone said , and within seconds Charles and Diana were left staring at an empty patch of snow where a moment before dozens of photographers had been elbowing one another for the best position . |
| 29 | The rate of failures has been declining through the 1980s and the last time it was running at these levels was 1984 , when 3,924 businesses failed . |
| 30 | A working group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has been taking a fresh look at the problem , and its report was endorsed by the college this week . |