Example sentences of "has be [v-ing] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arafat , determined to rally Palestinians behind the deal , began the round of meetings on Thursday and has been struggling since then to overcome opposition of at least four of the 12 members attending , Palestinian sources said . |
| 2 | Joking apart Kevin has been training for nearly a year . |
| 3 | Glover has been training for only five years , and many a famous name has yet to come within spitting distance of the race , so the achievement was remarkable . |
| 4 | Le-eyo was distinguished by an error which mankind has been trying to right ever since . |
| 5 | Northern Ireland has been warring for over 20 years . |
| 6 | Brutus 's choice of Caesar as the serpent 's egg is selected as the suitable formulation of the equation between Caesar and serpents Brutus has been toying with throughout . |
| 7 | She was lured into the private sector by the ambitious plans of her former colleague , Mr Colin Stringer , who has been dealing with mentally handicapped people for 25 years . |
| 8 | , 16 , who has been sailing for about seven years , said winning the championship was ‘ a surprise ’ . |
| 9 | Because if you do , you can not fail to be deeply impressed by the very many ways in which high-fibre foods can help you to slim , and to come to the conclusion that the F-Plan is that major slimming breakthrough everyone has been seeking for so long . |
| 10 | Danielle has been writing for only 12 or so . |
| 11 | Although the Funny Farm has been operating for just over a year it has had many bands through its doors already including The Proclaimers , The Silencers , Botany 5 , Kith ‘ n Kin , Avalon , Fini Tribe , Jools Holland and Nazareth . |
| 12 | It is argued that the traditional bureaucratic mechanistic structure that has been operating for so long can no longer cope with the dynamic environment that we now live in . |
| 13 | WRECS , which has been operating for almost a decade , now boasts a membership of more than 40 who attended the evening of festive fun at the Pavilion Club , Barlaston , complete with refreshments and cabaret . |
| 14 | For example , in one CSE mode three which has been operating for about ten years , the course objectives are divided into content and process . |
| 15 | The laboratory , at Evesham in Worcestershire , has been operating for more than forty years . |
| 16 | ‘ OPTIONS ’ has been running for over ten years in America , four years on the UK mainland and over two years in the province . |
| 17 | That is serious in view of the fact that the committee has been running for more than four years . |
| 18 | Hayes Machine Knitting Club has been running for quite a few years now and welcomes new members . |
| 19 | Yesterday , however , villagers were celebrating a decision which they hoped would mark the end of another local controversy which has been running for almost eight years . |
| 20 | Cray Computer says that at least one prototype has been running for about three weeks and hopes to have one ready to demonstrate by the end of this summer . |
| 21 | The independent Spanish magazine Piragüismo de las Autonomías has been running for about a year now . |
| 22 | For the past few years , the death count has been running at roughly 10 a day , with blood feuds and general gangsterism adding to the mayhem . |
| 23 | For the past few years , the death count has been running at roughly 10 a day , with blood feuds and general gangsterism adding to the mayhem . |
| 24 | Although the actual game has been going for over 65 years there was a slight change made in 1943 when the event became a charity match to raise funds for the specific purpose of the prevention of blindness . |
| 25 | Well you have to think , International Women 's Day has been going for just about a hundred years . |
| 26 | Erm I must confess to doubting whether such a pool of talent exists and I share the views er of the Noble Lord , Lord Motterstone who in a very powerful and commonsense speech made this point an and a number of other ones , but I have to say that what I do think exists is the temptation to create posts for friends of the Government , a process of which has been going for far too long and I mem and I wonder if er members on the other side would defend this position as my Noble Friend Lord Allen said earlier , quite sincerely if , say , another party were in power before when such a time arrives it will then be of little avail for them to run around complaining , for they will have sown the seeds of their own dissatisfaction . |
| 27 | The system has been working for about five years now , with never a hitch . |
| 28 | But the arrival of Messrs Louis-Dreyfus and Scott will give the group an injection of basic management skills and strategy that has been missing of late . |
| 29 | But last night a source close to Jagger said : ‘ All that stuff she has been saying about hardly knowing him is rubbish . |
| 30 | For one thing , the people elected Solidarity to govern and it has been governing for barely seven months . |