Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] [vb base] been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus in London at different times there have been groups which have called themselves the Society of Twelve , the Seven and Five , and One/Four . |
| 2 | Yet to characterise the development in this fashion is too simplistic since at different times there have been offshoots , modifications and borrowings from different countries and even within them . |
| 3 | Within the past few years there have been developments that give rise to the hope that before too long we shall have a filly consistent quantum theory of gravity , one that will agree with general relativity for macroscopic objects and will , one hopes , be free of the mathematical infinities that have long bedeviled other quantum field theories . |
| 4 | Fortunately , over the past few years there have been attempts by social services and local authorities to review the value of care for young people . |
| 5 | In the past few years there have been signs of its introduction and extension by manufacturing organisations experiencing increasing volatility in their markets , increasing inability to predict their manpower requirements and increasing pressures to minimise labour costs . |
| 6 | This season there have been signs that Jane 's early talent is budding anew . |
| 7 | Even in this century there have been failures . |
| 8 | This year there have been publications about both . |
| 9 | For some time there have been rumours that the urbs have been solving the problem by having their foxes caught and surreptitiously turned loose in remote rural areas . |
| 10 | I found it hard to find Mill 's arguments for this , although he seems to be , he seems to be arguing the point over several pages , but erm we get pretty much rhetorical claims and evidence and so he wants us to consider those states which have been ruled by despots with those contemporary states which have been democracies England versus Spain say and he thinks it 's obvious which type of system we ought to prefer . |
| 11 | We have also seen that for the purposes of civil liability there have been proposals for a generalised statutory scheme for exceptional risks . |
| 12 | Three modal types can be distinguished : industry-wide , multi-employer bargaining which is external to the firm , as practised in much of Western Europe on wage-related issues ; single enterprise or firm bargaining , as typically found in the USA and Japan ; and economy-wide systems between trade union and employer central confederations which have been characteristic of several countries , including Norway , Sweden , Denmark and , at times , the Netherlands . |
| 13 | In the last fifty years there have been problems for the fishermen and most have become unemployed or moved to other jobs . |
| 14 | Should a member wish to put forward a resolution for discussion at this meeting , is must be signed by not less than ten members of the National Trust who have been members since 1 January 1990 or earlier and must reach the Secretary at 36 Queen Anne 's Gate , London SW1H 9AS not later than 15 June . |
| 15 | For many years there have been proponents of the theory that one of the ‘ lobe-finned ’ fishes included the ancestor of the tetrapods , and it is not difficult to imagine their stumpy fins , with a fleshy core , making the uneasy transition into a walking leg . |
| 16 | For many years there have been worries over the increasing monopolisation of British industry , as evidenced by increased levels of both aggregate and market concentration , and for which there is little doubt that merger activity has , at times , been a major causal factor ( see e.g. HMSO 1978 , Hughes 1989 ) . |
| 17 | For seventy years we have been slaves to the tyrannical French . |
| 18 | The contracting parties affirm their intention to create without delay a legal foundation permitting the rehabilitation of all persons who have been victims of a politically motivated punitive measure or any court decision contrary to the rule of law or constitutional principles . |
| 19 | Crimes of violence comprise less than 4 per cent of recorded crime , and while crimes of violence have risen rapidly in numbers in the post-war period there have been changes in the pattern of such offences . |
| 20 | As guardians of its wildlife , Hong Kong 's British tenants can not be said to have done very well , though in the last ten years there have been attempts by Hong Kong conservationists to save what is left . |
| 21 | Over more than ten years there have been negotiations between Kent County Council ( which originally intended to retain West Malling as a general aviation aerodrome ) and the local planning authority that intended to build all over it . |
| 22 | Not so , says Helen Peggs , spokeswoman for Victim Support , which aims to support those people who have been victims of crime . |
| 23 | From prehistoric times there have been fortifications of one sort or another on the great Rock which dominates the surrounding countryside , but the first records go back to the seventh century . |
| 24 | In reply , the restructuring school , while agreeing that it is important to distinguish long-term and short-term changes , might argue that within any long-term decentralization there have been periods of crucial importance . |
| 25 | It seems to me to have been one of the greatest tragedies in the Province in the 27 months I have been Secretary of State . |
| 26 | On the one hand there have been reports suggesting that the vaccine can cause brain damage , albeit in a tiny minority of children and , on the other , the whooping cough epidemics in recent years have re-awakened fears of the damage the disease itself can inflict . |
| 27 | They 're finger-printing guys who 've been bedridden for years . |
| 28 | Within living memory there have been cathedral organists who have taught their skills to articled pupils . |
| 29 | For more than twenty years I 've been part of the furniture , a constant teatime companion . |
| 30 | For several years there have been complaints from Bramshott residents about flooding , erosion of banks and the neglected state of the path . |