Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] has [been] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore there has been little research which has dealt specifically with Scotland . |
| 2 | The predictions of zero-risk theory in terms of accident countermeasures are often at variance with those from RHT , thus there has been considerable debate about the relative merits of the two theories ( e.g. Evans , 1986a , b ; McKenna , 1982 , 1985 , 1988 ; Wilde , 1984 , 1986 ) . |
| 3 | Whether or not there has been any history of violence , the association between the past and the present is bound to be significant in understanding present abuse within the family . |
| 4 | Nevertheless there has been little interest in exploring for Zechstein gas in the North Sea and the test results so far encountered have been very discouraging . |
| 5 | There is an approximation to this for all of these samples , but clearly there has been considerable bone loss from even the most complete bone assemblages . |
| 6 | Traditionally it has been common practice for schools to seek to maintain discipline and control misbehaviour via the exertion of authority and the employment of sanctions as punishments . |
| 7 | So far there has been little discussion of the superego for the simple reason that there has been little cause to mention it . |
| 8 | But so far there has been little sign of it . |
| 9 | Now there has been real concern voiced about the delay in getting the unit off the ground . |
| 10 | Inevitably there has been considerable speculation on the causes and implications of urban disturbances . |
| 11 | But urban guerrillas do n't kidnap distinguished foreigners only to keep their exploit secret , hijackers can hardly help becoming news on the instant , and here there has been profound silence . |
| 12 | Latterly he has been Fast Reactor Director . |
| 13 | Silly me — I had thought that that was party policy , but unfortunately there has been some turning of the tide . |
| 14 | But since then there has been increasing realisation that the two causes must somehow be brought together . |
| 15 | Since then it has been many times re-invented and used for 3D picture postcards . |
| 16 | Since then it has been three times enlarged , in width , length and depth . |
| 17 | Everywhere it has been high fashion to emphasise the importance of ‘ managing change ’ . |
| 18 | Indeed it has been proposed thatany increase in permeability in patients with inflammatory bowel disease results from polymorphonuclear transmigration through the intestinal mucosa . |
| 19 | Either there has been some mistake , or else Acamar has faded . |
| 20 | We have been very pleased that in the intervening months , when there has been ample opportunity for discussion and feedback , considerable support for this scheme has been forthcoming . |
| 21 | In a year when there has been considerable fund-raising to meet the Irish Ladies Hockey Union 's initial £m target , to help stage the World Cup finals in Dublin in July , Ulster officials are delighted to have successfully negotiated a year 's extension on Renault 's sponsorship of their senior leagues . |
| 22 | As yet there has been little research considering early retirement among women and its social meaning and impact . |
| 23 | It should not be forgotten that hazards themselves have geographical distributions yet there has been little effort in the UK to develop public domain databases . |
| 24 | Where the reference was automatic ( £1,000 or less only being involved ) Ord 19 , r 6 provides that no solicitors ' charges or litigant in person costs may be awarded except the costs which were stated on the summons or which would have been stated on the summons if the claim had been for a liquidated sum , the costs of enforcing the award , and such further costs as the arbitrator may direct where there has been unreasonable conduct on the part of the opposite party in relation to the proceedings or the claim therein . |
| 25 | There is no real news there of the owl , but someone suggests that I try the hills above Núpur where there has been much activity lately . |
| 26 | The regulations against which the Opposition are praying concern backdated entitlement to benefit where there has been official Department of Social Security error or where relevant evidence was not known at the time of the original DSS decision . |
| 27 | The real test is whether they have been used in all the cases where there has been flagrant abuse , and I have reason to believe that the traffic commissioners are doing their job competently in that connection . |
| 28 | The length of that period depends on the seriousness of the punishment : where there has been any period of imprisonment between six months and thirty months , the conviction becomes " spent " after ten years have elapsed . |
| 29 | This may be part of the explanation in Britain , where there has been some improvement in the potential of the economy . |
| 30 | Even in the urban core where there has been massive population loss associated with slum clearance , there were almost as many dwellings in 1981 as there had been in 1961 and , as Table 3.4 shows , the area now has a far higher standard of amenity . |