Example sentences of "[that] there [vb -s] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the current position is that there 's been substantial progress er in Greater York , and I think its testimony to the willingness of the Greater York authorities to work together there that there 's been such a level of agreement I think probably er never before achieved in the Greater York area as to the direction that Greater York erm er should take . |
| 2 | Ring Philip and B T , not that there 's been any problems . |
| 3 | ‘ Did you know , ’ said Melissa when Eleanor at last became quiet , ‘ that there 's been another murder ? ’ |
| 4 | All he has been trying to do is to trying to ensure that there 's been even-handed play here on all the stadium sites and it 's disgraceful that his name has been dragged into this ! |
| 5 | This year I 'm nearly certain that there 's been some money , not too much — about five thousand pounds — taken out of the system . |
| 6 | Chairman , this is not what we , er , agreed before , and it seems to me that there 's been some re-thinking on this , and I hesitate to say that once again , er , members are trying to face all ways because they do n't want to upset somebody , but the policy that we 've had in the past , had total support at property , and it is , it is a policy that has worked . |
| 7 | Does he further accept that the report identifies that there has been serious disturbance in primary schools in recent years ? |
| 8 | Many constituents write to me regularly , expressing themselves strongly and loudly of the opinion , or in some cases the fact , that there has been serious abuse of the immigration laws . |
| 9 | In Scotland , the lack of development of Elderly Mentally Infirm Homes and the failure to implement the recommendations of the Timbury Report has meant that there has been increasing pressure on local authorities to care for " the mentally confused " ( the SWSG term ) and problems getting people into psychiatric care as they deteriorate . |
| 10 | Williams attempts to show that if we examined the commonplace idea of equality of opportunity thoroughly , we find ourselves carried down a sort of ‘ slippery slope ’ towards insisting that only if everybody has succeeded to the same degree can we be sure that there has been genuine equality of opportunity . |
| 11 | Since that time I think that there has been great progress towards reconciliation and this has largely flowed from common sense and from a better understanding of the facts . |
| 12 | It would be foolish to deny that there has been great suspicion that when we talk about freedoms and flexibilities what we are actually talking about is worsening existing terms and conditions . |
| 13 | It is surprising , therefore , that there has been inadequate research into the forestry potential of the Mediterranean regions . |
| 14 | In view of the universality and range of the interview situation it is not surprising that there has been extensive research , but for the same reasons the research is of little operational consequence . |
| 15 | ( 1982 ) have used old Ordnance Survey maps to show that there has been extensive reclamation of moorland on the plateau uplands of the North York Moors , Exmoor , Dartmoor and the Brecon Beacons . |
| 16 | The allegation that there has been undue secrecy seems untrue . |
| 17 | A party seeking to establish a course of dealing must show that there has been regular trading between the parties , and the dealing must have been consistent . |
| 18 | It is incontrovertible that there has been long-continued subsidence on many oceanic atolls . |
| 19 | It is not surprising that there has been such growth in the south-east . |
| 20 | They have been so pervasive and so self-evident that there has been little point in articulating them . |
| 21 | In fact , some argue that there has been little growth or development over the years in the service . |
| 22 | Note that bass notes are mostly dissonant with the melody , and that there has been little attempt to remove note-relationships which conventionally would be regarded as crude and unmusical . |
| 23 | ( 9 ) A licensing board may refuse to renew a licence provisionally granted under subsection ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) above if the board considers that there has been unreasonable delay on the part of the applicant in completing the premises . |
| 24 | For the sake of the argument we must assume that the space covered by the arch is proportional to the benefits , so that there has been some purpose in making the arch as broad as possible . |
| 25 | It is difficult to deny that there has been some change in the right direction . |
| 26 | It is thought that there has been some element of a share dealing ring in the Dunsdale case . |
| 27 | An even more extreme form of this way of thinking is to assume that there has been some type of directive force in evolution such that humans represent the ‘ pinnacle ’ of progress . |
| 28 | The recent lacklustre share price performance has suggested that there has been some doubt as to the practical benefits of separation , not least how future dividend payments will be structured . |
| 29 | All these suggest that there has been some degree of real tooth loss in these predator assemblages due to digestion , and since this loss is also accompanied by loss of bone , it is considered that this is the most extreme degree of breakage in these comparisons . |
| 30 | It appears that there has been some misunderstanding with regard to the sand pit cover . |