Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] have [been] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Naturally there have been pockets of Tory resistance in Labour strongholds , just as there are pockets of Labour resistance in the South .
2 It means that necessarily there have been variations in people 's need for support from their kin , and in the capacity of kin to provide it .
3 Thus there have been changes over time in patterns of support between generations , but these are not necessarily a result of individuals ' changing beliefs and values about family responsibilities .
4 Already there have been reports of ticket forging and some Wolves fans have been drinking in the city since lunchtime .
5 Everybody , it seems , wants a slice of the action ; lately there have been sightings of Lo Life graffiti in Philadelphia , Pittsburg , Virginia , even South Carolina .
6 Thirdly there have been studies of geomorphological processes affected by human activity and particularly important stimuli were produced by Wolman ( 1967a ) who suggested the way in which sediment yield varied at the present time between urban and non-urban areas and extended this to provide a model of change of sediment yield in the northeast of the USA since 1700 , and also by Douglas ( 1969 ) .
7 Since then there have been instances concerning dollars held in London by Iran , contrasted with deposits held in the US which illustrate the point well .
8 Second , in the same area , again there have been proposals for a cyclists ’ crossing of the traffic island to link Bristo Place to George Square , which should also become part of the scheme .
9 Not uncommonly there have been problems in replicating both experimental procedures and the results claimed for them .
10 As a consequence it would appear that ‘ strikes are often the most practical means of renouncing an agreement ’ ( Sellier , 1978 , p. 222 ) , although recently there have been attempts in France to institute more regularised collective relationships .
11 The disease is widespread in America and quite recently there have been reports of cases in dogs in the UK .
12 Recently there have been reports of a concentration of Khmer Rouge forces in Kompong Speu , where the mountains come within 30 miles of Phnom Penh .
13 More recently there have been reports of Chinese Muslims demonstrating in Peking .
14 More recently there have been criticisms of the balance between these two areas and , on occasions , the GAO has been accused of neglecting its more traditional audit responsibilities in the area of financial compliance and regularity .
15 Certainly there have been cases after Alladice , including the one in which these remarks were made , where infraction of the rules has led to the resultant evidence being declared inadmissible .
16 Certainly there have been fears in the media over a ‘ new school-age crime wave ’ .
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