Example sentences of "[adv] have [be] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is thus important to use language which reflects a real change of attitude to people who for so long have been unwilling recipients of services designed largely for society 's comfort and not theirs . |
| 2 | In the last few days alone there have been probing books about Mrs Thatcher and Winston Churchill which told us a great deal about the murky depths of the authors . |
| 3 | The graphs indicate that on these measures there have been substantial changes over the post-war period . |
| 4 | We know that in most regions there have been frequent changes of climate in the geologically immediate past . |
| 5 | In the Somerset Levels there have been great changes since the Roman period ( Fig.48 ) . |
| 6 | The implementation of reform and change have , according to Sir Thomas , been significant but he admits there have been great difficulties over the years getting the PR message over . |
| 7 | In all these countries there have been major debates about what policy to adopt in order to restrict the arrival of such people . |
| 8 | By contrast , in the growth sectors of manufacturing and services within the non-metropolitan regions there have been strong tendencies of concentration in the main settlements . |
| 9 | In these appeals we have only been concerned with the obligation to give the contemnor this written record , but in most of the reported cases there have been other breaches of procedures in addition to a breach of this nature . |
| 10 | Around the country there have been isolated examples of operations going wrong perhaps because surgeons have not had good enough training . |
| 11 | Though ESA admits there have been electronic problems with one of the system 's processors , it 's hardly surprising . |
| 12 | In the Grampian and Northern areas there have been big increases in both murder and attempted murder . |
| 13 | Ever since I can remember there have been little stickers of white paper all over the house with neat black-biro writing on them . |
| 14 | For plants there have been numerous papers on the relationship between growth indicators such as dry weight or leaf area and time . |
| 15 | Despite their dependency on Rome , the jesuits too have been important innovators on the contemporary scene in Ireland , particularly in the areas of education for ecumenism and industrial relations . |
| 16 | Both these examples raise issues other than the question of whether support is one-way , but they do indicate that there certainly have been historical circumstances in which people have felt that the requirement to provide financial support to parents , in circumstances where they were apparently unable to reciprocate , went well beyond their normal expectations of support between kin . |