Example sentences of "have been [det] [noun] [to-vb] the " in BNC.

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1 But in the midst of the holocaust wrought by long-term unemployment on the jobless , there has been little time to examine the effect of the current climate on the working population .
2 In the West Midlands there has been some attempt to classify the type of assistance given to each client into advice or support where support means that some action was taken by the advice worker .
3 If there 'd been any evidence to link the death to anyone connected with the Jonquil the police would have found it by now .
4 There must evidently have been some panic to get the depôt clear in time to reopen for service cars .
5 It must have been some force to knock the fences down . ’
6 There have been many attempts to save the Humean account , or some development of it .
7 Surprisingly , though , there have been few attempts to acknowledge the fluidity of Renaissance plays .
8 There have been several attempts to explain the reasons for the strong seismic reflections from such zones .
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