Example sentences of "but [pron] have been [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was an emphasis on the generation of female employment as well as on the general need for diversification but there had been little development by the outbreak of war . |
| 2 | But there had been little doubt he would go from the moment Micheal Hurley had called during the Thanksgiving holiday to say he had at last been funded for a major operation in the Middle East and would Coleman be interested in going back to Cyprus as a DEA contractor ? |
| 3 | The party managers continued to bewail the organizational weakness of Coalition Liberalism , but there had been little opportunity for organizational collaboration ; one of the few joint ventures , a magazine called Popular View , was abandoned in 1921 because of the impossibility of producing a lively magazine out of continuous compromise . |
| 4 | Before this , it was realized that quality had an impact on the bottom line , but there had been little analysis of its effects . |
| 5 | She had helped to pick up all the things spilt from the bag , but there had been that look in her eye just before — a familiar look , contempt , indifferently hidden . |
| 6 | All 18 had initialled the treaty on March 13 , but there had been some doubt before the final signature that Baskhkortostan would sign . |
| 7 | There are a variety of sources ranging from the Urban programme of the Department of the Environment to charities but there has been much uncertainty about funding , the Legal Aid Annual Reports regularly referring to the financial problems of particular centres . |
| 8 | But there has been little legislation directed specifically towards women . |
| 9 | The fall-off curves away from such centres of consumption imply that the redistribution of such goods was controlled , but there has been little research carried out to determine the patterns of dispersal in any more detail . |
| 10 | There is a host of community-related rural organisations in Scotland , many of which are purely social , or purely functional , some of which have broad ( non-party ) political aims , ( very few it seems make any attempt at all to combine social and political aspects even in a semi-structured way ) , but there has been little attempt to make learning connections between the assortment of community groups . |
| 11 | In the UK , different local authorities have developed a range of renewal policies but there has been little attempt to evaluate their effect in the wider urban context . |
| 12 | Senior Palace sources were last night still insisting the trip had served its primary purpose , but there has been little effort during the week to disguise their growing frustration . |
| 13 | I walk down the real staircase , but I know , like Lot 's wife knew , that everything is crumbling to a smoke screen behind me , the urge to look back slaps at my face , but there has been enough powder to nothing in my life . |
| 14 | will prevent him having to consider a mass of trivial complaints where it is unlikely that criminal charges would ever be brought but there has been some concern that the chief officer of police is given a discretion whether or not to refer complaints which disclose criminal conduct to the D.P.P. , although this decision is of course supervised . |
| 15 | So we we may have to pursue that further but there has been some progress after all this time and expenditure of money and and time . |
| 16 | ‘ We have been waiting for grants but there has been some debate about whether croquet is a sport because of the pace it 's played at . ’ |
| 17 | Cyclists and horse riders are keen to progress with the scheme but there has been some opposition from one particular village . |
| 18 | But there has been some argument that the criteria should be increased for boys to the age of 8 years ( Verhulst et al . |
| 19 | But there has been some attempt also to undercut the basic level of the defenders ' case . |
| 20 | I apologise for any offence given but there has been another death , though one which may resolve the mysteries which have plagued us . ’ |
| 21 | In some other countries , such as the southern African nations , the situation has been similar to that of some parts of Latin America , but there has been more freedom in recent months . |
| 22 | In some other countries , such as the southern African nations , the situation has been similar to that of some parts of Latin America , but there has been more freedom in recent months . |
| 23 | It might n't have been the class but there 's been some schoolin' there an' some refinement . |