Example sentences of "there [verb] [adv] been the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er Noble Lords er know a good precedent erm y you just but I 've never seen one before and erm so far of course perhaps I 'm being unfair as there has n't been the opportunity to do so , but so far we have had no explanation from the Government as to how that list i it is proposed shall be compiled |
| 2 | There has long been the counting of people as one of the first activities of states ( as we shall see in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 3 | There has always been the equivalent of the Novices group , for example , allowing entrance to the soccer microculture for any boy willing to learn the rules of being a fan . |
| 4 | Whenever there has been a change within television in this country there has always been the accusation that quality would suffer . |
| 5 | As with the centesimal system the time will depend on the acuteness of the symptoms , the chronicity of the complaint and the vitality of the patient but there has always been the question of when to repeat the remedy if the response is insufficient having regard to the severity of the symptoms . |
| 6 | There has always been the issue of , Is there actually enough Royal Navy refit work to keep two dockyards in full employment ? |
| 7 | There has always been the suspicion that values applied in cultural and moral spheres were far from impartial . |
| 8 | First , there has always been the option of providing local services directly from Stormont or some other provincial agency . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've never met a woman more beautiful than my wife , ’ he says , ‘ so there has never been the temptation . ’ |
| 10 | If there had n't been the publicity , then the malpractice would never have come to light . |
| 11 | ’ Even if there had n't been the war , I would never have gone back . |
| 12 | I guess if there had n't been the war Arnie would be a professor at some small college writing monographs on how many times Hamlet called Ophelia ‘ a dumb broad ’ . ’ |
| 13 | If she were totally honest she would admit that over these last few weeks there had always been the memory of that party , the memory of him , his hostility , his unjustness . |
| 14 | There have always been the eccentrics and academics who have travelled the East only to return home to announce great spiritual discoveries . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's never been the time . ’ |
| 16 | But there 's never been the reason to allow myself that luxury . |