Example sentences of "though there [verb] [been] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though there had been some concern as to what the world 's reaction would be , Wilson had smoothed it over with assurances that the world community could n't deny that America had the right to protect the few hundred of its citizens in Haiti , and to defend the various mining and import/export concessions that had been granted to them . |
| 2 | Though there had been some growth during the previous hundred years this was slow and unspectacular . |
| 3 | Though there have been some disappointments , the Greens in this country and in Europe are very far from extinct , and are consolidating and reforming themselves to be more effective . |
| 4 | In addition , a proportion of the courses offered are sandwich courses , either of the ‘ thick ’ or ‘ thin ’ variety , though there has been some decline in the relative proportion of sandwich courses available over recent years . |
| 5 | It seems that drop-outs at this early stage have remained a serious problem , particularly in rural areas , though there has been some improvement in the retention rates over the whole primary cycle ( SSA to Standard Five ) . |