Example sentences of "[vb past] there [vb past] [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most of the areas in which riots occurred there had been a breakdown in community/police relations ; the public distrusted the police and they had no confidence in the police complaints machinery . |
| 2 | They found there had been no unjustifiable delay and said time had been needed to assemble evidence . |
| 3 | Very significantly , in comparing his study with another carried out 19 years before , Gorer found there had been a marked increase in this expressed appreciation of the sexual factor in marriage — even more marked in women than in men . |
| 4 | Sir Edmund found there had been cases of physical ill-treatment such as wall-standing , hooding , noise , deprivation of sleep , and diets of bread and water . |
| 5 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 6 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 7 | The masses were uneducated and the producers had given them rubbish , but what had really ensured ‘ the bloodlessness of the American film ’ was that with intellectuals alienated and excluded there had been ‘ no intelligent body ’ to shape the new medium . |
| 8 | He was no longer particularly interested in the work of younger writers ; this was partly because he no longer felt confident in his judgments about contemporary writing but , at a more general level , he believed there had been a profound falling off in the standard of both literature and criticism since the Second World War . |
| 9 | The three athletes , who had been accused of tampering with a urine test in South Africa in January , were restored to competition after the three-man commission , who held a 14-hour hearing stretching over two days in Darmstadt , declared there had been ‘ holes in the chain of evidence ’ during and after testing by South African anti-doping control officials . |
| 10 | A statement released this morning confirmed there had been contact but details are yet to emerge . |
| 11 | Eight ( 32 per cent ) stated there had been closer consultation with young people in care , five ( 20 per cent ) with foster-parents , four with residential workers , four with natural parents , and three with unspecified others . |
| 12 | And then on the left hand side the old houses continue and the female I interviewed er I reckoned there had been a house there that had been knocked down , and they built a wee bungalow . |
| 13 | An affidavit from Kenneth Randall investigating Gooda Walker showed there had been ‘ deliberate deception ’ , Mr Burton added . |
| 14 | But Mr Bowman said Home Office figures showed there had been a 43 per cent reduction in crime by under-14s . |
| 15 | Tekere alleged that four of his supporters had been killed in Harare , and that others had been harassed ; he also claimed there had been administrative irregularities in the polling . |
| 16 | Mr Griffiths also claimed there had been interference by the DTI as far back as December , when it pre-empted the OFT by giving the bid the all-clear at an early stage in the proceedings . |
| 17 | The broadcast , which featured Mr Hurd , Foreign Secretary , and Mr Heseltine , Environment Secretary , acknowledged there had been a recession which had caused pain for some people . |
| 18 | Not entirely to my surprise , I discovered there had been a frenzy of activity in my absence , and number four hundred and fifteen had come and gone . |
| 19 | Goff and another , the National Industrial Relations Court ruled there had been a constructive dismissal . |
| 20 | But he had paid part of that apothecary 's bill that very morning , and the attorney to whom the bailiff took him agreed there had been a mistake . |
| 21 | Sheriff John Wheatley agreed there had been ‘ undue delay ’ and dismissed the charge . |
| 22 | But as he cut into one using a power saw , an alarm sounded , and he realised there 'd been a leak of radioactive tritium gas . |
| 23 | It was a song or a poem — I do n't know which but to my knowledge it has never been published — which was called ‘ Beautiful Angie ’ , and I clicked immediately and realised there had been another woman about the house . |
| 24 | All of a sudden , she realised there had been a collective intake of breath and that everyone around her was staring at the monitors . |
| 25 | Last night Airtours admitted there had been problems with the apartments and apologised . |
| 26 | But later a spokesman admitted there had been TWO surface subs in the area around that time . |
| 27 | A hospital spokesman admitted there had been teething troubles . |
| 28 | Later he admitted there had been a misinterpretation about the exchange . |
| 29 | She admitted there had been excesses . |
| 30 | Mr Ensall admitted there had been delays , but that all mail had been processed on time since March 9 . |