Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There has obviously been some attempt to alter and/or censor , but something of the truth can nevertheless be teased out of the fragments that remain .
2 There has obviously been some continuity of habitation on the site but , quite honestly , there is no way I could classify it other than , perhaps , Romo-Stuart-Georgian !
3 There has apparently been some misunderstanding about the future of this Club and we have been asked to reassure members that the Club is continuing and that eligibility remains as before .
4 Investigations conducted among more recent groups of émigrés suffer from the fact that such groups have been disproportionately Jewish ; there has nevertheless been some support for the view that nationality is not a ‘ primordial ’ attachment and that its political importance is likely to depend on situational factors such as the degree of competition for employment opportunities .
5 But there has already been some progress in this direction .
6 Indeed , there has already been some degree of rationalisation of SROs .
7 ‘ On grass , ’ says Mr Hann , ‘ where you inject into wheel markings you get more damage , as the tine is being pulled through ground on which there has already been some surface shearing .
8 There has already been some response to this cry for help .
9 In the United States there has already been some production of material specifically for interactive use , but for most people it is still a question of waiting and seeing what uses , methods and materials emerge .
10 I have chosen Vaughan because there has already been some analysis of deixis in his poetry — notably by Roger Sell in his article " The unstable discourse of Henry Vaughan " ( 1987 ) .
11 As I have told my hon. Friend before , I do not think that there has ever been any prospect of any member of the European Community or of the United Nations believing that a United Nations or a Western European Union peace-keeping force could force its way into Yugoslavia against the opposition either of the Yugoslav national army — the JNA — or of any armed force .
12 ‘ My theory has always been that working practices and the way that careers are structured are not really compatible with having a family as well .
13 ‘ She has always been that way , ever since she was a little girl , ’ says another of those close to her , Kylie 's great aunt , Mrs Thomas Riddiford .
14 There has always been much speculation about the site of this region , guesses including East Africa , Abyssinia , Arabia , Spain , Armenia and Peru .
15 That this ‘ fourth channel ’ was the last available national channel transformed it into a very valuable national resource and , consequently , there has always been some concern lest one make a terrible ‘ mistake ’ in allocating it to some unworthy body or organization .
16 There has always been some concern over levels of public spending and taxation , and this has played a part in the arguments about the scope and direction of social policy that are described in Chapter 13 .
17 There has always been some awareness of this problem and the publication of simple informative magazines such as The Teacher in Uganda , has been regarded as one means of overcoming it .
18 THERE has always been some doubt as to what exactly a cotinga is .
19 There has always been this tendency over here to try and save on public spending , ’ says Professor Greve .
20 According to Michael Heseltine , President of the Board of Trade : ‘ It has always been this Government 's policy to put current services into the private sector where this makes sense .
21 There has possibly been some exaggeration in this matter of concentration on the horse .
22 However , there has possibly been some increase in the number of adult males wintering .
23 On the basis of these figures , there has clearly been some kind of shift in the axis of the economy from manufacturing to services .
24 There has also been much learning , laughter and warmth which has extended the enjoyment and understanding of everybody involved .
25 During the period under review , there has also been some growth in the number of students on non-advanced courses almost entirely on a full-time or sandwich basis .
26 The reason for the density method 's increased efficiency is that there has indeed been some improvement in the estimate of h* ( n ) .
27 There has unquestionably been some kind of collusion between Jesus and Judas .
28 Has there been much noise today ?
29 Well who needs it and why is it necessary to have an international women 's day and has there been any progress in the women 's movement .
30 Has there been any kind of surprise of the amount of support that you have got ?
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