Example sentences of "[adv] have been [noun pl] in " in BNC.

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1 Exotic animals would probably have been rarities in the British arenae and even then used only for exhibition , as they would presumably have been too expensive to have suffered damage .
2 But there may well have been situations in which the boot was on the other foot ; and in the centuries before the tenth , the centuries in which slavery was steadily declining , there is no reason to suppose that land was scarce , or that the landlords normally had the whip-hand .
3 The PFA refused to specify who was to blame for the red tape , though here have been differences in the past with nearby RAF Lyneham over airspace .
4 ‘ The Northern Regional Health Authority are well aware there have been difficulties in this district .
5 In southern California , where only 6% of travel to work is by public transport , most users would otherwise have been passengers in cars , not drivers .
6 Peter Chester informed the same Committee that ‘ there certainly have been changes in knowledge .
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