Example sentences of "[adv] there [vb base] been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally there have been pockets of Tory resistance in Labour strongholds , just as there are pockets of Labour resistance in the South . |
| 2 | Apparently there have been cases here but Horizon was not forthcoming on these and , apparently , the DHSS is not forthcoming either . |
| 3 | It means that necessarily there have been variations in people 's need for support from their kin , and in the capacity of kin to provide it . |
| 4 | Thus there have been changes over time in patterns of support between generations , but these are not necessarily a result of individuals ' changing beliefs and values about family responsibilities . |
| 5 | Already there have been reports of ticket forging and some Wolves fans have been drinking in the city since lunchtime . |
| 6 | Everybody , it seems , wants a slice of the action ; lately there have been sightings of Lo Life graffiti in Philadelphia , Pittsburg , Virginia , even South Carolina . |
| 7 | Thirdly there have been studies of geomorphological processes affected by human activity and particularly important stimuli were produced by Wolman ( 1967a ) who suggested the way in which sediment yield varied at the present time between urban and non-urban areas and extended this to provide a model of change of sediment yield in the northeast of the USA since 1700 , and also by Douglas ( 1969 ) . |
| 8 | Well there have been rumours before . |
| 9 | Unfortunately there have been presenters who became better known for hitting the headlines than their ability to turn washing up bottles into handy household objects . |
| 10 | Since then there have been estimates made , but these have mostly concentrated on personal injuries and much of the work depended on the retrospective analysis of data collected for other purposes such as litigation and insurance claims . |
| 11 | Since then there have been instances concerning dollars held in London by Iran , contrasted with deposits held in the US which illustrate the point well . |
| 12 | Even then there have been difficulties , in part from the problems of developing the skills required to operate the equipment efficiently , and in part from other national dilemmas of choice in allocating local resources against competing demands . |
| 13 | Second , in the same area , again there have been proposals for a cyclists ’ crossing of the traffic island to link Bristo Place to George Square , which should also become part of the scheme . |
| 14 | Not uncommonly there have been problems in replicating both experimental procedures and the results claimed for them . |
| 15 | Occasionally there have been eruptions , most famously when mass pressure by GPs forced the 1966 reforms in primary care — the first substantial public investment into what had been the backwater of general practice . |
| 16 | As a consequence it would appear that ‘ strikes are often the most practical means of renouncing an agreement ’ ( Sellier , 1978 , p. 222 ) , although recently there have been attempts in France to institute more regularised collective relationships . |
| 17 | More recently there have been attempts to fit a transformational grammar framework to the written production of deaf children ( Ivimey , 1976 ) . |
| 18 | More recently there have been letters and articles predicting a world population of 15 billion , but no account has been taken of the fact that between 10 and 25 per cent could die of AIDS in the next twenty years , as is already happening in parts of Africa . |
| 19 | The disease is widespread in America and quite recently there have been reports of cases in dogs in the UK . |
| 20 | Recently there have been reports of a concentration of Khmer Rouge forces in Kompong Speu , where the mountains come within 30 miles of Phnom Penh . |
| 21 | More recently there have been reports of Chinese Muslims demonstrating in Peking . |
| 22 | More recently there have been criticisms of the balance between these two areas and , on occasions , the GAO has been accused of neglecting its more traditional audit responsibilities in the area of financial compliance and regularity . |
| 23 | recently there have been indications that the mujahidin are moderating their expectations . |
| 24 | Certainly there have been cases after Alladice , including the one in which these remarks were made , where infraction of the rules has led to the resultant evidence being declared inadmissible . |
| 25 | Certainly there have been fears in the media over a ‘ new school-age crime wave ’ . |
| 26 | As a more formal evaluation has suggested , it is too early to judge , but certainly there have been gains and losses . |