Example sentences of "time there have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times there had been other options . |
| 2 | In more recent times there have been numerous entries from Eastern Europe , including a pair of Russian runners in 1961 — Reljef and Grifel . |
| 3 | For a time there had been grave apprehensions on that question of inheritance . |
| 4 | By this time there had been significant changes from the 1981–85 baseline in casualty distribution by age and road user type both locally and nationally . |
| 5 | Throughout geological time there have been irregular changes and reversals of the Earth 's magnetic field [ 1,2 ] . |
| 6 | At the ‘ top end ’ the peculiarly British mutual accommodation and interpenetration of the bourgeoisie and aristocracy has licensed an extension of the term ‘ middle class ’ until there is only a vestigial ‘ upper class ’ against which to draw a contrast , while at the same time there have been successive waves of new recruits which have enlarged the base of the ‘ class ’ : the new groups of professionals , managers and technical experts which expanded from the latter half of the nineteenth century onward with the development of capitalist industry and trade ; the more recent expansion of salaried employment in education , research , health , social welfare , administration and planning . |
| 7 | At the same time there has been extensive sliding , especially at the front of the nappes . |
| 8 | At the same time there has been strong pressure from MPs to allow the House of Commons to play a more effective role in these matters . |
| 9 | Since that time there has been active US lobbying among other Western nations against signature . |
| 10 | Widespread complaints of poor management and excessive service charges led to the establishment … [ of ] the " Nugee Committee " … at the same time there has been ever-increasing concern with the difficulties which confront leaseholders in selling leases whose outstanding periods have decreased significantly since their grant . |
| 11 | However in the mid 1970 's a position detection scheme which used the motor windings as sensors was proposed ( Frus and Kuo , 1976 ; Jufer , 1976 ) , and since that time there has been steady development of the basic idea . |