Example sentences of "been [det] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they had been few in number . |
| 2 | There is a danger in indulging in too great a diversity of material and outlook and , as biogeographers have been few in number , diversity could lead to the continuing omission of the study of the impact of human activity . |
| 3 | Bodies massive enough to excavate maria have been few in number though such bodies need not have exceeded about 100 km in diameter . |
| 4 | There may always have been some in Mercia who did not approve of Offa 's Lichfield policy and the realization that London would be the ideal centre for the southern provinces offered a neat solution to a tangled ecclesiastical and political situation . |
| 5 | There have been those in positions of authority who have expressed doubt about the possibilities of this normativist project . |