Example sentences of "been [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 61 | In the case of South Ayrshire , there has been support from a majority of consultants in general surgery , orthopaedics and radiology . |
| 62 | Over here , there have been calls for the Guardian Angels to set up a chapter of Pink Angels . |
| 63 | There had been calls for the removal , even the court-martialling , of the general concerned , but the army had defended the latter and he had been allowed to complete the campaign . |
| 64 | There have been calls for legislation to give suppliers an automatic right to claim interest on overdue payments and for debt collecting procedures in the courts to be simplified . |
| 65 | There have been calls for his resignation , which he has ignored . |
| 66 | As already noted there have been calls for national statements to encourage central and local government to develop sensitive and appropriate family and child care policies , and good child care service and practice . |
| 67 | There have been calls for the Bank to issue more debt at the short end , to take advantage of lower short rates . |
| 68 | None of these possibilities is countenanced by competition policy in any of the three jurisdictions previously discussed , though there have been calls for a more protectionist approach in the US . |
| 69 | There had been calls for Belkheir 's resignation after the Algerian press pointed out that the " special intervention unit " charged with Boudiaf 's security came under Interior Ministry control . |
| 70 | This of course is a value judgement which a government is entitled to make , but it is one which some economists would argue is not fully justified by the evidence , on the basis of which there have been calls for much more stringent control . |
| 71 | There have also been calls for the government to reverse its post-war land drainage policy , which has severely reduced the number of wetlands that replenish underground water tables . |
| 72 | There have been calls for an inquiry into the problem . |
| 73 | Throughout his career there have been calls on Prince by both the US and UK critical establishment to be a better role model , to make himself accountable to some kind of community , to address himself explicitly to the problems of the day . |
| 74 | He had been Dean of Chichester since 1567 , during which time he had succeeded in alienating almost the entire chapter by his forthright attacks on venality , pluralism and spiritual laxity . |
| 75 | At least once in their lives , most of these men would have met Thorfinn : more perhaps than had come face to face with King Duncan in the six years of his reign and before , when he had been prince of Cumbria in the shadow of Malcolm his grandfather . |
| 76 | There had been disagreements over the timetable : France thought the transitional period was too short , while others wanted even faster movement . |
| 77 | That , at least is the assumption , but there have been disagreements about how well it works . |
| 78 | The result of this unique situation has been that , although there have been disagreements about which specific reactor type should be built , governments of both main political parties have nearly always accepted the UKAEA 's general pro-nuclear arguments . |
| 79 | There has been bloodshed in other communities . |
| 80 | Yet Dysart 's expression reminded him of something else she had said : that Dysart and Clare had been arguing immediately before the explosion ; that there had been friction between them for some time . |
| 81 | A CRE spokesman confirmed to The Scotsman that it had begun an official investigation ‘ which arises from our view that there may have been discrimination in some of the things being done by the education department of Strathclyde Regional Council . ’ |
| 82 | A CRE spokesman confirmed to The Scotsman that it had begun an official investigation ‘ which arises from our view that there may have been discrimination in some of the things being done by the education department of Strathclyde Regional Council . ’ |
| 83 | It is difficult for an individual complainant to show that there has been discrimination against him/her on the grounds of race . |
| 84 | There has also been malpractice in the past by officials administering the fund , he claims , in which thousands of pounds were used to foot the bill for regimental social functions . |
| 85 | When Ali Marwash 's daughter died the custom was followed to the letter since the girl was Ali Marwash 's only child and he cared for her more then he probably would have done had there been sons in the family . |
| 86 | On the supply side , there had been underinvestment in many areas of primary production for some years . |
| 87 | As the mourners left the Church , there had been plans for a Spitfire to fly over in a final tribute . |
| 88 | In 1837 there had been improvements to the dressing floors , and it was then considered likely that every two months about 400 tons of merchantable ore and concentrate would soon be a reality , though the low price of copper prevailing at that time was felt to be something of a drawback . |
| 89 | Although there has been a radical management shake-up and there have been improvements in organisation and efficiency , the fundamental ethos of the NHS — provision of medical service free at the point of use — has remained unchanged . |
| 90 | Since then , there have been improvements in the standard and content of the courses concerned and by 1980–1 there were twenty-four of them in operation , recruiting 321 students . |