Example sentences of "have been several " in BNC.
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| 31 | This time the red that flooded Folly 's face was of annoyance — until the thought occurred to her that there had been several other sets of serviceable underwear she could have chosen . |
| 32 | He revealed that there had been several Iranian-US contacts " in the last few days " through the Swiss embassy in Tehran . |
| 33 | During his detention there had been several protest demonstrations attracting crowds of up to 12,000 people , and Khmara had twice staged hunger strikes . |
| 34 | There had been several less serious explosions in or near Addis Ababa since the EPRDF takeover ; a number of residents of the Shagolle suburb had been killed on May 28 when a shell hit a munitions plant , and five people , including two EPRDF guards , were killed by gunmen at Addis Ababa University on May 31 . |
| 35 | With hindsight , there had been several signs of an impending conservative takeover . |
| 36 | This was prompted by the costs of war-indeed , since the renewal of the conflict with France in 1369 there had been several major fiscal exactions , of which the three poll taxes were the last . |
| 37 | The spot was clearly a favourite one with the crew and there had been several men dozing there when Owen and Mahmoud had appeared . |
| 38 | There had been several nasty incidents recently in the town when lone women had been subjected to attacks of one kind or another , so she could n't help but look over her shoulder as she made her way along the rows of parked cars to where her small Fiesta was parked next to a sleek-looking Jaguar . |
| 39 | Since then there had been several extensions built , a new accident and emergency unit , and a radiotherapy centre . |
| 40 | A spokesman said there had been several raids on homes in the past few days by sneak thieves . |
| 41 | Barnard Castle police said there had been several incidents reported at Winston Bridge . |
| 42 | A spokesman said there had been several break-ins at town centre premises over the weekend , including at Mowbray Vale Insurance on Galgate when the roof was damaged and cash taken , Stoneleigh residential home , also on Galgate , and the Kings Head Hotel . |
| 43 | The divisional manager of Strathclyde Buses , Bert McGinley , said there had been several knife assaults which have resulted in hand cuts , and threats on drivers . |
| 44 | There 've been several attempts to get E Ten right since nineteen eighty . |
| 45 | There 've been several reported sightings of Mr Garvey 's blue Volvo estate car , but as yet non has been confirmed . |
| 46 | There have been several cases of two-seaters being overstressed by pilots pulling back hard to recover from steep dives after spin recoveries . |
| 47 | Nevertheless , there have been several incidents in the capital recently . |
| 48 | There have been several cases in the last few years in which police and Immigration Officers have raided factories and taken workers away . |
| 49 | There have been several false alarms in the tabloids , but at the end of 1986 reporters thought they had a scoop . |
| 50 | During the past week there have been several occasions where people have been meddling with candles and other things in the church , including the money boxes yet again , and so it is with some sadness that I have decided to keep the church locked during the holiday period . |
| 51 | There have been several protest meetings in the city every day this week , though not on the scale of the Prague protest . |
| 52 | There have been several protest meetings in the city every day this week , though not on the scale of the Prague protest . |
| 53 | There have been several arrests , following knife fights between drunk latinos . |
| 54 | He reacts strongly to any suggestion — and there have been several over recent months — that his emotional ups and downs are part of a manic-depressive syndrome . |
| 55 | And there have been several major episodes of extinction ( Chapter 6 ) , when the cast of characters in the sea changed almost totally . |
| 56 | There have been several examples of ethnic customs with regard to dress conflicting with school rules on uniform . |
| 57 | In particular , there have been several complaints of heavy-handed policing of demonstrations , of which three examples may be given here . |
| 58 | They can not compete within the visible spectrum , but they will be highly competitive throughout the infrared and perhaps also in the ultraviolet and soft X-ray regions , where there have been several significant developments recently . |
| 59 | There have been several changes in both areas since then . ) |
| 60 | As discussed previously , prostaglandins , thromboxanes and their precursor arachidonic acid are critical substances in platelet metabolism ( Samuelsson , 1977 ) , and there have been several studies of the activity of the prostaglandin pathway and thromboxane synthesis in platelets from diabetic subjects . |