Example sentences of "have been [verb] [prep] some quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expenditure of public money on this , yet another television service , has been criticized in some quarters , but the Governor told me his decision was based on the fact , as he saw it , of NTV 's pro-Federal bias . |
| 2 | Surprise has been expressed in some quarters that Mr Zilligen has been allowed to stay on the Ferranti board given his key role at ISC during the £215m deception . |
| 3 | The view has been expressed in some quarters that experience gained in implementation of the First Directive would be very valuable in carrying out detailed work on the Second . |
| 4 | Secondly , it has been proposed in some quarters that there should be a more general return to the old grammar school system ( and indeed in a few areas these schools remain ) . |
| 5 | Initially , she had been ostracised in some quarters , and on several occasions when she had arranged a soiree , rival parties had been arranged for the same night . |
| 6 | It came from Tony Morrell , the Hartlepool-based athlete who has been preferred to Cram in the 1500 metres and whose fitness had been queried in some quarters . |
| 7 | Movie memorabilia is nothing new but cries of blaX-ploitation have been heard in some quarters . |