Example sentences of "been more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why has there not been more response ? |
| 2 | " Hindsight is always easy , but I do n't think it would have worked , There would have been more bloodshed , more killing , but of the people in the streets , not of the people responsible , My husband did n't want bloodshed . " |
| 3 | ‘ There 's been more bloodshed in the Tower . |
| 4 | With the development of the NACAB policy of equal opportunities in recruitment there has been more awareness of this issue and considerable developments in recruitment practices have resulted . |
| 5 | Most Christian communicators have been more message than receptor oriented . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's been more water used on this floor than we 've had to wash ourselves and our clothes in since we left Liverpool ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Sorry I could n't have been more help . ’ |
| 8 | In some other countries , such as the southern African nations , the situation has been similar to that of some parts of Latin America , but there has been more freedom in recent months . |
| 9 | In some other countries , such as the southern African nations , the situation has been similar to that of some parts of Latin America , but there has been more freedom in recent months . |
| 10 | Recently there has been more emphasis on shore-based facilities , and a fishing pier , fish drying factory and ice plant have been established at Breasclete on Loch Roag in Lewis as one of the Board 's biggest strategic projects . |
| 11 | In recent years there has been more emphasis on the objectives of library services , and less upon quantitative measures . |
| 12 | Yes , there has been more consistency , a following of the capitalist competitive dream , which has paid good dividends . |
| 13 | The fact that Scottish-sourced network TV accounted for just 1.5 per cent of the national output and 0.8 per cent of the radio programming suggested to the task force it seems , that there should have been more money available for commissioning north of the border . |
| 14 | Since then , the burden of scepticism imposed by the three cases had lightened ; and there has been more progress . |
| 15 | She 'd removed her ripped stockings earlier and now , as she looked down at the patchwork of scratches and grazes , she was relieved that there had n't been more damage . |
| 16 | In recent years there may have been more wealth and consumer goods around but people have seemed cynical , weary , amoral … |
| 17 | However , in urban areas this was less common and there seems to have been more opportunity for young people to stay in the parental home for longer , because of the greater availability of work in the locality ( Anderson , 1980 , pp. 25–6 ) . |
| 18 | At no time in history has there been more opportunity for a middle-class person to rise , yet , at the same time , the possibility of falling to great depths has similarly increased . |
| 19 | On the whole , especially at local level , the Left in Britain has been more goal orientated than the Right . |
| 20 | Elsewhere , there may have been more support . |
| 21 | There has been more discussion of this phenomenon in relation to gender and race than age . |
| 22 | ‘ Our area manager said there had been more reaction to the closing of this post office than they had ever known , ’ Mr. Hover told the Herald . |
| 23 | It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself . |
| 24 | This is very important and I should imagine there 's been more trouble , probably , with people representing the authority and being rather officious , and this has got no one anywhere . |
| 25 | Incidentally the lesson would have been better if there had been more tape recorders in the school and if the tape had been ready at the right moment . |
| 26 | A petition organized by the Jewish people 's Council against Fascism and Anti-Semitism collected 77,000 signatures in two days ; it was felt that if there had been more time over a quarter of a million would have signed against Mosley 's proposed demonstration . |
| 27 | If Eva had any regrets it was that her mother had never been able to put in words just how much she obviously meant to her , and that there had not been more time to spend with her parents over the years . |
| 28 | ‘ If only there 'd been more time , ’ said Kelly , ‘ I 'd have tried to help her work out a clear-cut characterisation , but we had a tight schedule and I left it up to her . ’ |
| 29 | But by looking at this document here , it would appear there 's been more violence committed there against lawful pickets and yet that does n't make the national press . |
| 30 | There has been more violence and stabbing on the streets since the hours were extended . |