Example sentences of "there been any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor had there been any sort of cultural rethink sufficient to justify the confidence American companies were now placing in British filmmakers . |
| 2 | Nor has there been any direct challenge to the chairman . |
| 3 | Nor had there been any talk of her — that she looked ill , or had been ill — nothing at all . |
| 4 | Nor have there been any informal jolly gatherings when the daily toil of pressing the flesh is over : Mr Kinnock wandering back among the press party , glass of whisky in hand , letting his ( metaphorical ) hair down a little , tipping us just the hint of a wink that this is all just a great game . |
| 5 | Has there been any investigation as to what the potential users want from the system ? |
| 6 | ‘ Have there been any reports of missing children ? ’ he demanded . |
| 7 | At no time had there been any hint that France should try to benefit from the British embarrassment during this critical period , though the press published sharp attacks on the British policy of reprisals after the Mutiny was over . |
| 8 | Nor has there been any discussion of the growing requirement in the UK ( as elsewhere ) to carry out an environmental impact assessment for all major developments . |
| 9 | Nor had there been any to the east of the water . |
| 10 | Had there been any sign of their ill-treating her he would have gone straight at them , hopelessly , with his knife alone . |
| 11 | A hundred feet would see me clear of the danger zone , and this distance I covered foot by foot , walking sideways with my face to the rocks and the rifle to my shoulder ; a strange mode of progress , had there been any to see it . |
| 12 | She lavished upon them the sort of affection she would have given to her family had there been any . |
| 13 | Have there been any developments on the guitar synth front which you 've taken up for this album ? |
| 14 | With the recent mainstream success of a number of blues albums — John Lee Hooker 's , for instance , and Gary Moore 's — has there been any let-up in the record company pressure on Robert Cray to widen his commercial appeal ? |
| 15 | Eve had never felt remotely like a charity child , nor had there been any pressure on her to join the Order . |
| 16 | Has there been any further deterioration in the situation ? ’ |
| 17 | Have there been any breaches of confidentiality or illegal use of information by search firms you have employed in the past ? |
| 18 | Not since Macherey 's A Theory of Literary Production of 1966 has there been any fundamental theoretical innovation . |
| 19 | He was not the friend Preston might have picked for that distinction had there been any rivals in the field . |
| 20 | Have there been any funny customers/patients/pupils/incidents ? |
| 21 | After a moment she added , in an offhand tone , ‘ By the way , have there been any phone calls this week when I 've been out ? ’ |
| 22 | Had there been any butterflies around they 'd have been stacked above his head three layers high , all waiting for a chance to land … |
| 23 | Had there been any accumulated revenue account surpluses , then the deficit of 2,037,500 would have been netted off them . |
| 24 | Had there been any trouble . ’ |
| 25 | And had there been any real need to send the child away to her bridal so soon ? |
| 26 | Neither has there been any work relating the relaxation of currency controls and the establishment of convertibility within the European Payments Union to changes in the volume and pattern of foreign trade . |
| 27 | However , it has never been thoroughly tested in Britain nor have there been any systematic attempts to see if local taxes and services are important in actual decisions to move . |
| 28 | Have there been any more murders lately ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Have there been any developments ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Have there been any claims ? ’ |