Example sentences of "there [verb] [adv] be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malawi has kept a public corporation , and yet there has probably been more direct interference by the government in broadcasting there than in Zambia . |
| 2 | There has not been too much building to spoil the village , and the population has not greatly altered over the years , so it is a pleasant village in which to live . |
| 3 | One of the problems , of course , is that , with the invariably available and endlessly enthusiastic Dixon having achieved the remarkable feat of being appointed to no fewer than five of Scotland 's summer tours , there has not been too much opportunity for anyone else to advance his claims . |
| 4 | THERE has not been so much breast-beating in the cinema since Bernadette . |
| 5 | The Turkish forces , let's be clear about this , have used napalm against Kurdish villages inside the ‘ safe haven ’ which the rapidstrike force is supposedly on permanent red-alert to protect — yet there has n't been so much as a cheep from any of the elements who cheered the US-led forces into the Gulf War on the basis that regimes which defy international law and slaughter innocent people must be confronted , no matter what the cost . |
| 6 | Industrial relations Although industrial relations , as measured by strikes , have improved , there has still been relatively little progress towards involving employees in the success of their enterprises — through profit-sharing , share ownership and structures of participation . |
| 7 | This is largely because there has always been so much more speculation than information about the personal stability of Perry Farrell . |
| 8 | Experts say there has never been so much free time available to so many people . |
| 9 | Kennan met MacArthur for lunch on 1 March ; MacArthur stated that there had previously been only one successful military occupation in history and this had been Julius Caesar 's achievement in the subjugated barbarian provinces . |
| 10 | No , I do n't think that had a great deal to do with it , erm it was question that when the town was designed the , there had n't been this sudden burst in living standards . |
| 11 | There had n't been so much of that though the last few years . |
| 12 | See th history of the union is I mean er but er you know it 's a it 's a process is n't it in in a way the management have are probably really kicking themselves now for what 's happened you know I mean , their li latest statement is er , Well if there had n't been so much ou outside interference I 'm sure we 'd have been able to settle . |
| 13 | The Court of first instance decided that there had not been unfairly prejudicial conduct . |
| 14 | There had already been too much of it in our novels . |
| 15 | There had never been so much ‘ In Years Gone By ’ copy set , or so much waiting to be set . |
| 16 | There had never been too much money , but never less than enough . |
| 17 | The initial mass audience had obviously loved short films and especially comedies but there had never been that much attention given to content as novelty value guaranteed that every film would made money . |
| 18 | Up to the start of the 1970s , there had really been only two approaches : Idealism and Realism . |
| 19 | We urge the Government to make swift progress with this issue , for there have already been too many years of procrastination during which we have paid a high price in terms of serious and irreversible environmental damage . |
| 20 | There have also been very striking increases in the use of credit cards ( virtually unknown in 1969 ) and bank loans . |
| 21 | In oth other words , there have n't been particularly good value acquisitions that are strategically suitable for us . |
| 22 | I arrived home just before midnight , the Institute beckoning early next morning to share my moment of glory ( there have n't been too many of those with my beloved , knowing how proud she would be of her hero ! ! |
| 23 | I do n't recall the good times I 've had at Wembley with anything like the same frequency — not just because there have n't been as many of them ( my personal Wembley record is played ten , won two , lost eight ) , but because when you support a football team , misery is the only currency that can purchase real ecstasy . |
| 24 | There have not been as many jobs lying unfilled for at least three years , and companies simply can not find the people they need . ’ |
| 25 | There have always been surprisingly few monopolies though they have become principal protectors of the exclusivity of the legal profession . |
| 26 | There 's never been more public discussion of sexual abuse and the misery it causes , but there are still women who keep the bitter memories to themselves because they 're ashamed to speak out about the torment they 've been through . |