Example sentences of "[verb] [ex0] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The claims of those commentators ( for example Meager , 1985 ; LRD , 1987 ) who suggest there has been a growth in temporary working in recent years are given no support whatsoever by these results . |
| 2 | ‘ You do n't know there 's been a crime , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 3 | I can always ring the house and let her know there 's been a change of plan . ’ |
| 4 | And how come there had been a scumnik kid present too in the crowd of possible recruits ? |
| 5 | But I say there 's been a |
| 6 | Travel agents say there 's been a last minute rush for holidays abroad … with the weather here looking distinctly dismal … |
| 7 | Local people say there 's been a long-standing campaign for the site to be made safe . |
| 8 | Sporting names from past and present say there 's been no-one else to match the magic of Stan . |
| 9 | ‘ Now they say there has been secret dumping of waste from the submarines and nuclear icebreakers . |
| 10 | The papers say there has been shooting in the centre of Tripoli far to the north . |
| 11 | Rangers were reluctant to talk about the incident today — they say there has been vandalism but they 'll wait until the morning to consider their next step . |
| 12 | Touche Ross , the receivers for Scarborough 's troubled Royal Hotel , say there has been keen interest from potential buyers and negotiations should start soon . |
| 13 | COMMUNITY workers say there has been a big increase in the number of young homeless people as winter sets in . |
| 14 | They say there has been no shortage of interest in the project from potential backers . |
| 15 | In most of the areas in which riots occurred there had been a breakdown in community/police relations ; the public distrusted the police and they had no confidence in the police complaints machinery . |
| 16 | They found there had been no unjustifiable delay and said time had been needed to assemble evidence . |
| 17 | Very significantly , in comparing his study with another carried out 19 years before , Gorer found there had been a marked increase in this expressed appreciation of the sexual factor in marriage — even more marked in women than in men . |
| 18 | Sir Edmund found there had been cases of physical ill-treatment such as wall-standing , hooding , noise , deprivation of sleep , and diets of bread and water . |
| 19 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 20 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 21 | The masses were uneducated and the producers had given them rubbish , but what had really ensured ‘ the bloodlessness of the American film ’ was that with intellectuals alienated and excluded there had been ‘ no intelligent body ’ to shape the new medium . |
| 22 | He was no longer particularly interested in the work of younger writers ; this was partly because he no longer felt confident in his judgments about contemporary writing but , at a more general level , he believed there had been a profound falling off in the standard of both literature and criticism since the Second World War . |
| 23 | His widow Diane says there 's been a terrible injustice . |
| 24 | He says there 's been proper consultation with the local communities and the local authorities including the parish councils . |
| 25 | The company in charge of marketing the farm says there 's been a lot of inquiries . |
| 26 | and it says there 's been tales in the paper about him , I ai n't read any |
| 27 | you know when Les , oh she says there 's been about half a dozen people at that paint shop , sends chops and changes she said she said , she said I have n't lived there for three and a half years |
| 28 | Michael Joseph says there has been no breach : ‘ The Sunday Times 's promotion is theirs , not ours . ’ |
| 29 | He says there has been a great deal of interest shown in the firm because virtual reality is seen as an exciting new technology with a lot of potential . |
| 30 | Significantly , it says there has been slowing down of sales of its Sparc server systems over the last few months , and expects its European turnover for the coming year to remain flat at $15m . |