Example sentences of "[ex0] [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your German Shepherd feels insecure away from familiar territory and his aggression is a defence mechanism — a typical syndrome of long-term kennelling , where there has been little socialisation . |
| 2 | The Kenneth Branagh phenomenon is a cautionary tale but apart from the aren't-you-sick-of-him response , there has been little serious attention paid to the growing predictability of the media circus . |
| 3 | Amidst such massive coverage there has been little television interest in what ordinary people get out of sport . |
| 4 | There has been little talk of America 's dependence on oil imports — or its missing energy policy . |
| 5 | But so far there has been little sign of it . |
| 6 | What happens to the grief reaction when there has been little warning of the impending death , or for various reasons , where there has been no opportunity to be involved in the preparation process ? |
| 7 | There is a host of community-related rural organisations in Scotland , many of which are purely social , or purely functional , some of which have broad ( non-party ) political aims , ( very few it seems make any attempt at all to combine social and political aspects even in a semi-structured way ) , but there has been little attempt to make learning connections between the assortment of community groups . |
| 8 | Except in a few isolated instances , there has been little systematic planning in relation to most countries ' social welfare personnel training needs and resources and there has been very limited involvement in find some countries and schools of social work that have adopted a comprehensive approach to social service personnel training and development and are directing their efforts toward maximizing the contribution of all available human resources to their country 's or region 's social development goals . |
| 9 | There has been little understanding or recognition of the rights of teachers as employees let alone as adults with needs , expectations and aspirations . |
| 10 | In Ecuador there has been little unionisation , but organisations based on ethnicity have given the indigenous rural population an effective foundation for action . |
| 11 | But there has been little legislation directed specifically towards women . |
| 12 | It should not be forgotten that hazards themselves have geographical distributions yet there has been little effort in the UK to develop public domain databases . |
| 13 | There has been little development at Bootle and on the Wirral site . |
| 14 | Whatever the merits of these arguments , there can be little doubt that for much of its existence the LDDC has not sought out partnership arrangements with elected local bodies — it has pursued market-led strategies whose impact on local communities has proved far from advantageous ; it has largely ignored local planning procedures ; and there has been little public accountability of its Policies and spending . |
| 15 | Nevertheless there has been little interest in exploring for Zechstein gas in the North Sea and the test results so far encountered have been very discouraging . |
| 16 | In fact , some argue that there has been little growth or development over the years in the service . |
| 17 | When there has been little substantial work done on course aims and objectives , and just as few examples of documented course aims and objectives at institutional level , it may seem anomalous that evaluation could be attempted or studied in any significant way . |
| 18 | The biggest daily peak comes around 5.00 pm , as homes switch on before industry switches off : There has been little research on the way consumers would respond to the various kinds of incentive that could be built into the electricity price structure . |
| 19 | I believe that the very speed at which they have been absorbed into the school system indicates an uncritical acceptance of the package because it is new and modern and fashionable and that there has been little serious examination of which aspects are relevant and which are not . |
| 20 | Predictably , where such policies have merely involved adding on a vocational junior secondary top to a general primary base u in Ghana and Nigeria , there has been little overt reaction to the proposals . |
| 21 | Hardcore porn is openly traded in the cities and exhibited in cinemas and video shops across the country , despite experimental zoning restrictions in certain areas , yet there has been little or no attempt in the courts or the legislatures to discriminate between the greater and lesser dangers it represents . |
| 22 | While putting sex back into politics , there has been little recognition of how appearance affects the politics of sex . |
| 23 | There has been little mention of this aspect so far , but it appears that Customs will be empowered to vary the terms by publishing a notice ; that indicates that it will be quite strictly enforced . |
| 24 | There has been little development in style since the 1920s though the range of materials has increased . |
| 25 | So far , though , there has been little sign of anyone wanting to start a branch in London . |
| 26 | The fall-off curves away from such centres of consumption imply that the redistribution of such goods was controlled , but there has been little research carried out to determine the patterns of dispersal in any more detail . |
| 27 | A lot of ‘ behind the scenes ’ work has meant there has been little news to report for some months on the A1 Locomotive Trust 's plans to build Peppercorn Pacific No 60163 . |
| 28 | Moreover , there has been little recent research on what befalls older manual workers following redundancy , although the labour market has undergone a period of rapid change over the last few years ( one recent exception is Bytheway 1987 ) . |
| 29 | There has been little methodological writing about them until very recently ; there are major researchers , such as Goffman , with many volumes to their credit , who have not published a single line on their techniques ; and , while quantitative data are conventionally available to other researchers for re-analysis , no such traditions exists in qualitative research ; field-notes , indeed are often jealously guarded . |
| 30 | There has been little attempt to review previous research with a view to formulating and testing specific hypotheses … frequently studies seem to start and finish with relatively untested common sense assumptions . |