Example sentences of "[adv] there [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack speculated that perhaps there had been some interference by a superior , or that vandals may have seen the lonely outpost as a target for action . |
| 2 | Perhaps there 'd been some trouble — some kind of scene he wanted to warn her about . |
| 3 | Perhaps there have been odd , amusing little things that have happened during our day 's work , and we share these . |
| 4 | Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ? |
| 5 | The report was published in July 1986 and concluded that apparently there had been little work done on the effects of skill mix on patient services and that " a higher priority should be given by management to achieving the best value for money by the adoption of methods of allocating staffing resources more closely related to the needs of patients and ward objectives . |
| 6 | Apparently there have been big extra bills for Saracen this year : this place costs a fortune to run . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | If only there had been some worked examples , we may have been able to follow the article . |
| 9 | I mean obviously this is nothing new , obviously there 's been this sort of thing for some time in the past , but I think what we 've got to ask ourselves is ‘ what sort of a society are we now reaping ? ’ |
| 10 | Furthermore there has been little research which has dealt specifically with Scotland . |
| 11 | Public sector housing development had followed the guidelines more closely than the private sector , but even so there had been substantial investment in some non-key villages . |
| 12 | When health authorities have attempted to do so there has been immediate and vociferous opposition , forcing a rapid reversal of policy ( Salter 1992 ) . |
| 13 | Over the last century or so there have been frequent conflicts between individual and group interests . |
| 14 | During the last 12 months or so there have been several major developments which will influence the international economic climate in which we all operate . |
| 15 | And finally there have been some items in some of the national newspapers recently concerning university science parks . |
| 16 | Thus there have been two periods of renewal and change ; during 1971–76 and again between 1984–90 . |
| 17 | The predictions of zero-risk theory in terms of accident countermeasures are often at variance with those from RHT , thus there has been considerable debate about the relative merits of the two theories ( e.g. Evans , 1986a , b ; McKenna , 1982 , 1985 , 1988 ; Wilde , 1984 , 1986 ) . |
| 18 | Thus there has been some significant organizational development in the industry even since 1985 when Table 11.1 was drawn up . |
| 19 | Elsewhere there 's been little new activity but some notable flashes including Tragedy ( F7c+ ) by John Arran , Defcon 3 ( F7c ) by Richard Davis and New Dawn ( F7c ) by Ian Vickers . |
| 20 | Generally there has been little quantitative analysis of precisely how individual households adjust their expenditure behaviour in response to VAT changes and the aim of this project is to fill this gap . |
| 21 | Already there have been many studies of the effect of unemployment on health ; do they give useful results ? |
| 22 | Already there have been three ‘ 100 New Members ’ Champagne Draws and a fourth is due shortly . |
| 23 | Half a universe away there had been another tunic cuff , the gold braid scorched and burned so that its imprint was fused on to the skin of his arm . |
| 24 | Whether or not there has been any history of violence , the association between the past and the present is bound to be significant in understanding present abuse within the family . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Always there have been unembarrassed silences between us , but this time they are filled with their exhaustion . |
| 27 | The LAS admitted yesterday there had been one case of a 25-minute delay in sending an ambulance . |
| 28 | NICHOLAS Baring ( above ) , chairman of Commercial Union , told the annual meeting yesterday there had been minimal disturbance to the insurer 's services following the IRA bomb last Friday . |
| 29 | He had been discharged but a year later there had been little change in his weight . |
| 30 | I accept what the hon. Lady suggests , because clearly there have been regional differences in economic conditions . |