Example sentences of "[adv] have been [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Later Selene joined in with Silent Long Have Been Those Numbers .
2 May have been , well have been many people who suffered at his hands .
3 There must be hundreds of females and males out there too frightened to speak out in case they lose their jobs , because let's not forget there have been many cases in which males have been harassed or are being ha harassed .
4 Erm well why would you er get engaged in a , a contest erm with er the three warring factions , because you certainly would n't be able to con confine yourself to one , and since there 's no national interest as such , I know there have been many attempts to link er Bosnia with er peace in the world generally or with world order , in fact there is no threat er this is a civil war , strictly speaking , and th there 's no evidence that it would er sp spill over into a major war unless it was made a major war er by those er with the er forces that exist .
5 There have been many attacks on our society the trade used by taking our finances and yet , by their economic mistakes and profitization , we , the ordinary working people , pick up the bill .
6 Sinn Fein councillor Vincent Kelly claimed there have been several attempts to pressurise Mr Fox into working for British Intelligence .
7 He says there have been several instances in one council department where employees who are members of the Labour Party have been given temporary promotion .
8 Despite these technological advances there have been few developments in the method of communicating with the computer , which remains keyboard-based .
9 Since 1968–70 there have been more strikes than in the fifties and sixties , and more of them have been unofficial .
10 ‘ I should n't think there have been any shortage of women in your life who would have been delighted to make a home for you anywhere in the world ! ’ she told him waspishly , disliking the way he was making her feel a little sorry for him .
11 Er sure there have been some improvements in the materials that we use .
12 I mean , as councillor is aware in trying to move around this building there have been some changes in use of digital locks on some of the doors .
13 Just to add to what 's been said erm there , there have been some points raised er along the lines I 've mentioned and as a result of that erm it is felt that erm notification to members who are not on the application sub-committee of applications which affect their ward area could be improved and that is er I hope to be the subject of a report to the next meeting of the Application Sub-Committee , so that er matter i is something which is , which is being picked up and will be considered by that sub-committee but it does give me the opportunity to say that erm the definition of a complaint i is certainly not a precise one and I certainly would n't want members of this committee to feel that I was being complacent er as a result of there only being three complaints that we received .
14 There certainly have been many changes in both attitudes to women 's sexuality and in women 's sexual practices over the last few decades .
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