Example sentences of "[vb past] that [ex0] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1979 , however , the survey found that there had been a major shift in support for privatization and public opinion remained in favour of further privatization in 1983 , and probably reflected a positive response to the Thatcher policies . |
| 2 | When I arrived back I found that there had been very little press coverage and quite a lot of disbelief . |
| 3 | Comparing , for fixed-term contract workers , the results of the 1984 survey with those of the 1980 survey we found that there had been little change . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal found that there had been a breach but the phrasing of the judgment is nonetheless restrictive . |
| 5 | In Glynn v. Keele University the court found that there had been a breach of natural justice by the failure to give a hearing to a student who had been disciplined . |
| 6 | The justices found that there had been a breach of the peace before the police arrived , because the mother-in-law of the person who had asked the defendant to leave the swings had been ‘ alarmed ’ by the defendant 's conduct . |
| 7 | Infolink , the independent credit information concern , yesterday reported that there had been an increase of 5½ p.c. in the number of consumer credit inquiries after the election . |
| 8 | The decline in smoking prevalence and tobacco sales is particularly significant because in March of this year , the Health Department reported that there had been a 14 percent rise in tobacco advertising during 1990 , apparently in anticipation of the advertising ban . |
| 9 | The organization reported that there had been a worldwide increase of nearly 17,000 AIDS cases in April , bringing the total to 254,078 . |
| 10 | The International Herald Tribune of Jan. 29 reported that there had been 29 attacks against allied targets in the first 12 days after the outbreak of hostilities . |
| 11 | In Turkey alone , the Guardian of Jan. 28 reported that there had been 10 terrorist attacks in Istanbul , Ankara and Adana on Jan. 21-28 , causing substantial damage to US and other allied military and business interests . |
| 12 | Sec. reported that there have been about 2,000 visitors so far , mostly from outside Bishop 's Castle . |
| 13 | Same-Lamborghini 's UK importer agreed that there had been some problems with the quality of cab fittings on some early models . |
| 14 | This is exactly the way the band saw it and , when pushed , certain employees of Rough Trade agreed that there had been some kind of promotional foul-up . |
| 15 | All the reports agreed that there had been a gradual but marked increase in the intensity of activity on Krakatoa during the three days preceding the twenty-sixth . |
| 16 | The Charles Read spokesman agreed that there had been an increase in the number of cremations , but was unable to determine the reason for the trend . |
| 17 | The judge ruled that there had been no breach of the Code . |
| 18 | The court ruled that there had been a " failure of justice " in the original trial in a lower court , when the accused were not allowed to include a full range of documentation in their defence submissions . |
| 19 | The Foreign Ministry on Aug. 21 announced that there had been discovered an attempt by supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mohamed Taki to destabilize the government , and that one French mercenary and two Comorans had been arrested . |
| 20 | The man in charge of the fund , Brigadier Jimmy Chater , admitted that there had been problems with finding and helping Royal Warwickshire POWs , and agreed that the income from the fund exceeded the benefits paid out . |
| 21 | Sheikh Saad , the crown prince and prime minister , admitted that there had been abuse of human rights in the early days of the country 's liberation but implied that , with the regime back in control , all was well . |
| 22 | A few admitted that there had been excesses . |
| 23 | Then the farmer admitted that there had been many applicants for the job already , but each had been driven out of the stall by the horse . |
| 24 | In a speech delivered on March 6 , Tomur Dawamat , chair of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regional government , admitted that there had been a recent upsurge in Moslem separatist activity in the region . |
| 25 | The company admitted that there had been a delay in installing new screening equipment at the plant , which produces boiled sweets . |
| 26 | At the Jan. 8 round table meeting Peter Koch , who was responsible for disbanding the National Security Office ( and was subsequently dismissed on Jan. 12 ) , revealed that there had been over 85,000 Stasi employees , 25,000 of whom had already been dismissed ; all weapons would be impounded by the end of January . |
| 27 | He revealed that there had been several Iranian-US contacts " in the last few days " through the Swiss embassy in Tehran . |
| 28 | Yesterday police revealed that there had been a break-in on Thursday night at the bank which is on the corner of Skinnergate and Coniscliffe Road . |
| 29 | Clark revealed that there has been only one official bid for Keane since the end of the season — a £3.5 million verbal offer from Rovers which Blackburn 's chairman Robert Corr subsequently confirmed in writing to Forest chairman Fred Reacher . |
| 30 | They believed that there had been a stage when there was no individual property ; that is , when no ownership continued beyond the time of use . |