Example sentences of "been various [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I came back and got a deal that summer and started the album immediately but there 've been various setbacks along the way .
2 There have been various attempts to broaden the sixth-form curriculum , none of which has been successful .
3 There have been various attempts to classify different corporate cultures and to look at the consequences of those types for the use of power ( see Deal and Kennedy ; Handy ) .
4 As a result , any attempt to explicate the theme of the sequence is bound to run into peculiar difficulties , although there have been various attempts to interpret it in Christian , symbolist or political terms .
5 The very idea of the ‘ comprador bourgeoisie , ’ central to the dependency approach , appears to have fallen into disuse in recent years and there have been various attempts to reconceptualize what it refers to .
6 There have been various shakes since — social , economic , and political .
7 There have been various forms of the play but Punch himself is always a violent , pugnacious but droll and high-spirited rascal , hunchbacked , hook-nosed , and gaily dressed , who with the help of his cudgel overcomes all his enemies in succession .
8 If we can now move down the clinical axis to level 5 — that of the individual patient — there have been various trials in techniques of patient costing ; designed by definition , to calculate the cost of treating each patient .
9 Since then there have been various releases from Beat Club , ACR , Sub Sub and The Flamingoes , both The Beat Club and Sub Sub fashioning soon-to-be-released albums .
10 There had been various cases of ‘ blacked ’ journalists although usually as a result of pro-IRA stories .
11 In fact there have been various instances where the banks in the Euro-currency market have been willing to extend credit only if the country in question has already obtained IMF credit and its associated conditionality .
12 erm I think in fact it would be better to ask Mr Bailey to explain what his concerns were erm I 'd just like to say first although initially it revolves around problems of drinking , I 'm looking at other issues of East Oxford , in that recently there 's been a great deal of concern about glue sniffing in sections there , and there have been various letters from residents in the local newspapers , and I think there 's a general level of problem for people living in East Oxford , and it 's not just that the people there want the streets cleaned up or whatever , they want something constructive and helpful to be done for people .
13 Over recent years , there have been various developments in health care planning with the aim of better meeting the needs of particular populations .
14 Now , as I said , there 'd been various answers er , to this , throughout history , one of the most interesting and significant as far as we 're concerned , in studying Freud and the social sciences , was er , that of the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes .
15 Tayside 's deputy chief constable William Spence , noting the report , said there had been various elements of improvement and said his force was still above the national average in detection .
16 I think there would have been various difficulties in Mr. Ashworth 's path had he sought to pursue an argument based on strict estoppel .
17 For example , a statement by the vendor that there have been various disputes by the employees completely undermines the warranty .
18 Whereas in the past there have been various pressure groups setting themselves up as having a special reason for being heard thanks to their scientific credentials , perhaps the wisest comment on this came from the professor who , while urging scientists to make their voices heard , also urged them not to make any special claims to knowledge or understanding of the issues just because they were scientists .
19 One disadvantage of the tokamak is that it has a pulsed discharge ( although there have been various suggestions as to how we might design a continuous tokamak ) while the stellarator and EBT are DC ( continuous ) toroidal configurations .
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