Example sentences of "but there have [be] [adj] " 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 | ‘ But there had been disappointed expectations , on both sides , when the estate of the late philanthropist had finally , well almost finally , been settled , with the lawyers still growing fat on the pickings . |
| 3 | The Grand Junction , he told them , had entered into minimum toll agreements with the Leicestershire Navigation , the Loughborough Navigation and the Erewash Canal , but there had been insufficient traffic to meet the full amount . |
| 4 | The authority was not accepting Mr Guest 's allegation of a blatant and malicious fabrication by the officers but there had been insufficient material to obtain the warrant . |
| 5 | But there had been unsuccessful sides in the past that had been packed with outstanding individuals who had not coalesced , or been moulded , into a good team . |
| 6 | But there had been strange times since then , and they 'd put Gentle in an apter mood for this study . |
| 7 | This is proving more taxing , but there have been encouraging signs of support from some people within social services and negotiations are continuing . |
| 8 | But there have been other trends since 1980 which arguably move things backwards , not one step but two . |
| 9 | But there have been other claims to knowledge of absolute Truth . |
| 10 | He wants me dead , of course , but there have been other targets in the past , like Thatcher and high-street butchers . |
| 11 | ‘ But there have been major changes for 1993 . |
| 12 | The vole prefers slow-moving rivers , pools and marshy areas with some deep water whose level changes little , but there have been great changes to Britain 's wetlands during the past 40 years as a result of agricultural intensification . |
| 13 | The manager has always remained the same , but the TV presenter has not only changed each time but there have been serious discrepancies in the age , gender and sexual proclivities of this mysterious media personality . |
| 14 | This tended to affect the capital-intensive professions , such as medicine and engineering , in the form of regulation of capital spending and student numbers , rather more than the cheaper ones , but there have been direct or indirect consequences for fields such as nursing , teaching and social work as well . |
| 15 | Development by government departments does not require planning permission , but there have been special arrangements for consultations since 1950 . |
| 16 | But there have been significant changes in the nature of stealing since the Second World War . |
| 17 | But there have been local whisperings , so Adam tells us . |
| 18 | My preparations are well advanced ; but there has been other business to attend to here . ’ |
| 19 | But there has been endless comment by members of the Labour Party leadership as well as others about the outcome of the election and it is still going on . |
| 20 | It has evidently met with considerable enthusiasm , but there has been initial resistance from some staff and parents who still favour a more academic approach to teaching and learning . |
| 21 | And you know this brings another important aspect up which is very important about communications , erm you know we 've jollied along talking about what communication is making sure people know you know what you want etcetera etcetera etcetera but also do n't forget that different people can have different perceptions of the same same things but as I say here we are we sat here we done we 've done about an hour an hour and a half on written communications and yet you know when we passed the papers around it has n't been too bad but there has been different things that people have gone for both in the writing of these reports and both in the marking of them as well . |
| 22 | Very little work has been done in this field but there has been sufficient to reveal that the refinement of economic theory ( especially in terms of mathematical sophistication ) is akin to fashioning scalpels to cut through jungle when it comes to the real world of policy-making [ Graham , 1975 ] . |
| 23 | The assumption is made that dissatisfied workers are more likely to leave the one job for another , take time off , or go on strike , but there has been considerable debate about all three measures , and there are cogent reasons for doubting that any of them serve as adequate indicators of job satisfaction . |
| 24 | Newspaper coverage in December 1987 identified a work force of 1300 in Press 's Tyne Yards but there has been considerable fluctuation in numbers depending on the state of contracts . |