Example sentences of "there [verb] be [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the first time there has been integrated graduate recruitment and induction events leading into a cross-ROC , cross-functional development programme . |
| 2 | Yet there has been sustained pressure from two political directions to do so . |
| 3 | There has been increased regulation of peaceful demonstrations since the Public Order Act 1986 and judicial decisions in cases involving picketing during the miners ' strike of 1984–5 , and increased police powers of detention without charge since the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 . |
| 4 | The police is still seen as the first line of defence , but in recent years there has been increased co-operation between the police and the military , as in the joint exercises conducted at Heathrow in preparation for possible terrorist incidents . |
| 5 | But after the publicity on unleaded fuel there has been increased interest in used diesel power . |
| 6 | Kinlen et al have carried out a number of analyses relating to areas in which there has been increased population mixing and have found an increased incidence of childhood leukaemia in some of these areas . |
| 7 | There has been related research within the PITR Project into reading development and social class , components of reading test performance , current school practice in PITR , innovative practice in both home-based and school-based PITR , and appropriate forms of INSET . |
| 8 | But since 1987 there has been added impetus to the development of the Taurus programme , triggered largely by the post-Big Bang boom in share dealing and the subsequent crash in 1987 . |
| 9 | There had been aborted revolutions in Germany after the Great War , and an international socialism ( though factional ) was spreading throughout Europe . |
| 10 | From the late 1860s there had been repeated attempts to obtain greater state aid and recognition for science , in the wake of increased technical competition from Germany . |
| 11 | Since 1945 there had been repeated inquiries into the structure and finance of British local government , but until the 1970s no reform at all . |
| 12 | There had been weakened competitiveness , endemic balance-of-payments problems , cyclical stop — go movements in the economy , and a falling off of the rate of capital accumulation . |
| 13 | There had been heated argument in the Supreme Soviet on the question of whether to allow members of the armed forces and police to belong to a political party . |
| 14 | There had been heated argument in the Supreme Soviet about the method of electing a President , and for over a week members of the opposition Democratic Party of Tadjikistan had been on hunger strike in support of popular elections . |
| 15 | Even the previous November there had been isolated rumours that he had suffered a nervous breakdown . |
| 16 | There is a theory that they brought with them the ancestors of the naturally polled northern breeds such as the Angus and Galloway , but in fact there had been polled cattle in Britain since the Iron Age and they were not necessarily imported — not even from Scandinavia , where many cattle are polled . |
| 17 | As though there had been thought transference , the voice continued . |
| 18 | The girls who had been ‘ initiated ’ were corrupting their brothers and sisters and there had been marked signs of mental deterioration in these children . |
| 19 | From the seventeenth century , there had been specialized instrument makers ; and in the eighteenth century James Watt was one , who turned his mind to bigger things . |
| 20 | There have been isolated reports indicating that spontaneous contractions unrelated to swallowing occasionally occur in the human oesophagus , particularly during phases 2 and 3 of the migrating motor complex . |
| 21 | In this year 's campaign , there have been heated discussions about the state of housing under the Labour council — but apart from that , Hamilton says it has been easier than expected . |
| 22 | Recently there have been determined efforts to reduce our food surpluses , but we are only starting to learn that river and land management require careful thought before instant expenditure of money . |
| 23 | Throughout the twentieth century , there have been repeated attempts in England to develop schools chiefly emphasising technical studies . |
| 24 | Staff cuts have also occurred in Jobcentres and there have been repeated threats of privatisation . |
| 25 | There have been repeated calls for reopening , but the destruction of many miles of trackbed would seem to make this a pipedream . |
| 26 | Yet again , throughout this chapter there have been repeated references to the precariousness of the financial position of the District , notwithstanding the introduction of grant-aid under the 1924 Adult Education Regulations . |
| 27 | The present impregnable appearance of the castle is due to a major restoration in the early years of this century , but there have been fortified buildings on this site since the days of the Viking invaders . |
| 28 | Taxes Act 1988 , s678 deals with the situation where capital sums are paid by a connected company to the settlor and where there have been associated payments made by the trustees to that company . |
| 29 | Generally , they are a healthy breed although there have been known cases of luxating patella ( slipping kneecap ) and the occasional heart murmur , but these are the exception rather than the rule . |
| 30 | Since the beginning of the century there have been dedicated enthusiasts among the teaching fraternity , promoting ( often in millenarial language ) the latest and sometimes the most expensive devices as they appeared . |