Example sentences of "there [vb base] been [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been concerns for some time that IBM Corp was fast running out of cash — the UK subsidiary was reportedly ordered to factor its receivables by its parent at the end of last year after it ran out of cash for its operations , hardly a cheap way of borrowing for a blue chip company , and the Reuter report that it and IBM Credit Corp are seeking $4,600m of revolving credit in the international syndicated loan market ( see page seven ) , seems to confirm it ; at least one source told the news wire that IBM is trying to keep the arrangement very quiet , presumably to avoid generating more alarm than there already is about progress of its business . |
| 2 | Heads of department from the Soviet trade union centre , the AUCCTU , are expected to visit Congress House in the New Year on a fact-finding mission , and there have been requests for training links to be built between the TUC and the Hungarian trade union body , SZOT , which has been attempting to restructure itself over the last two years . |
| 3 | In the Planning Basis for Kent , published in 1948 , we read under Bridges , Halling : " From time to time there have been requests for a bridge at Halling to replace a very inadequate privately owned ferry service . |
| 4 | Over here , there have been calls for the Guardian Angels to set up a chapter of Pink Angels . |
| 5 | There have been calls for legislation to give suppliers an automatic right to claim interest on overdue payments and for debt collecting procedures in the courts to be simplified . |
| 6 | There have been calls for his resignation , which he has ignored . |
| 7 | There have been calls for the Bank to issue more debt at the short end , to take advantage of lower short rates . |
| 8 | None of these possibilities is countenanced by competition policy in any of the three jurisdictions previously discussed , though there have been calls for a more protectionist approach in the US . |
| 9 | This of course is a value judgement which a government is entitled to make , but it is one which some economists would argue is not fully justified by the evidence , on the basis of which there have been calls for much more stringent control . |
| 10 | There have been calls for an inquiry into the problem . |
| 11 | There have been fears for the future of Dangerfield Mills at Hawick since the spinning operation went into liquidation nearly 18 months ago . |
| 12 | We have also seen that for the purposes of civil liability there have been proposals for a generalised statutory scheme for exceptional risks . |
| 13 | Second , in the same area , again there have been proposals for a cyclists ’ crossing of the traffic island to link Bristo Place to George Square , which should also become part of the scheme . |
| 14 | In recent years there have been records for every month as single birds have summered five or six times . |
| 15 | In the last fifty years there have been problems for the fishermen and most have become unemployed or moved to other jobs . |
| 16 | On a sale of a private company , or if there have been reorganisations for taxation purposes , it is common for the seller to require the contract to be conditional on a clearance under s.703 ( cancellation of tax advantage ) and any other applicable tax provisions . |
| 17 | There have been gains for nature conservation in that the storms have prompted a fundamental questioning of the received view . |
| 18 | In the Waterside ward , where seven seats were available , compared to six in 1989 , there have been gains for the DUP and SDLP . |
| 19 | Local people mutter and march , make speeches and throw things ; staff face sarcasm in nearby pubs ; and for years there have been demands for a public inquiry . |
| 20 | There have been smiths for very many years and it seems likely that workings excavated at Killellan by Colin Burgess in 1974 were those of a bronze age smith . |
| 21 | Although there have been proponents for a connection between microbial productivity and Precambrian iron deposition , the paucity of microfossils and low organic carbon content of BIFs has been seen by some to constitute strong evidence against biological involvement . |
| 22 | There have been stations for service establishments , such as RAF Cranwell and Cosford Aerodrome . |
| 23 | There have been stations for factories . |
| 24 | There have been stations for hospitals ( Cheddleton Asylum , Whittingham Hospital ) and stations for schools ( Wellington College , Christ 's Hospital ) . |