Example sentences of "there [vb mod] [verb] been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , there may have been little point in devising an ‘ inner area ’ and allocating resources to it . |
| 2 | There may have been little or no discussion of these issues , even among the higher clerics and ecclesiastical advisers , but Innocent was too polished a performer not to realize the public relations advantages of pronouncement in a general council . |
| 3 | Elsewhere , there may have been more support . |
| 4 | In recent years there may have been more wealth and consumer goods around but people have seemed cynical , weary , amoral … |
| 5 | There may have been another factor that induced these creatures to leave the ground . |
| 6 | Then , wryly : ‘ There may have been another reason ; even as a young man I was a staid sort of chap and they were a bit wild at times . |
| 7 | There may have been few spiritual insights in his system , but in his Principles of philosophy ( 1644 ) he did insist that bodies continue in existence only because God preserves them in being . |
| 8 | On the other hand , the pressing need for a dynamic pope to exploit the political vacuum left by the unexpected death of the Emperor Henry VI and the advantages of a third Roman pope in a row may have won over the opposition — and there may have been those impressed by his vigorous views on the papacy 's role . |
| 9 | Although most of the ‘ Lees ’ were probably Flanellys or Murphies , there may have been some Romanies present . |
| 10 | There may have been some species which were attached to floating seaweed . |
| 11 | The OFT client survey in 1985 found that organisations commissioning consulting architects were , in general , paying 10–15 per cent below the RIBA recommended scale , indicating that there may have been some small reduction in the fee income of architects after 1982 . |
| 12 | This does not necessarily mean that the genetic information has been lost , but only that there may have been some chemical modification which makes crucial genes inaccessible . |
| 13 | ‘ There may have been some leak , causing hallucinations , wholesale insanity . ’ |
| 14 | There may have been some generic connection between the Anatolian deity and the Minoan deity whose symbol was also the double-axe . |
| 15 | There may have been some dietary change , despite the absence of change in enamel thickness , but this has yet to be tested . |
| 16 | While the Maryland charter gave the Calverts the same executive authority as the Bishops of Durham held on the Scottish border , it required them to make sure that the colonists had approved the laws of their colony before they came into effect ; it may have been realized from earlier experience that an assembly was needed , or there may have been some feeling that a Catholic colony would have special problems . |
| 17 | I think there may have been some mental instability on Grandfather 's part . |
| 18 | There may be a s there may have been some guests turn up |
| 19 | Since the Wilson Committee reported there may have been some improvement in the availability of bank finance for small businesses . |
| 20 | He merely strengthens the conclusions of the three wise men , who think that there may have been some recent decline but who certainly did not atribute it to the national curriculum , as the hon. Gentleman did . |
| 21 | There may have been some support for him among the cardinals , but they were not prepared to act in concert and several now put themselves forward . |
| 22 | Although the possibility remains that there may have been some undetectable degree of portosystemic shunting , our patient did not have clinically evident portal hypertension . |
| 23 | There may have been some weather impact in the last two months , but basically , it looks like the major U S oil companies that were going overseas are still spending money on buying leases and building up infrastructure . |
| 24 | Though there may have been some hostility between the victuallers and the non-victuallers , this can hardly have been the only factor involved . |
| 25 | Well apart from those things erm tt when , when you were talking about the back erm Steve sort of gestured , in a way , that yes my back was erm oh my back , yes , that 's only a one off thing , there may have been some other health problem there which could 've gone into . |
| 26 | The dental remains indicate little more than a dependence on a hard-fruit diet , and there may have been several species with this inclination . |
| 27 | There must have been many an occasion when agents , in particular , must have wished to see the back of him . |
| 28 | Clive Lloyd is one of the best-loved cricketers ever to walk on to a field , but after the relentless domination of his four-man pace attack there must have been many people who permitted themselves a smile at the news . |
| 29 | Umpire Alley eventually warned Holding , but there must have been many Lancastrians who were sad to see Lloyd , on his home ground , do nothing about it . |
| 30 | Surely there must have been many others equally clinching . |