Example sentences of "there [verb] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the Community has always had variable depth in its integration — in some areas it has been deeply integrated and in others there has been shallower integration . |
| 2 | Although the cultural traditions and education and social systems in OECD member countries vary there has been wide agreement about the importance of transition and the nature of the process . |
| 3 | As you will be aware there has been extensive discussions with NALGO in connection with the arrangements for the necessary Council Tax introduction . |
| 4 | In previous elections there has been little change in the parties ' support between the final Sunday of the campaign and polling day . |
| 5 | In yet other cases there has been little attempt to intervene . |
| 6 | At the time of writing there has been little feedback from the trial period earlier this year during which forms CT 200 were completed and submitted alongside the usual accounts and computations . |
| 7 | Ever since this system was introduced there has been much criticism of the validity of basing the TDR on the profitability of the private sector , especially when used for non-commercial public sector evaluations . |
| 8 | To a greater extent than with other mathematically-based research tools there has been much difference of opinion as to its relevance and utility . |
| 9 | Since the mid-1970s there has been growing recognition that residential care can only be effective when it is part of a package aimed at helping the family as a whole , and where parents are involved in all aspects of the care process . |
| 10 | But in a majority of cases there has been some success , and in many instances the outcome has been very successful . |
| 11 | One suspects that somewhere along the line of the story 's forming there has been some attempt to draw a veil over the proceedings , and to protect the reputation particularly of the great Moses . |
| 12 | In the West Midlands there has been some attempt to classify the type of assistance given to each client into advice or support where support means that some action was taken by the advice worker . |
| 13 | Because of such concerns there has been considerable opposition to the testing of genetically engineered organisms in the field , as is exemplified by the furore surrounding the release of the so-called ‘ ice minus ’ bacterium . |
| 14 | There is evidence of a growing interest in payment systems in a variety of quarters , e.g. amongst economists there is renewed interest in the link between productivity and the way labour is paid ; management theorists are paying more attention to new forms of payment within their overall interest in making in making firms more responsive ; and amongst managers and government officials there has been considerable interest expressed in performance-related pay , merit-pay and profit-sharing . |
| 15 | Alongside the clinical concerns there has been significant progress in our understanding of the molecular genetics . |
| 16 | Since no reasons have been given by the decision-maker and no unfavourable inference can be drawn [ from ] this fact because there is obvious justification for his failure to do so , the presumption that he acted intra vires can only be displaced by evidence of facts which can not be reconciled with there having been reasonable cause for his belief that the documents might be required as evidence … |
| 17 | erm In that sense , whereas of course in the case of primary schools there 've been fewer resources but of course far fewer students . |
| 18 | It means there 've been more cries for help . |
| 19 | Only last Friday there had been great excitement over Janice 's eighth birthday party . |
| 20 | That may be so , but when I first knew them there had been radical changes . |
| 21 | He said that from 1991–1992 there were only five times when intensive care patients had to be transferred to other hospitals in the region , but in April and May this year alone there had been five cases . |
| 22 | During the wars themselves there had been considerable disruption , but by 1785 trade had fully recovered . |
| 23 | In days gone by there had been little differences between the members of the party on the war policy , but the war was now over and they wanted to unite all their forces … |
| 24 | In his judgement , the Lord Chancellor said , ‘ I am seldom called upon to decide in a case in which I felt so strongly that on one side or the other there had been abominable wickedness . ’ |
| 25 | Dinner consisted of pea soup , which Millie found quite nice — she could taste there had been some kind of pork boiled in the liquid — followed by a meat pudding . |
| 26 | Work on the Glenburrell Bridge had been slower than hoped for as there had been some discussion with the County Council as to ownership . |
| 27 | The Zoo lay under a bitter stormy sky , the bars of the cages seeming even more black against it than they were and the leafless trees more bleak There had been thick snow the previous week , the final throes of winter , and then it had thawed leaving dampness and mud everywhere . |
| 28 | In the last few days alone there have been probing books about Mrs Thatcher and Winston Churchill which told us a great deal about the murky depths of the authors . |
| 29 | The graphs indicate that on these measures there have been substantial changes over the post-war period . |
| 30 | We know that in most regions there have been frequent changes of climate in the geologically immediate past . |