Example sentences of "there [vb base] been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 've been villages looted , men killed , women carried off — the usual tale of barons who do as they please while the King is helpless . |
| 2 | There 've been visitors each day for the past year and a half to this quiet corner of the Whitworth Road Cemetery in Swindon . |
| 3 | There 've been robberies at Tibberton near Droitwich , Worcester and Wyre Piddle near Pershore . |
| 4 | There 've been smoke alarms |
| 5 | Particularly in soil in areas where there 've been cows and things in the past . |
| 6 | There 've been demands today for the names of alleged rape victims to be published if the accused is acquitted . |
| 7 | Er , now , erm , Harlequins have complained to Bath , there 've been allegations er , during last weekend 's er Courage League match , which Bath won incidentally , of gouging and biting , er and Bath officials now have agreed that they will look at a video recording and take appropriate action , in quotes , if anything erm , needs to be done . |
| 8 | There 'll have to have a ruddy cut down , over this staff over this community charge , there 've been trouble here next . |
| 9 | More recently there have been criticisms of the balance between these two areas and , on occasions , the GAO has been accused of neglecting its more traditional audit responsibilities in the area of financial compliance and regularity . |
| 10 | I have agreed with the Hon. Member for Cunninghame , North that there have been criticisms by the Scottish Consumer Council as to information about bus services . |
| 11 | There have been accidents aplenty on this cluttered but charming course . |
| 12 | There have been accidents during transportation , which have caused serious pollution . |
| 13 | And , like any other revolution , there have been advantages and disadvantages for the unsuspecting and often vulnerable consumer . |
| 14 | There have been grade-A hypocrites all through history . |
| 15 | The choice for the children trapped in the welfare system is therefore not solely between white families and a life of institutional care as we are led to believe ; there are black families willing and capable of opening up their homes to these children , but there have been policies and practices which have prevented this development . |
| 16 | The Chancellor told the Commons House Magazine : ‘ Penetrating the gloom of this last year there have been glimmers of good news . |
| 17 | There have been snags over the asking price of £1million , a record for a goalkeeper . |
| 18 | In Britain , too , there have been changes of emphasis . |
| 19 | The law gives dividing lines , but there have been changes over time . |
| 20 | There have been changes at Naddle , too . |
| 21 | It looks timeless but there have been changes . |
| 22 | Crimes of violence comprise less than 4 per cent of recorded crime , and while crimes of violence have risen rapidly in numbers in the post-war period there have been changes in the pattern of such offences . |
| 23 | As a result , there have been changes to land-clearance contracts , including the replacement of grasses by leguminous species that provide a better protective cover and enhance the nitrogen content of the soil . |
| 24 | But there have been changes . |
| 25 | ‘ The audit report is signed by the firm and not the individual partner , and therefore we believe that a higher level of independence is not demonstrated where the same name appears on the audit report year on year , whether or not there have been changes in the composition of the audit team . ’ |
| 26 | Since the National Assistance Act 1948 replaced the Poor Law institutions with local authority residential homes , there have been changes of emphasis . |
| 27 | New forms of journalism have developed , there have been changes in printing techniques , changes in ownership , and even changes in perceptions of the role of the newspaper within society . |
| 28 | Finally , there have been changes over time in the rates of divorce and marriage , although the significance of these for patterns of kin relations may be not so obvious as it first appears . |
| 29 | Thus there have been changes over time in patterns of support between generations , but these are not necessarily a result of individuals ' changing beliefs and values about family responsibilities . |
| 30 | Since that time , there have been changes affecting the Young Conservatives . |