Example sentences of "there been [det] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has there been such a restoration , since 1920 ? |
| 2 | Never before had there been such a team put out by any club . ’ |
| 3 | Never before has there been such a catalogue of successive shocks and scandals in the Royal Family , culminating now in the separation of Charles and Diana . |
| 4 | Not since the fire at Alexandria had there been such a concentration of the world 's True Knowledge in one building . |
| 5 | ‘ Never has there been such a farce ’ |
| 6 | Never has there been such a sporting farce over a straightforward issue : Was the ball out of shape through natural causes ( Law 5.5 ) or had it been damaged deliberately ( Law 42.5 ) ? |
| 7 | Why has there been such a history of cross-dressing in films ? |
| 8 | Why has there been such a lamentable delay in the implementation of the RENAVAL programme ? |
| 9 | Apparently it was convenient for BR to say that , because , had there been such a high-speed line included in the Channel Tunnel Bill , it is possible that that Bill would have fallen . |
| 10 | Not since 1949 has there been such a chance to abolish blood sports and just 13 absent MPs blew it . |