Example sentences of "there have been [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 There have been accidents aplenty on this cluttered but charming course .
4 There have been accidents during transportation , which have caused serious pollution .
5 And , like any other revolution , there have been advantages and disadvantages for the unsuspecting and often vulnerable consumer .
6 There have been grade-A hypocrites all through history .
7 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 .
8 The Chancellor told the Commons House Magazine : ‘ Penetrating the gloom of this last year there have been glimmers of good news .
9 There have been snags over the asking price of £1million , a record for a goalkeeper .
10 In Britain , too , there have been changes of emphasis .
11 The law gives dividing lines , but there have been changes over time .
12 There have been changes at Naddle , too .
13 It looks timeless but there have been changes .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 But there have been changes .
17 ‘ 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 . ’
18 Since the National Assistance Act 1948 replaced the Poor Law institutions with local authority residential homes , there have been changes of emphasis .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 Since that time , there have been changes affecting the Young Conservatives .
23 He accepts that there have been changes , in particular the modern office has grown in size , but he denies that this has led to clerical workers becoming proletarian .
24 There have been changes since you were last among us , Howard . ’
25 However , there have been changes of contrast and changes of detail on time scales from years to days , and for at least 100 years it has been widely realized that we are seeing the tops of richly coloured clouds that cover the entire planet .
26 There have been changes in employment protection and trade union law , and in relevant social security benefits .
27 areas where there have been changes .
28 If there have been changes in the journal coverage of the Science Citation Index over the period , such that some members of this limited set were not scanned prior to 1970 , say , then such earlier theses would show a lower frequency of citations in general , and the first citations of an author 's thesis could be missed , thus artificially increasing the average latency period .
29 As some departments within Glenpatrick works move onto shift working , there have been changes in the manufacturing activities resulting in the appointment of three shift managers .
30 We fully accept that there have been changes in technique during this time , as described earlier , and as table 1 shows , in all sutured ileoanal anastomosis some form of mucosectomy was performed .
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