Example sentences of "have [adv] been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have since been many battles at this strategic crossing place , but this was the first , the greatest and the most hard fought . |
| 2 | Nonetheless , there have latterly been some notable donations from individuals in Britain : like the Sainsbury brothers ' new wing for the National Gallery and the Clore Foundation 's for the Tate ; Terence Conran 's £7m for the establishment of the Design Museum in Docklands , and Paul Hamlyn 's cheap weeks for children at the Royal Opera House . |
| 3 | True , the FBI can help protect Arab-Americans : there have already been some scattered incidents of violence . |
| 4 | There have already been some 10,000 collisions between West and East German cars this year . |
| 5 | There have already been some improvements in organisation in the forces which battle drugs and terrorism , two areas of crime which recognise no geographical boundaries . |
| 6 | Once again if these changes continue to develop in the UK , the classification and definition of what constitutes a rural area will have to be radically altered , although there have already been some changes , as the next section demonstrates . |
| 7 | Although still in its infancy , there have already been several approaches to case-mix accounting . |
| 8 | International conferences could provide the vehicle for international co-operation and co-ordination , but apart from the few international conferences organized by the British Library and by the International Association of Technological University Libraries ( IATUL ) there have not been many more than a dozen , and none of these has focused on the need for international co-ordination ; although they have kindled a certain amount of international co.operation . |
| 9 | There have not been many examples of large companies breaking themselves up voluntarily . |
| 10 | Only five naked-eye novæ have appeared during the last twenty years , and there have not been many more within binocular range . |
| 11 | But there have not been many games with such drama as we saw here today . |
| 12 | I have looked at quite a few , but there have not been any which have struck me as being ‘ the one ’ . |
| 13 | So far as I know , however , there have not been any comprehensive studies of the rise and fall of various economic groups in more recent times , nor has there been an attempt to provide , on a broad scale , an economic interpretation of political events in the twentieth century , although there are of course many elements of such an interpretation in recent Marxist debates about modes of production , in the analyses of development and underdevelopment , and in the theories of industrial and post-industrial societies . |
| 14 | Indeed , as far as I am aware , there have not been any previous accidents of this nature within the tunnel . |
| 15 | However , there have not been any reports of point mutations in the remaining FMS allele in patients with a 5q deletion . |
| 16 | ‘ To be honest , we have not been any busier this year but the accident toll has been higher than in previous times . ’ |
| 17 | But to imply , in however tentative a way , that there have not been some fundamental changes in the English experience of Ireland since Spenser 's day , helps on the one hand to re-energise the Renaissance texts by demonstrating their continuing cultural negotiations , but also curiously helps to valorise Spenser 's perspective . |
| 18 | Films have generally been few on the ground , perhaps the most successful being Ira Wohl 's ‘ Best Boy ’ a documentary based on the life of his cousin , Philly , a 52 year old Down 's Person . |
| 19 | OK , so the Prince and Princess of Wales may have separated , house prices might have plummeted and Luton Town have been relegated — but there have still been some fantastic technological and social advances in the past 12 months . |
| 20 | We have always been such witnesses and such representatives . ’ |
| 21 | The Wards are most helpful ( they say that running Culver Lodge has restored their faith in human nature as their guests have always been such a pleasure ) and are always ready to give advice on places to visit , walks , bus and rail timetables . |
| 22 | Historically we can establish that there have always been these waves of hooliganism in particular form . |
| 23 | The welfare state in Britain has always been pluralistic in that there have always been several sources of welfare provision . |
| 24 | The best British films have always been those that transcended these artificial oppositions . |
| 25 | In the tradition of Western philosophy there have always been those who longed for a society in which injustice and poverty were abolished and people able to share their material possessions . |
| 26 | Right up to the head waters of time , young men have always been those most inclined to commit crime . |
| 27 | Erm if you like th the four including Ormanroyd have always been have always been more dominant that the Forest er midfield quarter . |
| 28 | Nobody 's job is secure , but some jobs are more secure , have always been more secure than others and if you 've been , as some of them have been relying on overtime |
| 29 | There have always been some old people who were influential and highly regarded , in contrast to the many others who were treated with ridicule , antagonism , or at best patronized as dependents . |
| 30 | There have always been some students in serious difficulties . |