Example sentences of "have [be] [indef pn] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been plenty of good writers who were also Christians . |
| 2 | Although advances such as secondary high-limit thermostats , which cut off the power if the fryer overheats , are now fitted as standard on almost all machines , there have been plenty of other developments . |
| 3 | Rulers who let their hearts rule their heads tended to court disaster , be they male or female ; and there have been plenty of examples of both . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure there have been plenty of men since , ’ he said , considerably piqued . |
| 5 | The marker has stayed back ever since and there have been plenty of reminders of his erstwhile self ; enough , one trusts , to restore him to selectorial favour come tour time . |
| 6 | Much of this has been done by alcohol advertisers , such as Bacardi and Gordons Gin , but there have been plenty of others . |
| 7 | There have been plenty of City frauds and scandals involving Conservative supporters . |
| 8 | There have been plenty of them . |
| 9 | True , there have been plenty of conductors more recently who have used new or revised editions . |
| 10 | Of course , there have been plenty of Lions ' tours which brought no such dividend , 1951 being a case in point . |
| 11 | Actually I have been something of a clothesaholic recently , do n't tell Derek , but I have to put that fitted wardrobe under lock and key when he 's back and hope he does n't keek in through the louvres because I would n't want him to think I was extravagant . |
| 12 | The Patriots have been something of a business disaster for Kiam . |
| 13 | Little has been seen or heard of the V of R this year , but apparently there have been something of an upheaval in the Company at the end of the season and few people are now employed . |
| 14 | There have been lots of others , of course , and I remember a lovely beast called Daisy who would have been grand . |
| 15 | A spokesman for the AA Roadwatch unit said : ‘ There have been lots of shunts with people going too fast and being unable to handle their car . |
| 16 | In 1973 David Clarke wrote an article called ‘ Archaeology : the loss of innocence ’ and although things have moved on , and there have been lots of new ideas since the early days of the new archaeology , that loss of innocence , and the willingness to think about the theoretical foundations of archaeology , have been the big new development . |
| 17 | ‘ There have been lots of promises and pats on the back but little else . |
| 18 | There have been lots of changes . |
| 19 | There have been none of the special postage stamps or government statements which usually mark bicentenaries of famous writers . |
| 20 | There have been none of the head-on clashes that occurred in 1986 , when President Mitterrand had as his prime minister the neo-Gaullist Jacques Chirac . |