Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] there have been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these suggest that there has been some degree of real tooth loss in these predator assemblages due to digestion , and since this loss is also accompanied by loss of bone , it is considered that this is the most extreme degree of breakage in these comparisons . |
| 2 | If you 've read Practical PC from issue 1 , you will know that there have been more graphics standards since 1981 than you can shake a stick at , culminating in today 's VGA standard as the required minimum in a ‘ bog standard ’ machine . |
| 3 | The letter was brief , and couched in the most guarded terms ; it reported a half-yearly profit to the end of December , but also added that there had been some deterioration in the product and requested a fresh consignment , preferably of foreign origin . |
| 4 | Comparing , for fixed-term contract workers , the results of the 1984 survey with those of the 1980 survey we found that there had been little change . |
| 5 | they did not consider that there had been enough preliminary discussion in their school prior to the review . |
| 6 | A large venture capital organisation , who refused to comment on individual headhunter performance , wrote that on the whole good candidates had been put forward , but that they would not know if there had been any leaks or illegal use of information by search firms . |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe they 'll know if there 's been any traffic over the road . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I need to know if there 's been any action planned or executed in Russia . ’ |
| 9 | Having heard the exchanges earlier today , I do not think that there has been any suppression . |
| 10 | Same-Lamborghini 's UK importer agreed that there had been some problems with the quality of cab fittings on some early models . |
| 11 | This is exactly the way the band saw it and , when pushed , certain employees of Rough Trade agreed that there had been some kind of promotional foul-up . |
| 12 | Then the farmer admitted that there had been many applicants for the job already , but each had been driven out of the stall by the horse . |
| 13 | He revealed that there had been several Iranian-US contacts " in the last few days " through the Swiss embassy in Tehran . |
| 14 | While Roel Pieper recognised that there had been some negative reaction to the merger both from Unix Labs employees and Unix Labs shareholders , as well as Unix International Inc members , he said that this was merely a human reaction to change and he felt confident that their talks in Japan and to Unix Labs members had a been able to address the concerns of Japanese customers regarding the Japanese market . |
| 15 | Xinhua also noted that there had been some unrest at Beijing University late on June 3 . |
| 16 | Surely she 'd have noticed if there had been any other forced entry . |
| 17 | Some " disappeared " prisoners are transferred because there has been much publicity about their capture , but this is by no means always the case . |
| 18 | An important aim of the study was to see if there had been any growth in the use of temporary working in Britain in recent years . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm simply calling to see if there have been any developments . ’ |
| 20 | Finally , we compare the findings of the 1984 survey with those of the 1983 and 1986 surveys to see if there has been any growth in temporary working over this period . |
| 21 | We did not claim that there had been any cases of poisoning in Britain , but referred to the numerous American cases ( FDA Drug Bulletin 1977 , vol 7 , p 26 ; New England Journal of Medicine 1979 , vol 300 , p 238 ) . |
| 22 | It is thought that there has been some element of a share dealing ring in the Dunsdale case . |
| 23 | I have considered the matter and I shall continue to do so , but I do not believe that there has been any dereliction of duty in this important matter . |
| 24 | When an owner of property against whom an order has been made under the Act comes into this court and complains that there has been some irregularity in the proceedings , and that he is not liable to have his property taken away , it is right , I think , that his case should be entertained sympathetically and that a statute under which he is being deprived of his rights to property should be construed strictly against the local authority and favourably towards the interest of the applicant , in as much as he for the benefit of the community is undoubtedly suffering a substantial loss , which in my view must not be inflicted upon him unless it is quite clear that Parliament has intended that it shall . |
| 25 | In regard to his relations with the Vietnamese de Lattre claimed that Bao Dai was the ablest statesman in Vietnam ; but perhaps rather spoilt things by adding that there had been several recent instances when Bao Dai ‘ had showed the proper co-operative spirit and , in some cases , even initiative ’ . |
| 26 | The report showed that there had been many changes and improvements since 1986 , but that some deficiencies remain . |
| 27 | But the coded language of the joint communiqué issued at the end of Churchill 's Washington visit of January 1952 showed that there had been little or no meeting of minds . |
| 28 | Like us , he reckoned that there 'd been another man there . |
| 29 | An even more extreme form of this way of thinking is to assume that there has been some type of directive force in evolution such that humans represent the ‘ pinnacle ’ of progress . |
| 30 | By the end of the project we could report that there had been some changes and developments in practice . |