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

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1 However , in recent years a blitz on such companies has been mounted with the result that there has been some improvement .
2 Tutorial Classes continued to be seen as the most important element in the WEA 's programme and there had been some increase in their provision in recent years .
3 Without warning the air was split by a high pitched banshee wail , rising and falling on a sliding scale of pain that would have made the slates fall off the roof if there had been any .
4 I think there are various strategies that you can adopt with children , I think the first and most obvious is work through the educational system , through schools and there 's been many excellent school 's programmes developed !
5 I asked Clem if there had been any other jingle sessions where he 'd had to recreate an original .
6 The last faint hope that there had been some mistake died .
7 Three-quarters felt that there had been little feedback following its presentation .
8 The University has been fortunate in attracting high quality staff to fill new lectureship posts although there has been some difficulty in filling senior posts , particularly in business and management , which is an area of acute national shortage .
9 It was the first time in the campaign that there had been any rapport between the embattled figures on the platform and the assembled press and television correspondents .
10 Children who are disabled cause an extra financial burden to their parents and there have been some moves to acknowledge this .
11 Mr Barber said : ‘ In the East Anglian Customs and Excise region there have been no arrests in relation to these imports but there have been some seizures of alcohol at boot sales in Norfolk and Suffolk . ’
12 It is a controversial establishment because it is entirely staffed by NSA personnel and there has been much local discussion as to whether the station operates in the interests of Australia or only America .
13 … the Act has facilitated progress and there has been some encouragement of home teaching programmes through educational support grants .
14 Macklin acknowledges that there has been a learning curve , particularly with regard to the siting of base stations where there has been some duplication of coverage .
15 He was the product of an actual family experience ; his father had fought for the South in the Civil War and there had been some decline from gentility , but he was as much a product of family myth .
16 The guide was written by Des Hannigan and there has been some friction between the two in recent years , caused to some extent by Rowland and Mark Edwards ' new-routing techniques .
17 Generally , however , discipline has not been a problem between them in recent years and there have been some pulsating contests .
18 There are a variety of sources ranging from the Urban programme of the Department of the Environment to charities but there has been much uncertainty about funding , the Legal Aid Annual Reports regularly referring to the financial problems of particular centres .
19 There was an emphasis on the generation of female employment as well as on the general need for diversification but there had been little development by the outbreak of war .
20 Since its construction almost thirty years before there had been little capital investment .
21 What happens to the grief reaction when there has been little warning of the impending death , or for various reasons , where there has been no opportunity to be involved in the preparation process ?
22 In the UK , different local authorities have developed a range of renewal policies but there has been little attempt to evaluate their effect in the wider urban context .
23 At least for the period 1980 to 1984 , WIRS fails to offer substantiating evidence that there has been any growth in the use of this form of temporary worker .
24 The spot was clearly a favourite one with the crew and there had been several men dozing there when Owen and Mahmoud had appeared .
25 Both had been having affairs and there had been several brief separations .
26 ‘ Some players were just not doing their stuff at Bradford and there has been some strong talking this week . ’
27 Captain Pugwash is probably his best-known character but there have been many others : Harris Tweed , Lettice Leefe , Mary , Mungo and Midge , Sir Prancelot , and Cardinal Grotti in the Catholic Herald .
28 Apparently there must have been very heavy rain higher up the dale because there had been some flooding and the river was running very fast .
29 It is from this stance that there has been much recent emphasis on subject depth in the training of teachers , and a virtual embargo on teaching for those with degrees in subjects ‘ not on the school timetable ’ .
30 Not until the anonymous informant had rung again on 4 August and there had been more calls to Lawrence , and they had finally made contact with John Lewis , did the Panel begin to find out what had really happened .
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