Example sentences of "[noun] and [ex0] have been [det] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 !
3 Children who are disabled cause an extra financial burden to their parents and there have been some moves to acknowledge this .
4 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 .
5 … the Act has facilitated progress and there has been some encouragement of home teaching programmes through educational support grants .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Generally , however , discipline has not been a problem between them in recent years and there have been some pulsating contests .
9 The spot was clearly a favourite one with the crew and there had been several men dozing there when Owen and Mahmoud had appeared .
10 Both had been having affairs and there had been several brief separations .
11 ‘ Some players were just not doing their stuff at Bradford and there has been some strong talking this week . ’
12 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 .
13 So did the England B team here last year and there have been some rakings on this tour .
14 Ironically , it was a track which Lauda had always opposed on safety grounds and there had been much discussion about the Ring 's lack of safeguards and medical access ( the track is so long , – kilometres , that marshals and safety equipment were not only widely scattered but often whole stretches of the track , such as that where Niki 's car went off , could not be seen from any marshal 's post ) .
15 It is a long tradition within the firm to produce handmade farewell cards and there have been some beauties — apt and humorous — which have left the donors proud of their efforts and the recipients amused and flattered .
16 The Gnomes had gone to considerable trouble ; Culdub and Bith had sat up long hours and consulted books and chronicles and there had been much burning of late candles and worried scurryings to and fro between the Gnomes ' houses in the little mountain village .
17 It was a full week before they reappeared in The Bar ; we had n't seen them for six nights and there had been much discussion .
18 The A423 is one of the busiest roads in the region and there 've been many accidents .
19 This is only a temporary solution and there have been many attempts to organise more humane working systems .
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