Example sentences of "[pron] have be some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there have been some famous poets who occupied this chair ( for example Matthew Arnold and W. H. Auden ) , it has much more commonly been occupied by dons ; and the point at issue when choosing candidates for the Chair of Poetry has very seldom been their views about the subject on which they are supposed to lecture , still less their competence to do so . |
| 2 | THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GREAT sufferers in popular music — Leonard Cohen , Morrissey , Michael Bolton . |
| 3 | Generally , however , discipline has not been a problem between them in recent years and there have been some pulsating contests . |
| 4 | Undoubtedly there have been some short-term fare benefits for the air traveller , but these are clearly the result of marginal cost pricing policies chasing after survival cash flow which blatantly disregard the ultimate responsibility to capital invested and are thus unsustainable . |
| 5 | There have been some spectacular successes in land reclamation ( see page 138 of this issue , for example ) . |
| 6 | There have been some serious ructions when they have played table tennis , with rows and cheating and shouting matches . |
| 7 | Transmission is theoretically possible when semen , vaginal fluid or menstrual blood comes into contact with the mouth , particularly if there are bleeding gums , ulcers or infections in the mouth , and there have been some anecdotal reports of this . |
| 8 | ‘ There have been some strange reports boyfriend-wise , but it 's been very quiet really . ’ |
| 9 | There have been some impressive cases of increases in productivity , notably British Airways , British Leyland , and British Steel , which have shed workers , but it remains to be seen whether the improvement will be durable or a once-only case of firms shaking out the least efficient workers . |
| 10 | It has been suggested that there is not really a contrast between and , since only occurs in weak syllables and no minimal pairs can be found to show a clear contrast between and in unstressed syllables ( though there have been some ingenious attempts ) . |
| 11 | You will have noted the additional appointment of at least one wine waiter : the fact that the total wages bill has n't increased by more than about 2.2 per cent suggests that there have been some compensating reductions , probably in the part-time staff , and almost certainly in view of the decline in trade . |
| 12 | There have been some recent changes to the membership of the TCP . |
| 13 | There have been some temporary secondments to ensure that the division is staffed as effectively as possible and that the experience available is as approprite as may be . |
| 14 | Although there have been some useful television series , most television coverage focusses on the sensational , and some major documentaries and plays have compounded the fears and misunderstandings of the public rather than alleviate them . |
| 15 | William of Germany is an ambitious man , and there have been some stupid individuals on the throne here who can not see further than their noses . |
| 16 | ‘ There have been some nasty accidents in these hills . |
| 17 | There have been some new houses built in the last few years , but Ottringham is one of the few villages in Holderness which has not seen large housing developments taking place . |
| 18 | There have been some good examples of team working , radical ideas and of getting the right people involved to make changes happen . |
| 19 | At long last Chris Lewis demonstrated his wonderful batting talent , and together with Hick blossoming and Fairbrother blending his natural game to Test demands , there have been some encouraging signs . |
| 20 | In the Philippines , there have been some encouraging developments in the case of Zosimo Alpino . |
| 21 | ‘ There have been some gloomy articles talking about retirement , but Lester wo n't think that way . ’ |
| 22 | As always at this time of year , there have been some notable changes on the coaching front , with Pavel Slozil switching from being with Steffi Graf to Jennifer Capriati , Pete Sampras once again breaking from Jo Brandi and then Stanley Franker , the man credit with transforming Dutch tennis , announcing first that he would be leaving Holland to work again in Austria , and then changing his mind in the light of a new and improved offer from the Dutch Tennis Federation , who , given that country 's recent success ( 3 men in the top 40 ) , were naturally unhappy about his impending departure . |
| 23 | Although there have been some notable examples of this practice ( such as Saatchi and Saatchi , and Ward White in 1984 ) it does not appear to have become commonplace . |
| 24 | There have been some important developments since the Bill was last debated in the House almost a year ago . |
| 25 | Against this gloomy background , however , there have been some high points during the year . |
| 26 | First , though there have been some marginal changes , most notably in the steady trickle away from the north and west to the south and east , the main features of the regional distribution of population remain the same . |
| 27 | There have been some minor revisions of these rules recently , since the European Court ruled that they were discriminatory against women , but this has not made much difference . |
| 28 | Of course there have been some minor differences of opinion . |
| 29 | While there have been some minor reductions of segregation over the last century , the basic fact of extensive segregation by gender in employment remains a striking feature of the labour market . |
| 30 | There have been some significant developments in the last few years including the introduction of full-time DATEC courses , which are provided for South Wales by the West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education . |