Example sentences of "[conj] there have been [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there had been fulling mills along the river for several centuries , the first industrial age mill was not built until 1790 . |
| 2 | It was this that suggested that there had been pricing errors which lead to the suspension of the trusts . |
| 3 | It was this that suggested that there had been pricing errors which led to the suspension of the trusts . |
| 4 | He said in a Commons written reply that there has been mounting concern over the costs of veterinary supervision , with hourly fees reaching £40 . |
| 5 | The relationship between herbivores and plants has often been seen as some kind of arms race , but there have been opposing views in that , for example , spittle-bugs in the dry tropics of West Africa , rather than depleting valuable water resources may promote microbial activity beneath particular tree species , allowing them to take up nutrients in the dry season from the surface layers of the soil , provided that other roots can tap a deep water source . |