Example sentences of "[vb infin] that [pron] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The right hon. Gentleman has done a great deal during his period in the House for disabled people and everyone in the House admires him for what he has done , but he must know that there have been dramatic improvements in recent years in the scope , range and value of benefits and in the number of disabled people who receive them . |
| 3 | Anyone who studies academic standards in our schools over the past 20 years must recognise that there have been considerable improvements . |
| 4 | You will soon see that I have been right all this time . |
| 5 | My Lords , could I ask the Minister if she would agree that there have been some improvements in the accident and emergency departments , since consultants were appointed and how many accidents that er there are emergency departments have not got consultants in charge and leave it to junior doctors ? |
| 6 | So you would agree that there have been significant hiccups this year ? |
| 7 | I would say that there have been four since the early nineteenth century . |
| 8 | As part of the Minister 's annus mirabilis — no doubt he would say that there have been 12 anni mirabilis ; I think that that is right — |
| 9 | However , historians and contra-cyclical investors may argue that there have been few five year periods since the Second World War when deposits have outperformed equities — and stock markets should revive over the next five years . |