Example sentences of "[ex0] have been [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There has been quite a bit of hype and I do n't think the film lived up to it . ’ |
| 2 | There has been quite a bit of litigation in the United States in which taxpayers have sought to challenge some use to which taxes have been put . |
| 3 | Dr Anne Dew , who is organising the vigil at Dryburn hospital , Durham , said : ‘ There has been quite a bit of support for the vigil from staff in all areas of work at the hospital . |
| 4 | There has been quite a bit of inflation since then but even then six million dollars was not a lot . |
| 5 | Midland chief executive Brian Pearse admitted : ‘ There has been quite a lot of conjecture about a merger with another leading clearing bank in the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | There has been quite a lot of trouble with 7.50 x 16 Avon Rangemaster with the steel tyre cords breaking through the tyre to puncture the tubes , but we have not come across this with the Avon Ranger . |
| 7 | ‘ There has been quite a lot of interest , ’ said a spokeswoman . |
| 8 | There has been quite a lot of speculation on the matter in professional circles . ’ |
| 9 | There has been quite a lot of talk recently about adding enzymes to help the carp digest our sophisticated carp baits . |
| 10 | So on the royal dockyard there has been quite a number ah , of rumours circulating this conference this morning , there has also been on the television and the radio , statements by one Gordon . |
| 11 | There has been almost a hush about tonight 's event . |
| 12 | In some sectors of manufacturing there has been almost a reluctance to change . |
| 13 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |
| 14 | At this end of the village the night had been quiet , but in the Untouchable quarter to the west , there 'd been quite a kerfuffle . |
| 15 | And there 'd been quite a number there , obviously in that burns unit , who were suffering from the same type of er injury . |
| 16 | She had not had as many men as Karen gave her credit for , there was an element of blarney in all that , but there 'd been quite a number , had n't there ? |
| 17 | By November 1917 , when the battle ended , there had been nearly a quarter of a million casualties . |
| 18 | There had been rather a mystery as to why he should have died at that particular time . |
| 19 | There had been rather a lot of funerals at Low Birk Hatt and they were n't inexpensive . |
| 20 | The story goes that one dismal morning they were detailed to take their Mosquito , ‘ D ’ for Dog , up for testing , and as there had been quite a party in the Mess on the previous evening , neither was feeling in the best of moods as they trudged out to dispersal at the crack of dawn . |
| 21 | There had been quite a lot of those in the sentences directed at himself . |
| 22 | David had heard of the Wilikinses ' divorce there had been quite a lot about the circumstances surrounding it in the Birmingham Mail — and he had been told of a second , short-lived marriage . |
| 23 | There have been quite a flood of similar announcements recently . |
| 24 | ‘ There have been quite a number of ladies who have been mugged around here , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's been rather a development , ’ said Emma . |
| 26 | And there 's been quite a bit of success in in that area both of the newspaper companies er , are doing better than last year and er Longmans for instance expect er expect their operating cash flow erm their working capital rather to be lower this year than last year by by year end . |
| 27 | There 's been quite a change in the community dentist because we put |
| 28 | ‘ There 's been quite a loss of momentum lately in my area . ’ |
| 29 | I should think Sophie will be OK with her — there 's been quite a lot of contact . ’ |
| 30 | And recently there 's been quite a lot of thin . |