Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb -s] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past ten years or so there has been a great deal of innovative thinking and impressive empirical investigation in our field and the theory 1 have been reviewing has played its part . |
| 2 | ‘ We have lost four games recently that we never deserved to lose so it 's been a hard time for us . |
| 3 | Thus there has been a net gain in jobs from the small-firm sector , in the USA at least . |
| 4 | Nevertheless there has been a slow but perceptible change in the basis of such control , which is no longer in the hands of particular landowning families and individuals as such , but part of the duties of the office to which they have been elected . |
| 5 | It is this phase where there are many failures because the size of task being addressed is large ; normally there has been a formal specification of the work to be done , and the technologist has not the experience nor the qualifications to carry the work through . |
| 6 | But lately he 's been a real pain in the neck . |
| 7 | ‘ … but always there has been a hidden canker , which has grown with the years until it is stifling me . ’ |
| 8 | Nationally there has been a 12 per cent drop . |
| 9 | nationally it has been a stimulating time . |
| 10 | Secretary David Ryder said : ‘ We would be sorry to leave Acklam Park , because traditionally it 's been a well-supported venue in the Northern part of the county . ’ |
| 11 | Although insignificant on the map , it has long been a magnet drawing folk from the Dales on repeated visits ; latterly there has been a growing influx of tourists and walkers from outside the county to see the magnificent waterfall of Hardraw Force . |
| 12 | So far there 's been a poor response to their appeals for information , and they still have n't established a motive for the killing . |
| 13 | And erm oh for many years now there 's been a great interest in consistency in sentencing . |
| 14 | It is difficult , however , to accept the concept of work which is non-profit-making or which may even cost the providing employer a substantial amount of on-going revenue funds , and until now there has been a great reluctance to fund such initiatives . |
| 15 | Overall it 's been a good season . |
| 16 | They had a fire at Saint Leonards and they 've been saying that really it 's been a good thing . |
| 17 | At best it has been an unwelcome overhead ; often it has been a non-productive one . |
| 18 | Because cats , like people , are breeding too fast there has been a concerted effort to provide them with a contraceptive pill similar to the one we use . |
| 19 | What we must do — until today there has been a broad measure of agreement on this — is to try to focus attention on the Bill 's aims and motivations . |
| 20 | But she thought well it 's been a good experience anyway and she tho felt that she 'd played her pieces well erm |
| 21 | Well it 's been a long time now . ’ |
| 22 | A : Unfortunately there has been a major problem with overbooking among Cypriot hoteliers . |
| 23 | Consequently there has been a marked fall in recruitment since 1964 — although it is still not enough on its own to create a shortage of labour — and this is contributing to the ageing labour force . |
| 24 | Since then there has been a strange silence . |
| 25 | Since then there has been a long decline . |
| 26 | Since then there has been a further , more extreme freshening ( and cooling ) on this density surface . |
| 27 | Since then there has been a marked divergence between school and university ; students have become less well equipped , and academics , particularly young ones , have become more high-powered , ambitious , and professionalised . |
| 28 | ‘ There was an unacceptably long waiting list before we appointed a second consultant in Chester but since then there has been a big improvement , ’ she said . |
| 29 | By 1972 , that figure had doubled to over 120,000 offences and since then there has been a steady increase . |
| 30 | But since then there has been a steady influx of Bengali plainspeople . |