Example sentences of "[coord] there have been an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing more was said , but ever since Dexter had brought along a selection of his own tapes and there had been an informal division of playing time on the cassette player in the car . |
| 2 | According to Indian Army statistics , at least 1,100 Indian soldiers and 2,200 Tamil fighters had been killed in the 32 months of fighting since the IPKF 's July 1987 arrival ; other estimates put the losses higher , and there had been an unknown number of civilian casualties . |
| 3 | It had been a well-known fact that their last medical officer had spent little time studying new methods of health and safety and accident prevention and there had been an ever-present air of friction between himself and Ron Banks . |
| 4 | Many authorities have taken this up with enthusiasm , and there has been an impressive increase in consumer research ( Appleby et al. |
| 5 | And there has been an enormous expansion in the training budget . |
| 6 | Hence , to my knowledge , no school curriculum materials have been designed with older learners in mind and there has been an alarming tendency , when cycles have been reduced in length , not to reduce content . |
| 7 | And there has been an unexpected spin-off — because SNIA Fibre is a subsidiary of a chemicals group controlled by Fiat , cars have been available for UK Novaceta workers at discounted prices . |
| 8 | But yes , erm it , it 's partly sediment brought down from inland , it 's also the fact that you have offshore of Rye the area of Winchelsea Beach and so-called Rye Harbour which is somewhat detached from the town of Rye , and there 's been an enormous accumulation of shingle there , so that the Castle , which was built in , that 's Camber Castle which was built in the reign of Henry the Eighth , since that time the shoreline at Winchelsea Beach , as a result of the accumulation of shingle , has moved in excess of one point five kilometres seaward of that point , and so obviously erm Rye is now much further inland than it was at that time . |
| 9 | He had been as surprised and chagrined at her choice as he had at the prospect of taking up a new job with an unknown PA , but there had been an additional and more disturbing reaction . |
| 10 | But there have been an enormous number of changes . |
| 11 | Such deterrent action seems obvious but there has been an across-the-board reluctance by BCU committees over the years for the membership to have been informed of punishments handed out for any misdemeanours . |
| 12 | But there has been an additional image barrier : the CAB as a generalist advice agency was often labelled a ‘ signposting ’ service whereby clients will simply be referred on to other organisations . |
| 13 | But there has been an additional weight put on the avoidance of strikes in Spain , reflecting a deep concern with social consensus as a prerequisite for the consolidation of democracy . |
| 14 | But there has been an important exception . |
| 15 | Er , it 's been coming in gradually over the years , but there 's been an awful lot of , of er , resistance by some manufacturers on what they say on their labels , and what they say about what they 're selling us , and er , if they 're gon na do this , and I 'm getting a , a slight suspicion , and I think Mr is , that , that it 's got to be done eventually , and we , we have to be able , as a buying public , to understand exactly what we 're buying before we actually get it home . |