Example sentences of "[vb past] there [verb] been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very significantly , in comparing his study with another carried out 19 years before , Gorer found there had been a marked increase in this expressed appreciation of the sexual factor in marriage — even more marked in women than in men . |
| 2 | They found there had been no unjustifiable delay and said time had been needed to assemble evidence . |
| 3 | He was no longer particularly interested in the work of younger writers ; this was partly because he no longer felt confident in his judgments about contemporary writing but , at a more general level , he believed there had been a profound falling off in the standard of both literature and criticism since the Second World War . |
| 4 | But Mr Bowman said Home Office figures showed there had been a 43 per cent reduction in crime by under-14s . |
| 5 | Since this condemnation of research opportunity , few studies have penetrated deeply beneath the sensitive skin of ‘ police culture ’ , and even though Chatterton in his notes to my thesis argued there has been a considerable amount of ‘ participant police research ’ , I would question whether many of these inquiries achieved the finer grain and detail' of the insider 's account , for they can never really know or tell if they have been excluded from the inner workings of police practice or prevented from gaining access to the hidden realities ‘ contained inside the heads of the constables ’ . |
| 6 | Goff and another , the National Industrial Relations Court ruled there had been a constructive dismissal . |
| 7 | All of a sudden , she realised there had been a collective intake of breath and that everyone around her was staring at the monitors . |
| 8 | Regarding effect on lifestyle , 154 ( 36% ) sufferers felt there had been a great deal or fair amount of effect ( 55 ( 45% ) men and 99 ( 34% ) women ) . |
| 9 | A health spokesman stressed there had been no reported deaths — and said parents should continue having their children vaccinated . |
| 10 | He just said there 'd been a terrible misunderstanding , and you would n't listen when he tried to explain . ’ |
| 11 | Mr John and Det Chief Insp George Brown , his colleague at the head of the murder investigation , said there had been a tremendous response from the public . |
| 12 | Mr John and Det Chief Insp George Brown , who is also heading the investigation , said there had been a tremendous response from the public . |
| 13 | Mr Armstrong said there had been a similar incident last year when Mr Bowler had been stabbed but refused to make a statement to the police . |
| 14 | He said there had been a remarkable change in attitudes over the last few years in which those people still in work were determined not to give up their annual break , although they were being forced to cut down on other spending . |
| 15 | John Goold , a research student from the University of North Wales , said there had been a remarkable development when one of the whales broke away from the other five as they attempted to usher them out into the Pentland Firth for the second time . |
| 16 | Mr Jones , founder of the Romanian aid convoys , said there had been a huge response from Darlington people wanting to sponsor babies in the Eastern Europe country . |
| 17 | Parish clerk Jennie Flintoff said there had been a few accidents at the entrance to the village . |
| 18 | Natwest Bancorp said there had been a further reduction of charge-offs with its allowance for loan losses standing at $568m , or 4.68 p.c. of total lending . |
| 19 | After last night 's hour-long meeting at the CRC offices , Mr McNeill said there had been a full and frank exchange of views , but declined to add anything . |
| 20 | After last night 's hour-long meeting at the CRC offices , Mr McNeill said there had been a full and frank exchange of views , but declined to add anything . |
| 21 | Ipswich Hospital general manager Brian Websdell said there had been a high intake of intensive care patients at the times of Mr Connelly 's operation . |
| 22 | Mrs Mitchell said there had been no other complaints of re-occurring trouble on Shakespeare Road . |
| 23 | The shares fell 3p to 276p yesterday , in line with the market , and Ian Wild , of brokers Barclays de Zoete Wedd , said there had been no great surprises in the figures . |
| 24 | But a London-based spokeswoman for NCP said there had been no structural faults with the car park . |
| 25 | But a London-based spokeswoman for NCP said there had been no structural faults with the car park . |
| 26 | Yesterday , as the group of cockle pickers went about their business , police said there had been no further incidents . |
| 27 | Yesterday , as the group of pickers went about their business , police said there had been no further incidents . |
| 28 | Brig Cumming , who is operating from a stark small office in the barracks with just a trestle table and canvas chair , said there had been no direct links between the British commanders and the Serbs . |
| 29 | Police at Antrim Road RUC station said there had been an increasing number of break-ins in the Oldpark and Cliftonville districts . |
| 30 | On Tuesday night , the company held back from issuing dismissal notices until after yesterday 's meeting , but Mr McLevy said there had been an overwhelming vote , with only four against , to reject the Timex proposals . |