Example sentences of "have been a certain amount " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently there has been a certain amount of paranoia from agents who have been tied to short-term agreements , and then have lost a band to the highest bidder just as the act is becoming successful . |
| 2 | In the six years since the Mulla Committee 's report , there has been a certain amount of further progress , including increases in the prison budget , some new instructions from the central government to the states , and the setting up of a small policy section within the Ministry of Home Affairs to consider the implementation of the recommendations . |
| 3 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 4 | When Charles obtained his post at Suffolk , there had been a certain amount of pressure from both sets of parents for them to get married . |
| 5 | Even at the height of the strike movement of the 1890s there had been a certain amount of friction between workers and intelligentsia . |
| 6 | But there had been a certain amount of argument with the police and one National Socialist was arrested for obstructing the footway . |
| 7 | There had been a certain amount of bustle about it , but you could hardly have a journey — any journey — without a bit of bustle . |
| 8 | ‘ My mother felt that Suzie would be more inclined to listen to me because there had been a certain amount of friction between the two of them recently . ’ |
| 9 | There 's been a certain amount of feeling about it locally . ’ |