Example sentences of "and [pron] has been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The bones come from the remains of small mammals apparently trapped in a pitfall cut into chalk , and there has been extensive alteration on both the enamel and the bone , with surface flaking on the vole molars ( Fig. 1.13 A , B ) and incisors ( Fig. 1.13 C , D ) . |
2 | In music , where there are still also patronal relations in commissioned works , there are still predominantly distributive post-artisanal relations in orchestral works and in traditional sheet music , while in popular music the second , productive post-artisanal phase has long been established , and there has been major movement into later phases of market relations . |
3 | The alternative approach is to identify and eliminate TB-infected badgers , and there has been much interest recently in developing a TB test for use on live badgers . |
4 | ‘ They also raised money through charity events and there has been tremendous support from the local community . ’ |
5 | The Bears suffered a crushing 58–32 defeat at Brough Park on Sunday and there has been frantic activity in the Bears ' camp to get machines and riders ready for revenge . |
6 | Throughout the first three decades of our post-imperial era , equipment-cost inflation has outstripped monetary inflation , and there has been insufficient growth in the British economy to make up the difference . |
7 | The guide was written by Des Hannigan and there has been some friction between the two in recent years , caused to some extent by Rowland and Mark Edwards ' new-routing techniques . |
8 | These centres may attract finance from a variety of sources , mainly local authorities , and there has been some government funding . |
9 | And there has been some encouragement from within industry , reflected , for example in Business in the Community ( BiC ) , founded in 1982 and sponsored by firms such as IBM and Marks and Spencer as well as supported by the DoE and the Manpower Services Commission ( later the Training Commission , itself absorbed by the Department of Employment in 1988 ) . |
10 | … the Act has facilitated progress and there has been some encouragement of home teaching programmes through educational support grants . |
11 | The gallery is frail now and there has been some reconstruction , which is continuing with the whole of the property . |
12 | We are also told that wage increases have to come down to German levels , and there has been some movement in that direction . |
13 | Although many elements of that model still exist today , there is also quite widespread dissatisfaction with it , and there has been some attempt to find out why , and to modify these elements . |
14 | As a social group they could record both gains and losses from war , and there has been some debate among historians about how far a balance sheet can be struck for the country as a whole , whether England gained or lost from its military operations . |
15 | Such population growth as there has been since then comes from a natural internally generated increase and there has been significant out-migration . |
16 | If such a possibility is likely to arise , then the analysis of the actual forms must be confined to one person who will act in complete confidence , destroying the forms as soon as his analysis is complete and there has been adequate discussion of the data ; or preferably , an outside person should be invited to undertake the task . |
17 | The outstanding financial success of the Paris-Lyons TGV has convinced the French that investment in high speed railways can act as a powerful catalyst for development , and there has been fierce competition between the cities of the North to attract the new line . |
18 | The infamous Rechem plant is located near Pontypool in Wales and there has been widespread concern at its operation . |
19 | Since then , the burden of scepticism imposed by the three cases had lightened ; and there has been more progress . |
20 | It is not concerned with the merits of the instruments but rather with whether the special attention of the House should be drawn to the legislation in that it : ( a ) imposes a tax or fee on the public or a charge on the public revenue ; ( b ) is made pursuant of an enactment containing specific provisions excluding it from challenge in the courts ; ( c ) purports to have retrospective effect when there is no express authority in the enabling statute ; ( d ) has been unduly delayed in publication or laying before Parliament ; ( e ) has come into operation before being laid before Parliament and there has been unjustifiable delay in informing the Speaker ; ( f ) is of doubtful vires or makes some unusual or unexpected use of the powers conferred by the enabling statute ; ( g ) calls for any special reason of form or content , for elucidation ; ( h ) is defective in its drafting . |
21 | Britain also , of course , now has sizeable ethnic minorities and there has been considerable concern about their educational achievement , resulting in the setting up of a government committee of inquiry . |
22 | It is now a minority who enter full-time employment and there has been considerable increase in the numbers who now take some form of further education . |
23 | And it has been that way for five seasons . |