Example sentences of "have been [art] number [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since that time there has been a number of extensions put on it . |
| 2 | One of the features of the haulage industry in the 1980s has been the number of firms using subcontract hauliers who are owner-drivers . |
| 3 | We also gave other reasons at the time , erm principally the road , because the access fronting onto the A forty four there by the proposed site , there 'd been a number of accidents and during the consultation period there were actually two people killed bang opposite the proposed entrance to that site at Swingswang . |
| 4 | It could have been a number of things . " |
| 5 | Thus , in the case of Parchment , the police committed what would have been a number of breaches of the rules had the accused been in the police station , but , simply because the supposed infractions had taken place before his arrival , the crown court held that nothing wrongful had occurred . |
| 6 | By this period he was seriously addicted to the tranquillizer , nembutal , and there seem to have been a number of objects to which he attached his fears — lifts and large animals among them . |
| 7 | I am sorry to say this , but there would appear to have been a number of houses in recent times , some of the highest pedigree , which have tended to take a competitive attitude towards each other and have not been above ‘ showing off ’ to guests a butler 's mastery of such trivial accomplishments . |
| 8 | However , there had been a number of complaints from parents about the increasingly firm discipline in the school . |
| 9 | She had lived in the flat for about six months and , according to neighbours , there had been a number of disturbances to which police had been called . |
| 10 | During the week there had been a number of calls to the flat . |
| 11 | Other blackspots included Colburn Lane , with heavy rush hour traffic ; Tunstall Lane in Colburn ; a blind spot and a dangerous junction beside the racecourse at Catterick Bridge ; and a hazardous crossroads at Gatherley , where there had been a number of accidents . |
| 12 | Earlier in March there had been a number of developments in the on-going extradition dispute . |
| 13 | Police refused to confirm how many people had been arrested , saying only that there had been a number of arrests for public order offences . |
| 14 | There had been a number of bankruptcies , and several mill owners left the trade . |
| 15 | He said there had been a number of occasions in the past two years where a helicopter from Prestwick had failed to reach the area due to low cloud , while Lossiemouth helicopters frequently had to make considerable detours round the east coast . |
| 16 | But there 've been a number of changes over the years , certainly prior to nineteen seventy four that would be the case , water boards supplying water , local councils treating treating the sewage , and the rivers authorities looking after the river pollution aspects . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , I 've been a number of times . ’ |
| 18 | He says over the last few years there 've been a number of applications by local people who live and work in the area and want to stay here and they 've been refused permission to build on their own land for single dwellings and we think it would be terribly unfair if Redlands could come in and build a whole new estate , doubling the size of the village . |
| 19 | Already there have been a number of reports of developments of this kind . |
| 20 | In the three centuries of its existence there have been a number of changes , notably in the equipment used . |
| 21 | Additionally , over the years , there have been a number of changes with regard to the Business Expansion Scheme ( BES ) . |
| 22 | There have been a number of changes of mind since May 1991 on the part not only of the local authority . |
| 23 | Although these functions have remained essentially unchanged since the early 1970s , there have been a number of changes in the way they have been carried out , which are best examined by looking at the balance sheet of the discount market ( Table 17.8 ) : |
| 24 | Unfortunately there have been a number of cases where monies raised by voluntary activities have gone missing and , because the school is linked by name to the parents ' organisation , the schools ' reputation has suffered . |
| 25 | Following from Donoghue v. Stevenson there have been a number of cases which have sought to apply the neighbour principle to different situations and thus broaden its scope . |
| 26 | There have been a number of cases recently where claims in transit have burst out of their envelopes . |
| 27 | In the past , there have been a number of stories about illegal use of police computer information . |
| 28 | There have been a number of surveys which have generated specific estimates of job-loss implications of particular technologies . |
| 29 | There have been a number of trends in the sources of company finance since 1970 : |
| 30 | THERE have been a number of articles and letters published recently about North-East drift-net fishery for salmon , which suggest that the Government 's proposal to phase out this fishery is unreasonable and that it is based on political expediency under pressure from owners of rod fisheries . |