Example sentences of "there [vb base] [been] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If there 've been a whole series of articles articles about health or about food or something like that , no way are they going to do anything else on the subject , unless it 's , it 's brought in a very fierce readers ' letters column or something like that , in which case they may be open for another slant . |
2 | Cos I do n't , I , I believe there 's been , there 've been no firm proposals for that site yet ? |
3 | There 've been no other attacks on the estate , but women are warned to be on their guard while walking alone . |
4 | There have been a small number of fairly successful conservation projects , notably Chang Mei , and at Ma Sae ( UNEP 1979 : 83 ) , but they do not materially detract from the view that Thai conservation policy is not succeeding in reversing national trends of rapid forest clearance and increasing erosion hazards . |
5 | Unfortunately , the very fact that the study of inequality is the central issue means that there have been a great variety of competing theories and concepts attempting to describe and explain it . |
6 | Over the years there have been a great number of electronic games concocted for the hobbyist , including one or two cricket games . |
7 | In particular the debate focusses on the American variety of independent film , of which there have been a large number at this year 's festival , ranging from Jim Jarmusch 's annoyingly fashionable Mystery Train to Julia Cameron 's God 's Will , which cost only 31,000 dollars to make . |
8 | There have been a large number of studies which have sought to establish the validity and accuracy of replies to this sort of question . |
9 | For example , there have been a large number of initiatives by local authorities in recent years intended to improve the local economy , many of which have been undertaken under section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972 , to incur expenditure which in the authority 's opinion is in the interests of their area . |
10 | There have been a large number of syntactic theories proposed and an even larger number of parsing systems developed . |
11 | Fortunately there have been a large number of more recent studies which have used more meaningful manipulations of arousal . |
12 | 2.8 There have been a large number of judicial observations over the years about the general nature of the remedy established by fatal accidents legislation . |
13 | Though the majority of those reviewing Braverman 's work took a positive view of his thesis , there have been a significant number of detailed criticisms and revisions to his argument . |
14 | During the period under discussion there have been a considerable number of such pressure groups — for example , the Nationwide Festival of Light ; the Order of Christian Unity ; the Responsible Society ; the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child , LIFE , as well as a host of other , smaller groups — most of which actually originated in this period . |
15 | While there have been a few studies of women offenders , investiga-tors have generally looked upon the difference between masculine and feminine criminality merely as a reason for eliminating female subjects from their researches on the ground that they provide insufficient material . |
16 | There have been a few interventions . |
17 | Otherwise , some people would indeed quite literally eat themselves to death — in fact there have been a few cases of disturbed people doing just that in recent years . |
18 | But again I think it has been unfortunate er er that recently there have been a few cases in which it would have been better not to prosecute |
19 | We have not yet succeeded in creating reliable reproduction of touch , taste or smell , although there have been a few experiments . |
20 | There have been a few moments during the making of Aspel and Company which have aged me considerably — but then I comfort myself with the thought that life would be very dull without any crises to get the heart racing . |
21 | But there have been a few problems in trying to explain to the Chinese the finer points of a fish supper . |
22 | ‘ There have been a few problems , ’ he said flatly . |
23 | I have discovered those which for various reasons I did not feel comfortable with ; on the other hand , there have been a few works which I could as my personal luxury ! |
24 | We need an undivided sport , there have been a few occasions , sadly , when clubs and associations have followed marginally divisive lines as we attempt to represent the sport similar bodies which does not help our cause . |
25 | There have been a few comments passed about the way you 're behaving , but do n't worry , next time I hear anyone discussing it I 'll set them straight . ’ |
26 | But recently , including today 's CBI distributive trades survey , there have been a few straws in the wind suggesting things really might be getting a little better . |
27 | Although there have been a few gains , these have been outweighed by the losses . |
28 | Therefore , there have been no definite cases of PBC associated PHT described in published works without evident portal hypertension . |
29 | Until recently , there have been no established codec standards and one system can only speak to another if it is using the same compression-decompression algorithms . |
30 | Even so there have been no easy solutions to monitoring the country 's public expenditure . |