Example sentences of "[verb] [been] speculation " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been speculation that the body was booby-trapped before it left Awiel , and may have been timed to explode in mid-air . |
| 2 | Lambert has been widely criticised and there has been speculation that the controversy could lead to his departure from the FT . |
| 3 | Recently there has been speculation that the generally disappointing effects of hypotensive drug therapy in mildly hypertensive subjects may result from the deleterious metabolic side-effects of the agents themselves Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial Research Group ( 1982 ) . |
| 4 | There has been speculation among local climbers that the individuals responsible for the chipping of Hareless Heart are also to blame on this occasion ; a theory backed up by the likelihood that the vandals had some level of climbing expertise . |
| 5 | There has been speculation that Sun will not build another generation of desktop workstations , but will instead design and license . |
| 6 | There has been speculation that a Carrier Battle Group of the Royal Navy would be sent to the Red Sea to relieve an American unit for redeployment to the Gulf ; and that this would be based on HMS Invincible . |
| 7 | Since US food giant Philip Morris bought Jacobs Suchard in 1990 , ostensibly for its coffee business , there has been speculation that Cadbury might bid for the Suchard chocolate business . |
| 8 | There has been speculation that he might have been the ideal Tory candidate for the Hexham seat if he had not already given his allegiance to Langbaurgh . |
| 9 | There has been speculation that the move might be the first step towards privatisation of the business formed as a state-owned entity in 1989 when the Government decided to withdraw the nuclear power sector from plans to privatise the rest of the electricity industry . |
| 10 | The North Korean leader Kim Il-sung is 80 years old , and there has been speculation about his health . |
| 11 | There had been speculation over his future after he was dropped by the South-West . |
| 12 | There had been speculation Allied-Lyons would clinch the purchase of the Whitbread operation by teaming with its existing partners Suntory of Japan — whose liqueurs and spirits Allied already markets in the US . |
| 13 | While Chaovalit 's own position had remained unresolved , however , there had been speculation that Chatichai ( who then held the Defence portfolio himself ) would block Suchinda 's candidature with a nomination of his own . |
| 14 | Regarding Afghanistan ( on which there had been speculation that an agreement on a ceasefire was imminent , in view of recent political developments in the country and an unexpected visit by President Najibullah to Moscow in the week preceding the Irkutsk talks ) , both sides agreed on the need for elections , but remained at odds over the transition process . |
| 15 | There had been speculation that soldiers alleged to have been involved in the Tchin-Tabaradene massacre of perhaps hundreds of Tuareg dissidents in May 1990 [ see pp. 37703 ; 37811-12 ] , now fearing justice , might launch a pre-emptive mutiny . |
| 16 | There had been speculation over the candidacy since the SPD 's defeat in the 1990 general election and Engholm 's election as party chair the following May [ see pp. 37904-05 ; 38199 ] . |
| 17 | There had been speculation that the group might be following a secret agenda to regain total power , the agency noted . |
| 18 | Oh , there had been speculation that Scawsby was wrong and the Scotsman had died because of some strange seizure . |
| 19 | There had been speculation that |
| 20 | There had been speculation that Mr Patten would miss a self-imposed deadline and postpone publication of the legislation to allow negotiations with Beijing . |
| 21 | Well there 's been speculation about that , but no nobody can actually tell us how it began but it 's it 's easy enough to imagine how it began , I think . |
| 22 | In each of the last four games there 's been speculation that Lou Macari was taking charge of Stoke for the last time . |