Example sentences of "[ex0] be [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have there been many women , Leo ? ’ |
| 2 | Had there been other questions Puddephat 's widow did n't want to talk about ? |
| 3 | Indeed , only in Lurgan and Dungannon has there been serious complaints about too much security recently . |
| 4 | The consequence of this ( and the unpredictable timing of death ) is that individuals may leave more to their heirs than they would have left had there been perfect markets . |
| 5 | Fascinating though it was to watch how the women coped with bad weather and good at Southerness , spectators could have learned rather more about the players and their golf had there been portable scoreboards with the leaders on , the last day , not to mention a leader-board behind the home green . |
| 6 | ‘ Have there been any reports of missing children ? ’ he demanded . |
| 7 | Have there been any developments on the guitar synth front which you 've taken up for this album ? |
| 8 | ‘ Have there been any developments ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Have there been any claims ? ’ |
| 10 | Have there been any breaches of confidentiality or illegal use of information by search firms you have employed in the past ? |
| 11 | ( 7 ) Have there been any disputes between the seller and the lessor and/or the owners or occupiers of adjoining or neighbouring properties ? |
| 12 | He was not the friend Preston might have picked for that distinction had there been any rivals in the field . |
| 13 | Had there been any butterflies around they 'd have been stacked above his head three layers high , all waiting for a chance to land … |
| 14 | Agnellus of Ravenna begins by stressing the large size of Lothar 's army and Lothar 's personal valour ( " had there been ten men like him on his side , the empire would never have been divided " ) . |
| 15 | You have to think positive and there are 16 games to pull clear . |
| 16 | There are 16 panels depicting high relief figures on a low relief and incised background . |
| 17 | In France , which has more than 200 registered organic producers ( over half the world 's total ) , there are 16 associations , each with a different set of rules . |
| 18 | You can join the Trail in a park near you — there are 16 venues nationwide . |
| 19 | Besides five local government employees , there are 16 lecturers , 13 union officials , 11 teachers , 10 voluntary workers , five party officials and three MPs ' researchers . |
| 20 | There are 16 designs , each giving the details of the book it was taken from ; a pack of eight assorted cards and envelopes costs £3.20 ; order on 060874–219 . |
| 21 | Prices range from £16 to £19.99 and there are 16 styles available for men and women ; from Boots and major department stores . |
| 22 | There are 16 clauses in that extract ( excluding comment clauses , ) , more or less , and five or six hedges — that 's about one in three . |
| 23 | There are 18 records , 11 of them since 1957 . |
| 24 | Now there are 18 ways in which the offence of handling may be committed : see Nicklin [ 1977 ] 2 All ER 444 ( CA ) — there is only one crime but several ways of committing it . |
| 25 | As the Tory manifesto boasts , there are 18 mini-charters , covering health , public transport , education , local government and so on . |
| 26 | As well as an initial charge of up to 6% of your investment , there are annual charges — anything between 0.5% and 2% ; dealing charges ; withdrawal and transfer charges ; and , to cap it all , VAT . |
| 27 | Second , even where there are annual elections , the actual wards in which ordinary vacancies occur often differ from year to year . |
| 28 | There are annual abridgments of authorities since 1974 , containing the headnotes of cases and summaries of legislation etc. , arranged according to the titles of the main work . |
| 29 | And as well as the financial incentives for a tax on domestic fuel , the Chancellor must reduce the government 's fifty billion pound deficit somehow , there are environmental arguments . |
| 30 | There are corridor-like store-rooms in the West Wing , though not as extensive as those at Knossos . |