Example sentences of "[ex0] have be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been major rebellions against the imposition of charges for eye and dental tests , for an amendment to grade the poll tax according to ability to pay , and for the second reading of a private members ' bill to liberalize the Official Secrets Act . |
| 2 | In countries such as Bangladesh , for instance , there have been major campaigns to give each village its own borehole and hand pump . |
| 3 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper Ms Lyles noted that while there have been major surveys of British watercolours in recent years ( such as that held at the British Museum in 1985 ) these have tended to be in-house shows , with the emphasis on highlights from individual collections . |
| 4 | There have been major changes in both the interface of the police and raped women and in the media coverage . |
| 5 | Secondly , there have been major changes in the amount of rape reported in the press . |
| 6 | There have been major increases in the amount of reporting of rape and other sex crimes in the media . |
| 7 | Having risen strongly over the post-war period until that year , growth stopped ; there have been major fluctuations since , but the total has never been so high again . |
| 8 | In addition , there have been major reforms in state provisions for pensioners . |
| 9 | Over the last ten years there have been major changes in the employment structure of British society . |
| 10 | ‘ But there have been major changes for 1993 . |
| 11 | Chairman I think going to the points that Mr Donson made , there have been major changes . |
| 12 | ‘ There have been major developments in the NHS in the three years since the advisory council was set up and new avenues for discussing possible changes have been developed , ’ said Lord Fraser . |
| 13 | It appears that there have been major changes in the rationale and operation of the MTFS as a result of the effects of financial innovation , which would indeed seem to suggest a degree of discretion is necessary in policy actions . |
| 14 | In the process area , there have been major developments in catalysts for polypropylene manufacture and in the technology for making chlorine and also ammonia — both very mature products indeed on the face of it but where the story has by no means ended , even after a century . |
| 15 | Although there have been mechanical breakdowns , they have merely affected the vehicles carrying the material . |
| 16 | Over the years there have been innumerable accidents and incidents caused by the airbrakes opening in flight . |
| 17 | Over the years since union , there have been innumerable instances of Parliament enacting measures which conflict with the terms of union . |
| 18 | In addition to material devoted specifically to Jesus , there have been innumerable works on the origins of Christianity , the formation of the early Church and its roots in Old Testament Judaism . |
| 19 | And there have been unconfirmed reports that troops from Pakistan , Morocco and Tunisia refused to take part in active combat against Iraq . |
| 20 | There is a cuddly look about the new Scottish Office ministerial team and there have been unconfirmed sightings of the word ‘ consensus ’ . |
| 21 | There have been competent academic overviews of the Labour Party 's evolution from people such as David Howell and James Hinton ; and a whole 1960s and 1970s genre of Marxist accounts , following Ralph Miliband , on the lines of ‘ the uselessness of Labourism ’ . |
| 22 | For example , in the FRN market there have been perpetual ( i.e. non-redeemable ) FRNs , and variable rate notes — stimulated in part by banks ' capital needs following the Basle agreement on capital adequacy . |
| 23 | Although there have been conflicting and confusing studies in the literature , two things emerge from fundamental research on DMAE and DEAE . |
| 24 | There have been conflicting reports about much of the 36-year-old bachelor 's background . |
| 25 | There have been conflicting reports concerning the form of gastrin that is increased in H pylori infection . |
| 26 | There have been conflicting reports of raised levels of neutralising , circulating antibodies to adenovirus 12 in coeliac disease patients . |
| 27 | The vole prefers slow-moving rivers , pools and marshy areas with some deep water whose level changes little , but there have been great changes to Britain 's wetlands during the past 40 years as a result of agricultural intensification . |
| 28 | Since 1979 , there have been great improvements in the health of the nation . |
| 29 | As these examples indicate , there have been great environmental gains in traffic restraint areas , quite apart from the traffic improvements . |
| 30 | There have been great deeds in Barcelona , like that eighth athletics gold for Carl Lewis , the hurdles world record by Kevin Young , the three Kenyans who swept up the steeplechase medals . |