Example sentences of "[ex0] have been some " in BNC.
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1 | In the Philippines , there have been some encouraging developments in the case of Zosimo Alpino . |
2 | There have been some events which give qualified cause for optimism . |
3 | Unfortunately there have been some problems and delay in getting them reprinted , and we have now decided with Margot to re-launch the campaign with a new logo , new stickers and leaflets . |
4 | Novels , for instance , have less in common with lyric poetry than with other forms of extended narrative , such as historiography , biography , autobiography — a genre of which there have been some interesting studies lately — or even some kinds of essay . |
5 | True , there have been some achievements . |
6 | ( While so far there have been some falls in prices , basically in the South , the national price picture has remained positive . ) |
7 | There have been some serious ructions when they have played table tennis , with rows and cheating and shouting matches . |
8 | There have been some impressive cases of increases in productivity , notably British Airways , British Leyland , and British Steel , which have shed workers , but it remains to be seen whether the improvement will be durable or a once-only case of firms shaking out the least efficient workers . |
9 | There have been some rather unrealistic valuations being put on businesses . |
10 | Although there have been some famous poets who occupied this chair ( for example Matthew Arnold and W. H. Auden ) , it has much more commonly been occupied by dons ; and the point at issue when choosing candidates for the Chair of Poetry has very seldom been their views about the subject on which they are supposed to lecture , still less their competence to do so . |
11 | There have been some 35 building society mergers over the past five years . |
12 | Generally , however , discipline has not been a problem between them in recent years and there have been some pulsating contests . |
13 | During the past year there have been some differences between Sir Denys and other members of the board . |
14 | There have been some attempts to do this . |
15 | And he added : ‘ If I were an American , I would be saying thank goodness there have been some musicals to keep Broadway alive for the last 10 years . ’ |
16 | In general , education has reinforced society 's values , but there have been some experimental attempts at providing education to radicalise values . |
17 | Although there have been some useful television series , most television coverage focusses on the sensational , and some major documentaries and plays have compounded the fears and misunderstandings of the public rather than alleviate them . |
18 | There have been some exceptions ( again , perhaps because insufficient phase-one training was given ) ( Arnoult 1953 ; McAllister 1953 ; McCormack 1958 ) but for the most part the test performance of control subjects has turned out to be inferior to that of subjects pre-trained with the relevant stimuli ( G. Cantor 1955 ; J. Cantor 1955 ; Cantor and Hottel 1957 ; Smith and Means 1961 ; Hendrickson and Muehl 1962 ) . |
19 | There have been some notable conservation conversions , with the Gare d'Orsay in Paris , for instance , becoming an exhibition hall . |
20 | Having said all that , there have been some very nice dogs bred in Australia , not only achieving high show placements , but also major obedience awards . |
21 | When it is caught in British waters , the event does not go unnoticed and there have been some large examples recorded . |
22 | ‘ There have been some quite strong rumours flying around Manchester that the band are about to split up … ’ |
23 | Further north still , Canada has no major volcanoes , but there have been some eruptions in prehistoric times . |
24 | William of Germany is an ambitious man , and there have been some stupid individuals on the throne here who can not see further than their noses . |
25 | But there have been some increases for those living in the larger cities , which have been worst hit by the crime wave . |
26 | There have been some spectacular successes in land reclamation ( see page 138 of this issue , for example ) . |
27 | In the intervening years , there have been some changes , but not nearly enough . |
28 | THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GREAT sufferers in popular music — Leonard Cohen , Morrissey , Michael Bolton . |
29 | There have been some new houses built in the last few years , but Ottringham is one of the few villages in Holderness which has not seen large housing developments taking place . |
30 | It is sometimes very difficult indeed not to be very cross , and there have been some occasions when I have had to go and chop up a few logs in order to abate my own aggression before replying . |