Example sentences of "[adv] there have been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Dunner , the head of the National Radiological Protection Board , in an aside , made the interesting suggestion that perhaps there had been altogether too much information available about nuclear energy , rather than too little , ready material to use , either uncomprehendingly or fully aware , to stoke up polemical fires . |
| 2 | They took a small boutique on the Left Bank , where hitherto there had been only antique shops , correctly recognizing that the little street , Rue des Saints Pères , was full of ‘ Laura Ashley spirit ’ . |
| 3 | Apparently there had been yet another terrible scene when the old Doctor , his wits once more restored by salt and water , had discovered that he had again been disobeyed . |
| 4 | Ireland had been slipping out of Britain 's grasp — Sinn Fein had almost swept the board in the local elections , they had set up their own provisional government in Dublin and in some areas of the country theirs was the only authority recognised — and , on top of all that , in September alone there had been over two thousand IRA arms raids . |
| 5 | Thus there has been more than enough time for selection to generate specific DNA sequences of the required length . |
| 6 | Admittedly there had been almost no money in it , but he took it as evidence that she was saving in order to leave him . |
| 7 | Lately there had been too many hushed conversations and long telephone calls behind the doors of their London apartment . |
| 8 | Where until two years ago , the scattering of currants near the door was eagerly awaited by a clamouring mix of blackbirds , starling , robins and a songthrush or two , lately there has been almost an indifference to the largesse . |
| 9 | UNDERSTANDABLY there has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the demise of West Malling ( West Malling Lament , October issue , et al ) but I am amazed that the people most affected by its loss made no attempt to save it from destruction . |
| 10 | Quite clearly there 's been full well perhaps too much too much discussion , consultation , assessment and implications right the way through the the preparation of this operation . |
| 11 | So far there have been very few legal challenges to disciplinary action falling short of exclusion , apart from those concerning the use of corporal punishment which is now banned in the state sector . |
| 12 | France 's new government has hinted it will be more willing than its predecessor to accept freer farm trade , along the lines agreed abortively between the EC and America late last year , but so far there have been only hints . |
| 13 | ‘ Until now there 's been quite an expectation gap . |
| 14 | Many teachers in Britain regard verbal arts , under the guise of ‘ creative writing ’ , with suspicion because often there has been too much emphasis on free expression . |
| 15 | Mary 's attempts to be familiar with her when Philip was n't there had been painfully embarrassing . |
| 16 | Surely there 'd been too little time , but then her father would n't have needed much time , would he ? |
| 17 | But surely there had been more than that ? |
| 18 | We would be happy to consider the prospects for thin slab steel production , but unfortunately there has been absolutely no commercial interest in such production . |
| 19 | The ceiling and the walls in places were badly scorched , but structurally there had been very little damage and , luckily , the fire had been brought under control before it had had time to spread to other parts of the building . |
| 20 | Since then there has been very little about electronics and computing to be found . |
| 21 | Since then there have been more new taxes introduced than in any other equivalent peacetime period . |
| 22 | On this basis , the utility reduction has been felt not when the real resources are used buy in the future when interest payment and repayments are made , i.e. there has been forward shifting in time . |
| 23 | And in times when there had been very little money , it had kept them going , Jasper and her , for months . |
| 24 | OFFICIALLY there has been just one Clinton fighting on the Democrat ticket to get into the White House . |
| 25 | Here again there has been very little systematic exploration , although such universal features of the organization of interaction are good candidates for potentially important functional pressures on linguistic structure . |
| 26 | Yet there has been remarkably little research activity in this area . |
| 27 | Yet there has been almost no research into primary school children 's developing historical competence . |
| 28 | The inflammation was where there had been only skin and bone before . |
| 29 | Thus it has been held that there was a course of dealing where the parties contracted three or four times per month for three years ( Kendall v Lillico ) and where there had been 81 transactions over a period of six years ( SIAT di del Ferro v Tradax Overseas SA [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 470 ) , but not where there had been only three or four contracts over a five-year period ( Hollier v Rambler Motors ( AMC ) Ltd [ 1972 ] 2 QB 71 ; in addition the alleged course of dealing was not consistent ) . |
| 30 | Twenty years previously there had been only 83 sub-committees of standing committees in the House , but by 1976 there were 151 ; during the same period the number of sub-committees in the Senate increased from 88 to 140 . |