Example sentences of "[noun] [ex0] have been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is astonishing to think that in the forty-odd years after the invention of printing , no fewer than ninety-four editions came off the presses of Europe ; and that for four centuries there has been almost no year in which a new edition has not appeared in England . |
| 2 | As a result there had been very few scientific studies which would make their case harder to win , he said . |
| 3 | But , within the decade , it seems clear that any long-term trend is outweighed by temporary fluctuations in the economy and the availability of credit ; though in the short term there has been quite a sharp increase in credit use at the close of the decade . |
| 4 | Even in winter there had been no " feel " to the soft London air and I half closed my eyes as I followed the tingle all the way down to my lungs . |
| 5 | Wales was once known as a fly-half factory , but since Jonathan Davies went North there has been not a single successor of world class selected for the national team and at the moment the signs are not good that one is about to come off the production like . |
| 6 | David had heard of the Wilikinses ' divorce there had been quite a lot about the circumstances surrounding it in the Birmingham Mail — and he had been told of a second , short-lived marriage . |
| 7 | Merseyside or Tyneside there had been almost a general deindustrialization . |
| 8 | The nucleus of the new squadron was provided mainly by ‘ C ’ Flight of 261 Squadron , the unit 's ground component being provided by the latter unit and by 1430 Flight , an army co-operation unit which had been operating in Italian East Africa until the previous month , when the main campaign there had been satisfactorily completed . |
| 9 | Indeed , in the last two decades there has been only one event of sufficient gravity to create stunned , almost disbelieving debate among past and present Baldersdale folk — Hannah Hauxwell herself . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's become clear that the crop failure there has been far worse than we realised . ’ . |
| 11 | Over that period there has been only a 10 per cent . |
| 12 | It was a disgraceful affair and over the past few years there have been far too many riots in our prisons . |
| 13 | Initially , the area improved under township schemes in Lewis and Harris greatly exceeded that improved individually , but in the last few years there have been hardly any new township schemes . |
| 14 | In recent years there have been very large increases in the number of new publications appearing on the market . |
| 15 | In much of Western Europe a predominant characteristic has been trade union pluralism ( and sometimes reluctance to engage in continuous relationships with employers ) promoted by ideological , philosophical and religious differences , although in recent years there has been rather less emphasis upon the importance of religious affinity . |
| 16 | And of course in recent years there has been yet another pressure to move away from Brian Way 's methods . |
| 17 | Estate duty reliefs carried forward to CTT include freedom from tax where an interest in settled property comes to a end during the settlor 's life and the property then reverts to him ( unless , of course , the reverter is by reason of his purchase of the reversionary interest ) ; and an allowance analogous to the old Quick Succession Allowance where within four years there has been more than one chargeable transfer il which the value transferred has been determined by reference to the value of the same settled property in which an interest in possession subsists . |
| 18 | To the best of my knowledge there has been only one sustained examination of mass production undertaken by someone using a psychoanalytic perspective . |
| 19 | For example in the health field there 's been quite a lot of research at the Institute and , of course in the field , on the effects of different kinds of health policies . |
| 20 | In comparison there has been very little work on the psychology of masculinity and the nature of male identity , although both men ( and women ) are becoming increasingly interested in the forms masculinity might assume in the 1990s and beyond . |
| 21 | IN HIS unorthodox pilgrimage there has been more than a normal share of ill-will , resentment and litigation . |
| 22 | I remember the argument there had been too between Mary and Mum over keeping her wages back that week . |
| 23 | Conversely , the French can use the two forthcoming Tests to show that reports of the imminent demise of the game there have been grossly exaggerated . |
| 24 | Staff there have been so impressed by Carina 's bravery that they have decided to try and help other youngsters like her . |
| 25 | He told me last week there had been more than 100 applicants for the Section Eight grants which encourage it . |
| 26 | Since the beginning of September until this week there has been practically no rain , and the wind has never reached gale force , so the leaves have stayed on the trees far longer than usual , with a constantly changing pattern of glorious colour . |
| 27 | In my own case , he wrote , and I can speak only for myself , in my own case and in my own life there have been very few genuine beginnings , only three or perhaps four . |
| 28 | In all my life there have been very few occasions when I badly wanted more money and that was one of them , because on my wage of three shillings a day as an AC2 I was unable to drape her with expensive clothes . |
| 29 | That night by the river there had been so much blood … |
| 30 | In some sectors of manufacturing there has been almost a reluctance to change . |