Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Neither has there been any work relating the relaxation of currency controls and the establishment of convertibility within the European Payments Union to changes in the volume and pattern of foreign trade . |
| 32 | Has there been any investigation as to what the potential users want from the system ? |
| 33 | With the recent mainstream success of a number of blues albums — John Lee Hooker 's , for instance , and Gary Moore 's — has there been any let-up in the record company pressure on Robert Cray to widen his commercial appeal ? |
| 34 | In practice the question therefore resolves itself into : Has there been enough time for enough successive generations ? |
| 35 | Has there been exceptional wastage ? |
| 36 | I was in China a few years ago and was fascinated to discover there was one bicycle for every thirty Chinese , and you see they 're not going to be distributed very equally are they ? |
| 37 | Stockbrokers say there is little interest in Pilkington shares and today 's figures will lead to little change in a ‘ continuing sell ’ attitude towards shares . |
| 38 | I 'll seal to such a bond , And say there is much kindness in the Jew . |
| 39 | The nuns say there is insufficient evidence that the chickens carry the virus . |
| 40 | Yes , I think that 's true , but at the same time there is a debate going on as to whether in fact there 's more violence now than there used to be , some people say there is more violence , other people say that , that erm that 's not the case . |
| 41 | They say there are cheaper leisure stocks around such as Midsummer Leisure , which once bid for Boddies . |
| 42 | What happens if you increase , say there 's one country that is exporting to all countries of the world , alright , its production may well be very large therefore , er , what benefits might that have ? |
| 43 | TEENAGERS today want love and relationships as well as sex but they say there 's one thing holding them back — adults . |
| 44 | And they also say there 's little truth in the myth that women do n't enjoy dirty or sexy jokes . |
| 45 | Oh yes , they , I say there was one man and the , they used to try and get in if they could . |
| 46 | You will understand then something of the climate prevailing around Darlington Hall by the time of my father 's fall in front of the summerhouse — this occurring as it did just two weeks before the first of the conference guests were likely to arrive — and what I mean when I say there was little room for any ‘ beating about the bush ’ . |
| 47 | Observers say there was some overlap between his role and that of Hargrave and Wastnage . |
| 48 | Do you know I was thinking this the other day , do you think , say there was some girl like , let's just take Flick no , somebody , who do , who do , who do the people think 's real , who do the blokes always , yeah Flick they think is a real frump do n't they ? |
| 49 | And I say there was some sort of a an embarrassment I can only call it |
| 50 | This slag-bank is very old — belonging , for the most part , to the last years of the last century , when smelting was so extravagant with ore that some people say there was more iron in the slag than in the pig . |
| 51 | Police say there was widespread drug-taking at the party . |
| 52 | His doctor cited dehydration for the Bangkok postponements and migraine for Singapore 's , denying there was any link to stress from the sex allegations . |
| 53 | Saga travellers are now jetting around the world , but in spite of the company 's undoubted success , as a 1989 report demonstrated there is little evidence that the British travel trade as a whole has fully understood the importance and increased spending power of the older and more prosperous customer . |
| 54 | We searched for examples around the country but found there were few operating in the National Health Service . |
| 55 | They found there was good agreement between both groups , although social workers tended to be more cautious in their judgements . |
| 56 | I did n't know they were that colour . |
| 57 | When you see people who have been victims in a completely different situation you realise they are human being and you have got to do your best for them |
| 58 | say they 're continuing Operation Screwdriver indefintely |
| 59 | If we 'd won it was 2nd place . |
| 60 | Dartford Theatre opened and ‘ Barefoot Video ’ has it 's first year of full-time professional worker . |