Example sentences of "[conj] there have [been] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One knew exactly where there had been difficulties and compromises behind the scenes . |
| 2 | And often they come from homes where there have been difficulties — rent arrears , marital troubles , sickness and so on — for many years , before a further crisis causes the children to be taken into care . |
| 3 | areas where there have been changes . |
| 4 | where there have been irregularities in the course of the trial , as |
| 5 | Her husband , up to the time of his death , had been a miner although there had been occasions when he had made scarcely any wage — but still he had never sent his children to the mine . |
| 6 | So , although there have been moves to improve the BBC 's financial plight the essential character of the inequalities inherent in the broadcasting system remains . |
| 7 | It has been suggested that similar reactions may take place on background sulphate aerosols in the Antarctic stratosphere , but as yet there has been no unambiguous evidence for these reactions in the absence of polar stratospheric clouds ( although there have been observations of ozone loss attributed to volcanic aerosols ) . |
| 8 | Although there have been attempts to separate these in the public mind , they are inseparable . |
| 9 | From the beginning , however , these difficulties have been recognized and although there have been attempts to overcome them — attempts which will no doubt continue — there had to be a way of progressing while these studies were being undertaken . |
| 10 | Although there have been attempts to assess penetrance in the two phenotypes of Gardner and simple polyposis that have shown low penetrance , these have relied on the expression of cancer or the extraintestinal features . |
| 11 | Although there have been philosophers — Leibniz is an obvious example — who have tried to reconcile this view with the idea of a pluralist ontology , it is clear that if conjoined with the principle of independence the doctrine of the internality of relations provides a powerful support for the monist thesis . |
| 12 | Although there have been cases of viruses spreading on shrink-wrapped software , these are relatively rare . |
| 13 | As I said earlier , name identification campaigns are routine in the United States but not so common in Europe , although there have been cases where a candidate has been so successfully promoted that he has won , despite his local party 's unpopularity at the time . |
| 14 | The process usually involves the stimulation of indigenous subsurface microorganisms to degrade chemicals on-site , although there have been cases in which microorganisms with some specialised metabolic capabilities have been added . |
| 15 | Although there have been innovations in social care provision , which are outside the range of this book to review , there is still a tendency to fit people to services rather than vice versa . |
| 16 | This long-term decrease has continued , although there have been fluctuations . |
| 17 | The result of this unique situation has been that , although there have been disagreements about which specific reactor type should be built , governments of both main political parties have nearly always accepted the UKAEA 's general pro-nuclear arguments . |
| 18 | By contrast , although there have been disagreements Israel 's bond with the United States has been rock-solid , built upon agreement ‘ concerning the nature and extent of the Soviet threat to the region ’ . |
| 19 | Although there have been periods of economic stagnation or crisis , including the exceptionally severe crisis of the 1930s ( which itself failed to engender large-scale revolutionary movements in most of the capitalist countries ) , and a renewed depression in the 1980s , the general tendency of capitalism has been to promote a continuous , and sometimes rapid , improvement in material standards of living , in which a large part of the working class , if not the whole class , has shared . |
| 20 | Although there have been reports of David collaborating with Nile Rodgers , the Chic leader who produced Bowie 's classic Let's Dance album , I understand that the next Bowie record on the market will be a live Tin Machine album . |
| 21 | Although there have been proponents for a connection between microbial productivity and Precambrian iron deposition , the paucity of microfossils and low organic carbon content of BIFs has been seen by some to constitute strong evidence against biological involvement . |
| 22 | The already high incidence of vascular disease in non-diabetic western populations appears to be still higher in diabetic subjects and , although there have been suggestions of a specific diabetic large-vessel disease ( Lundbaek , 1973 ) , there is little evidence to suggest that atherosclerotic lesions in diabetics are distinct from those in non-diabetics ( Strandness et al , 1964 ) . |
| 23 | However , outside the computer , numerical data is generally held in decimal format , for obvious anatomical reasons ( although there have been suggestions from time to time that manual calculation should be done in binary or octal , for example , Phillips 1936 ) . |
| 24 | Although there have been theories in this area which would suggest a linear relationship between arousal and performance ( e.g. Hull , 1943 ) the most common claim is that the two variables are related by the curvilinear pattern known as the inverted-U hypothesis ( e.g. Hebb , 1955 ) . |
| 25 | This is true of nationalized industries too , although there have been exceptions . |
| 26 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 27 | I saw no trouble at the match , but I heard on TV afterwards that there had been fights in Waverly station before and after the match |
| 28 | Responding to the complaints , Mandela , who had previously acknowledged that there had been abuses , said that all the allegations would be thoroughly investigated . |
| 29 | A US official said troops opened fire several times , but he did not confirm that there had been casualties . |
| 30 | A US official said troops opened fire several times , but he did not confirm that there had been casualties . |