Example sentences of "[conj] there have been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cultural specialization which is also present , with varying degrees of difficulty , in these especially physical forms is usually more of a problem in at least some music , where there have been some very radical divergences in systems and in instruments . |
| 2 | They can not compete within the visible spectrum , but they will be highly competitive throughout the infrared and perhaps also in the ultraviolet and soft X-ray regions , where there have been several significant developments recently . |
| 3 | The office is one workplace where there have been few major changes — the ball-point pen and the photocopier hardly qualify as major — in half a century , since telephones took over . |
| 4 | Although there have been many marvellous performances that have meant a great deal to me , the most important to me , without doubt , was the only time I heard my first teacher sing . |
| 5 | Few people find Anselm a serious contender for proving the existence of God , although there have been many philosophers who have rightly observed , as we have tried to do , that the logic of existence requires careful consideration . |
| 6 | Although there have been many useful publications in the field of special educational needs during the last decade , the distinguishing feature of the present series of volumes lies in their concern with specific areas of the curriculum in primary and secondary schools . |
| 7 | Although there have been few studies of public opinion and corporate crime ( Cullen et al. 1982 ; Newman 1957 ; Reed and Reed 1975 ; Rossi et al. 1974 ; Schrager and Short 1980 ; Sinden 1980 ; Wolfgang 1980 ) , they do provide a window on what can best be described as ‘ collective ignorance ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It still maintains the main architectural design of the original , although there have been some alterations — for example , cutting off part of the north bulwark and the covering of the Manueline towers . |
| 11 | So far as elderly people in particular are concerned , there has been relatively little change in patterns of co-residence with relatives until the later part of the twentieth century ; although there have been some fluctuations , the overall pattern shows more continuities than changes . |
| 12 | Although there have been some investigations of a functional kind relating soil erosion amount to controlling variables in areas like Zimbabwe ( Stocking , 1977 ) , studies of soil loss are potentially very useful ( Stocking , 1980 ) and may be undertaken by detailed process investigations which are usually concerned with parts of the erosion process or with laboratory measurements ( e.g. De Ploey , 1983 ) , by empirical investigations which monitor output in relation to input and use a relation similar to the Universal Soil Loss equation ; and factorial survey methods which Stocking ( 1980 ) visualizes as analysis and collation of the spatial pattern of all factors which relate to soil loss erosion . |
| 13 | Laporte 's trumping of Wassall on 8 January with a £135m bid for glue maker Evode has been the nearest thing to a typical bid salvo , although there have been some minnow-sized transactions . |
| 14 | Although there have been some notable examples of this practice ( such as Saatchi and Saatchi , and Ward White in 1984 ) it does not appear to have become commonplace . |
| 15 | Relating this to actual flows , is restricted by the severe simplifications in deriving the equations , although there have been some experiments showing interesting behaviour . |
| 16 | The Salvadorean women 's organizations which support the FDR-FMLN have not yet formed a united front , although there have been several initiatives in that direction and a growing recognition of the need to do so . |
| 17 | Although there have been several since , he is the first known Westerner to have been eaten by a Komodo Dragon . |
| 18 | Although there have been several biochemical investigations of cytochrome P450 and glutathione S-transferase in human colonic carcinomas , it is difficult to compare directly biochemical and immunohistochemical studies of enzymes , and both approaches have advantages and limitations . |
| 19 | By contrast , Richard Smith and David Thomson have argued , on the basis of long-term demographic evidence , that forms of retirement have existed throughout history and ( particularly if one excludes the high birth-rate nineteenth century ) that there have been many periods in which a simple dependency ratio of the elderly to the non-elderly population has been high . |
| 20 | The fact that women have decided to participate in the difficult but just struggle of El Salvador has meant that they have developed politically and ideologically and that there have been many changes in men 's attitudes , After the triumph , I believe these changes will become more apparent . |
| 21 | Despite the fact that there have been many reports describing the central effects of neuropeptides on gastric and pancreatic secretion , there has been only one previous report of the effects of a centrally acting peptide on biliary secretion . |
| 22 | The line operates every Tuesday and gets dozens of calls , because , despite the fact that there have been fewer home repossessions over the last few months , the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux say that more people are getting themselves into debt . |
| 23 | If you 've read Practical PC from issue 1 , you will know that there have been more graphics standards since 1981 than you can shake a stick at , culminating in today 's VGA standard as the required minimum in a ‘ bog standard ’ machine . |
| 24 | The opinion of foreigners , wrote an English scholar in 1704 , is " that there have been more shakes and convulsions in the government of England than in that of any other nation . " |
| 25 | You will have noted the additional appointment of at least one wine waiter : the fact that the total wages bill has n't increased by more than about 2.2 per cent suggests that there have been some compensating reductions , probably in the part-time staff , and almost certainly in view of the decline in trade . |
| 26 | As far at I could judge it , the general feeling among the present day staff is that there have been some gains to both the prisoners and the system , and some losses , but the gains have been bought dearly and slowly and the losses may be irreversible . |
| 27 | My Lords , could I ask the Minister if she would agree that there have been some improvements in the accident and emergency departments , since consultants were appointed and how many accidents that er there are emergency departments have not got consultants in charge and leave it to junior doctors ? |
| 28 | But for all that and all that there have been some interesting stirrings in the undergrowth which may well have the effect of concentrating the minds of the opposition party leaders . |
| 29 | He is unlikely to be satisfied with an offer to re-run the reselection procedure if it can be proved that there have been any serious breaches of the party 's rules . |
| 30 | You can confirm this that there have been any convictions for er er er two men conspiring to commit armed robbery or anything of that sort have there ? |