Example sentences of "[vb -s] be some [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been some standardisation on input pulse widths and in general , pulse widths of 0.75mS to 2.2mS will produce an output shaft rotation of about 180 degrees . |
| 2 | From the analysis of what can be defined , within this tendency , as the social forms of art , there has been some development of the analysis of their corresponding social formations . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , there has been some crossover of knowledge between these two camps , with each benefiting from the fertilization that has followed . |
| 4 | The most common use of context has been some measure of how letters may legally combine to form words . |
| 5 | For the sake of the argument we must assume that the space covered by the arch is proportional to the benefits , so that there has been some purpose in making the arch as broad as possible . |
| 6 | There has been some progress on the Museum . |
| 7 | Since the petition was raised , there has been some progress in this direction in the European Community , and I am pleased that the EC has been especially sympathetic towards the views of people like Mrs. |
| 8 | John Major and Albert Reynolds have said there has been some progress in talks on the future of Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | So we we may have to pursue that further but there has been some progress after all this time and expenditure of money and and time . |
| 10 | It appears that there has been some misunderstanding with regard to the sand pit cover . |
| 11 | There has been some misunderstanding about the position . |
| 12 | There has been some difficulty in producing a response panel sophisticated enough to allow for this range whilst still being easily understood and accessible to a child . |
| 13 | The University has been fortunate in attracting high quality staff to fill new lectureship posts although there has been some difficulty in filling senior posts , particularly in business and management , which is an area of acute national shortage . |
| 14 | It is difficult to deny that there has been some change in the right direction . |
| 15 | Although there has been some change in the distribution of wealth in Britain this century , this has largely taken place within the richest 10% . |
| 16 | All these suggest that there has been some degree of real tooth loss in these predator assemblages due to digestion , and since this loss is also accompanied by loss of bone , it is considered that this is the most extreme degree of breakage in these comparisons . |
| 17 | There has been some doubt about the law with regard to traffic-calming measures other than road humps which has meant that authorities have produced traffic-calming schemes but have been left in some doubt as to whether they could be prosecuted for obstructing the highway . |
| 18 | Whilst it is clear that an employee can not be prevented from using his general skill and knowledge once employment is over , there has been some doubt until recently as to whether the employer could exert any control over such use during employment or whether the law would imply such control . |
| 19 | There has been some increase in equity finance , by listed firms as well as new entrants , but it is restrained by a system giving pre-emptive rights to existing shareholders ( as in Britain , shareholders must be given first grabs at new issues ) , under ponderous rules that mean an issue takes three weeks . |
| 20 | Since 1979 there has been some contraction of nationalized industries . |
| 21 | While there has been some work on aspects of constitutions — particularly voting rules — only very recently has there been a return to the constitutional perspective associated with the classical constitutional theory associated with Montesquieu and Madison . |
| 22 | Silly me — I had thought that that was party policy , but unfortunately there has been some turning of the tide . |
| 23 | However , there has been some decentralization of office employment since the mid-1960s , with a redistribution away from London to the outer-metropolitan areas . |
| 24 | An even more extreme form of this way of thinking is to assume that there has been some type of directive force in evolution such that humans represent the ‘ pinnacle ’ of progress . |
| 25 | In almost all villages however there has been some element of change , and usually there has been a set of related changes in which social polarization is accompanied by segregation and a shift of political power to a new ruling group , dominated by in-migrants . |
| 26 | It is thought that there has been some element of a share dealing ring in the Dunsdale case . |
| 27 | Although there has been some success in attempts to halt such ceremonies , or at least to make them less dangerous or humiliating , there is evidence that they are a perennial aspect of group behaviour unlikely to be eradicated . |
| 28 | There has been some success in the initial aims of the project and at least some aspects are worth developing further . |
| 29 | In recent years there has been some awareness on the part of planners of the role of rural planning policies in exaggerating the scarcity of rural housing and achieving comparatively little for those in greatest housing need . |
| 30 | In recent years , there has been some return to the classical view that the real wage is too high and that unemployment is ‘ voluntary ’ in the sense that it is caused by workers refusing to accept wage cuts . |