Example sentences of "[ex0] [verb] [adv] [been] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 On the basis of these figures , there has clearly been some kind of shift in the axis of the economy from manufacturing to services .
2 Investigations conducted among more recent groups of émigrés suffer from the fact that such groups have been disproportionately Jewish ; there has nevertheless been some support for the view that nationality is not a ‘ primordial ’ attachment and that its political importance is likely to depend on situational factors such as the degree of competition for employment opportunities .
3 Even so , there has already been one triumph : inflation fell to 6% in the year to the third quarter , the lowest rate for 18 years apart from a brief spell in 1984–85 .
4 Unified control to eliminate any danger of overlapping , for which there has already been one unfortunate instance .
5 There has already been extensive research on these , at Exeter and elsewhere , using computer techniques of control , recording and analysis .
6 ‘ On grass , ’ says Mr Hann , ‘ where you inject into wheel markings you get more damage , as the tine is being pulled through ground on which there has already been some surface shearing .
7 But there has already been some progress in this direction .
8 There has already been some response to this cry for help .
9 In the United States there has already been some production of material specifically for interactive use , but for most people it is still a question of waiting and seeing what uses , methods and materials emerge .
10 I have chosen Vaughan because there has already been some analysis of deixis in his poetry — notably by Roger Sell in his article " The unstable discourse of Henry Vaughan " ( 1987 ) .
11 Indeed , there has already been some degree of rationalisation of SROs .
12 There has also been much learning , laughter and warmth which has extended the enjoyment and understanding of everybody involved .
13 There has also been preferential loss of the small foot bones : phalanges ( phal ) and metapodials ( met ) .
14 There has also been direct military involvement , in Northern Ireland since 1969 and in London in 1980 with the spectacular lifting of the siege at the Iranian embassy by the Special Air Service ( SAS ) .
15 There has also been deliberate wooing of parents who had already made their selection , although it is surely obvious that changes in mid-stream can only be damaging , in terms of stability , education and coach/player relationship .
16 There has also been significant criticism of companies that have entered into transactions that were unsuitable for their needs and that increased their financial risk .
17 There has also been significant investment in the areas of health , safety , quality , the environment and in personnel development and training .
18 Most of the growth has been in issuance of eurobonds , but there has also been significant growth in issuance of foreign bonds , largely in Swiss francs .
19 There has also been growing evidence , members were told , of underage drinking in certain areas of the town , coupled with joy-riding .
20 There has also been some hasty back-pedalling over the fate of the Cambodian border town of Pailin .
21 There has also been some interesting work on vocational education and training at the school or post-school stages ( Willis 1977 ; Gleeson and Mardle 1980 ) .
22 During the period under review , there has also been some growth in the number of students on non-advanced courses almost entirely on a full-time or sandwich basis .
23 There has also been some significant research into the use of UDC in online searching systems .
24 Well there 's certainly been one element of the the input to the preparation of the structure plan , but there has also been some independent view on the the capacity and the the environmental problems that individual districts across North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire have in their ability to accommodate development , and on the pressure and the problems that those pressures of development will have on those individual districts , bearing in mind the environmental constraints identified both in National and in the Secretary of State 's previous approval of the structure plan .
25 There has also been considerable development in sail design in recent years with the result that sails are now far more controllable than the earlier types which resembled blown-out bedsheets .
26 There has also been considerable academic research .
27 But there has also been disturbing evidence , particularly on the family front .
28 It can certainly be passed on by kissing , and there has recently been strong epidemiological evidence that CMV infection can be sexually transmitted .
29 There has recently been much publicity about the possible ‘ unification ’ of two of Nature 's forces .
30 Microcomputers have been a rapid growth area in the electronics industry , as well as one in which there has recently been much concern over the success and viability of UK companies .
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