Example sentences of "[ex0] have been very [det] " in BNC.

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1 There has been very little work done on the psychology of the horse .
2 There is , however , always a danger that her critics are really writing about themselves , defending their own positions , so there has been very little constructive criticism .
3 However , there has been very little success with captive breeding and few of the cubs which are born survive past the first year .
4 There has been very little research into BSL learning , and certainly no systematic analysis of the skills needed .
5 The problem with this is not merely that there has been very little serious thinking within multiculturalism about how ‘ cultural understanding ’ actually occurs , about its forms , mechanisms and limits .
6 As will be made clear in the following brief history of Marxist thought in Latin America , there has been very little interplay between the evolutions of Marxism-Leninist prescriptions for revolutionary development in Latin America , as shaped by Soviet ideologues , and the way that Latin Americans themselves have applied Marxism to their situation .
7 As we have seen , the response in England has been substantial ; in Wales , on the other hand , there has been very little reaction to the reports and teacher training for further education in the Principality is generally less well developed than in England .
8 It thus seems that there has been very little geological reworking of the Mercurian surface since the apparent planet-wide obliteration of most craters at the beginning .
9 To date , the number of cases taken in this fashion are very few and there has been very little guidance from the Courts as to the ambit of the provision .
10 However , there has been very little guidance or information from the Scottish Office relating to the transitional arrangements for RECHAR and how the Regional Council can maximise potential additional capital consents in 1993–94 .
11 There has been very little previous research on autobiographical memory .
12 In comparison there has been very little work on the psychology of masculinity and the nature of male identity , although both men ( and women ) are becoming increasingly interested in the forms masculinity might assume in the 1990s and beyond .
13 There has been very little attempt to produce an adequate framework for monitoring and evaluating such initiatives .
14 The incidence of bully/victim problems in schools within mainstream children has now been well-established ; however while it may be likely that children with special educational needs will be over-represented in such categories , there has been very little quantitative evidence on this point , or on which types of special needs children are most likely to be involved , in which way .
15 As there has been very little traffic today , I just thought I would comment on somebody 's statement that Leeds have possibly got the best squad in the premier league .
16 Here again there has been very little systematic exploration , although such universal features of the organization of interaction are good candidates for potentially important functional pressures on linguistic structure .
17 There has been very little criticism over price increases .
18 ‘ We have a homogeneous population , there has been very little immigration into Scotland and we have fantastic records .
19 There has been very little objective research into the work done by reporters and its effectiveness , ’ said Mr Miller .
20 Though we feel ourselves to be much more comfortable now than we used to be , there has been very little increase in domestic fuel demand over fifty years or more .
21 When she had been little , once Fenna had taught her how to fly so that she no longer went wandering off , there had been very little time when she had been left alone .
22 When I arrived back I found that there had been very little press coverage and quite a lot of disbelief .
23 And in times when there had been very little money , it had kept them going , Jasper and her , for months .
24 The ceiling and the walls in places were badly scorched , but structurally there had been very little damage and , luckily , the fire had been brought under control before it had had time to spread to other parts of the building .
25 Before agreement was reached to establish the SEM by the end of 1992 , there had been very little progress towards establishing the Common Market .
26 As a result there had been very few scientific studies which would make their case harder to win , he said .
27 If there had been very few cases , the crime would not have had much importance .
28 There had been very few patients .
29 In my own case , he wrote , and I can speak only for myself , in my own case and in my own life there have been very few genuine beginnings , only three or perhaps four .
30 There have been very few with the gift of Dante or John Milton , who have written at their best when being most Christian .
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