Example sentences of "[ex0] has [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | If there has been a prolonged spell of dry weather , leaks and damp are more difficult to detect and you should be doubly suspicious of stains , water marks and white crystals if you see them . |
2 | Recently there has been a distinct shift from comparing humans with other primates , to comparing one human culture with another ; attempts by Mildred Dickemann , John Hartung and Alexander to do this are not mentioned . |
3 | None the less , in very many cases ‘ hands-on ’ care is still required and there has been a distinct failure to understand the needs of discharged patients for continuing support of this kind . |
4 | ( 4 ) Since 1981 , however , there has been a distinct slackening of impetus in relations , largely because of the disillusionment experienced by both the USSR and the Latin American countries about what could be expected from each other . |
5 | It is true that there has been a small electoral earthquake in Europe , but not many people have been hurt , and those that were thoroughly deserved it . |
6 | There has been a small input from RTE . |
7 | There has been a small reduction in cigarette smoking , to 1,008 per capita ; military spending fell in 1990 and figures for 1991 were expected to show a further decline ; and significantly smaller quantities of ozone-depleting chemicals are being produced ; but , disturbingly , grain production has fallen while population continues to grow at record rates . |
8 | Ken , if we could er look at what 's actually happening out there to pensioners at the moment , I think of which we 're all very concerned , but there has been a small item of good news to balance against the concerns we have for those pensioners that are still suffering from uncertainty and that is some money has started to come in as a result of legal actions and settlements out of court . |
9 | And the language and idiom of the broadcasts has dated : ‘ There has been a great deal of soft soap talked about God for the last hundred years . |
10 | There has been a great deal of correspondence in the trade press and the media concerning the absence of top quality vine fruits from the shops . |
11 | Which is not to say that popular humour in the States is particularly nice : in recent years there has been a great demand for in-your-face racist , ethnic and misogynist stuff , as typified on the respectable side by Jackie Mason and on the unholy by Andrew Dice Clay . |
12 | SIR — There has been a great play made of the impact of the minimum wage factor in the Social Chapter , but I have waited in vain for any reference to the other and more far reaching elements . |
13 | In recent years there has been a great increase in the use of active compounds . |
14 | Since about 1960 there has been a great increase in our knowledge of Maya history . |
15 | It is also claimed that there has been a great deal of harassment of Serbs and Montenegrins by Albanian nationalists , who hope to drive them out and establish an ‘ ethnically pure ’ Kosovo . |
16 | There has been a great deal of crossing with the Charolais . |
17 | There has been a great deal of debate about the collection and use of these . |
18 | Over the past ten years or so there has been a great deal of innovative thinking and impressive empirical investigation in our field and the theory 1 have been reviewing has played its part . |
19 | ‘ Under Mick Newmarch , there has been a great refocusing on core activities and values , ’ says Mr Lawrence . |
20 | There has been a great deal of argument as to what a new enquirer needs to know before or immediately upon making a decision to follow Christ for that decision to be meaningful . |
21 | For this reason there has been a great effort , over the years , to develop synthetic resin glues based , more or less , on the plastics which became popular in the 1930s . |
22 | Although there has been a great song and dance about his supposedly suspect temperament this season , I ca n't fault it . |
23 | He says there has been a great deal of interest shown in the firm because virtual reality is seen as an exciting new technology with a lot of potential . |
24 | In between there has been a great diversity of titles and two journals . |
25 | And although there has been a great deal of argument as to the cause , very few people would deny that Britain is in a state of decline . ’ |
26 | There has been a great black smudge all down the crag ever since … ’ . |
27 | With foodstuffs , for example , there has been a great deal of trial and error over many millennia to determine whether a given animal or plant provides desirable food . |
28 | We could have what you English call ‘ fun ’ … and I do not think there has been a great deal of that commodity in your life so far . |
29 | Following South Africa 's reintroduction there has been a great deal of discussion about whether the ban on Mike Gatting and his fellow ‘ rebel ’ tourists should be lifted . |
30 | It is difficult , however , to accept the concept of work which is non-profit-making or which may even cost the providing employer a substantial amount of on-going revenue funds , and until now there has been a great reluctance to fund such initiatives . |