Example sentences of "and there [verb] been some " in BNC.

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1 Tutorial Classes continued to be seen as the most important element in the WEA 's programme and there had been some increase in their provision in recent years .
2 He was the product of an actual family experience ; his father had fought for the South in the Civil War and there had been some decline from gentility , but he was as much a product of family myth .
3 Generally , however , discipline has not been a problem between them in recent years and there have been some pulsating contests .
4 When it is caught in British waters , the event does not go unnoticed and there have been some large examples recorded .
5 William of Germany is an ambitious man , and there have been some stupid individuals on the throne here who can not see further than their noses .
6 It is sometimes very difficult indeed not to be very cross , and there have been some occasions when I have had to go and chop up a few logs in order to abate my own aggression before replying .
7 Transmission is theoretically possible when semen , vaginal fluid or menstrual blood comes into contact with the mouth , particularly if there are bleeding gums , ulcers or infections in the mouth , and there have been some anecdotal reports of this .
8 Its concerns are primarily those of the Roman Catholic Church , but Anglicans also belong to it and there have been some useful ecumenical conferences over the years .
9 Children who are disabled cause an extra financial burden to their parents and there have been some moves to acknowledge this .
10 It is a long tradition within the firm to produce handmade farewell cards and there have been some beauties — apt and humorous — which have left the donors proud of their efforts and the recipients amused and flattered .
11 So did the England B team here last year and there have been some rakings on this tour .
12 The first round of the English Schools ' Football Association Under-15 competition is now complete , and there has been some spectacular scoring .
13 The gallery is frail now and there has been some reconstruction , which is continuing with the whole of the property .
14 Although many elements of that model still exist today , there is also quite widespread dissatisfaction with it , and there has been some attempt to find out why , and to modify these elements .
15 It also went to Colombia , where there is a similarly coloured but unrelated Blanco Orejinegro , and there has been some experimental crossing recently of British Whites with Brahmans .
16 And there has been some encouragement from within industry , reflected , for example in Business in the Community ( BiC ) , founded in 1982 and sponsored by firms such as IBM and Marks and Spencer as well as supported by the DoE and the Manpower Services Commission ( later the Training Commission , itself absorbed by the Department of Employment in 1988 ) .
17 ‘ Some players were just not doing their stuff at Bradford and there has been some strong talking this week . ’
18 … the Act has facilitated progress and there has been some encouragement of home teaching programmes through educational support grants .
19 The guide was written by Des Hannigan and there has been some friction between the two in recent years , caused to some extent by Rowland and Mark Edwards ' new-routing techniques .
20 These centres may attract finance from a variety of sources , mainly local authorities , and there has been some government funding .
21 We are also told that wage increases have to come down to German levels , and there has been some movement in that direction .
22 As a social group they could record both gains and losses from war , and there has been some debate among historians about how far a balance sheet can be struck for the country as a whole , whether England gained or lost from its military operations .
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