Example sentences of "there have [been] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 In the early 1990s there has been indeed a reverse transition to capitalism in the former communist countries of Eastern Europe , and the issues this process raises will need to be considered more fully later ( see Chapter 6 ) .
2 Since July 1991 , statistics show there has been around a per cent drop in part-timers .
3 Midland chief executive Brian Pearse admitted : ‘ There has been quite a lot of conjecture about a merger with another leading clearing bank in the United Kingdom .
4 There has been quite a lot of trouble with 7.50 x 16 Avon Rangemaster with the steel tyre cords breaking through the tyre to puncture the tubes , but we have not come across this with the Avon Ranger .
5 There has been quite a lot of interest , ’ said a spokeswoman .
6 But , within the decade , it seems clear that any long-term trend is outweighed by temporary fluctuations in the economy and the availability of credit ; though in the short term there has been quite a sharp increase in credit use at the close of the decade .
7 There has been quite a bit of hype and I do n't think the film lived up to it . ’
8 There has been quite a staggering traffic of internationals into and out of New Zealand and provincial teams in recent years — and now a highway has been invitingly posted .
9 There has been quite a bit of litigation in the United States in which taxpayers have sought to challenge some use to which taxes have been put .
10 Sotheby 's told The Art Newspaper that ‘ there has been quite a large response to the Lloyd 's letter , but talks are going on with a view to possible changes in this arrangement ’ .
11 There has been quite a lot of speculation on the matter in professional circles . ’
12 There has been quite a lot of talk recently about adding enzymes to help the carp digest our sophisticated carp baits .
13 So on the royal dockyard there has been quite a number ah , of rumours circulating this conference this morning , there has also been on the television and the radio , statements by one Gordon .
14 Dr Anne Dew , who is organising the vigil at Dryburn hospital , Durham , said : ‘ There has been quite a bit of support for the vigil from staff in all areas of work at the hospital .
15 There has been quite a bit of inflation since then but even then six million dollars was not a lot .
16 There has been almost a hush about tonight 's event .
17 In some sectors of manufacturing there has been almost a reluctance to change .
18 These lowland soils are called Brown Earths because there has been only a small amount of leaching which leaves the humus and chemicals fairly evenly spread between the A and B horizons of the soil .
19 It was in fact anticipated that the establishment of the Library Instruction Materials Bank ( LIMB ) in 1977 would remove some of the duplication in production , but there has been only a small measure of success here .
20 In Britain , however , there has been only a modest and localised recent recovery by the extreme right .
21 Since 1985 there has been only a marginal reduction in mental hospital beds : ‘ I think we lost some somewhere ’ , as Dr Peter Verbraak , Director of de Grote Bek Hospital in Groningen , recently commented .
22 While the number and proportion of women in paid employment has increased significantly since the Second World War , there has been only a very small improvement in women 's wages compared with those of men , and little growth in the range of occupations in which women are able to gain employment .
23 In the EC there has been only a limited introduction of expanded audit mandates by individual member countries .
24 However , there has been only a one to three per cent reduction in fat on sheep and cattle carcases during that period .
25 Over that period there has been only a 10 per cent .
26 From the many written questions that my hon. Friend has tabled on this matter , I note not only that the numbers of people in residential and nursing care have increased substantially , as we all know , but also the surprising fact that there has been only a modest fall in the numbers of people in local authority care .
27 She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since .
28 At this end of the village the night had been quiet , but in the Untouchable quarter to the west , there 'd been quite a kerfuffle .
29 And there 'd been quite a number there , obviously in that burns unit , who were suffering from the same type of er injury .
30 She had not had as many men as Karen gave her credit for , there was an element of blarney in all that , but there 'd been quite a number , had n't there ?
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