Example sentences of "there have [been] quite a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ There has been quite a lot of interest , ’ said a spokeswoman . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ There has been quite a bit of hype and I do n't think the film lived up to it . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | There has been quite a lot of speculation on the matter in professional circles . ’ |
| 10 | There has been quite a lot of talk recently about adding enzymes to help the carp digest our sophisticated carp baits . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | There has been quite a bit of inflation since then but even then six million dollars was not a lot . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And there 'd been quite a number there , obviously in that burns unit , who were suffering from the same type of er injury . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | The story goes that one dismal morning they were detailed to take their Mosquito , ‘ D ’ for Dog , up for testing , and as there had been quite a party in the Mess on the previous evening , neither was feeling in the best of moods as they trudged out to dispersal at the crack of dawn . |
| 18 | There had been quite a few successful ones , however . |
| 19 | There had been quite a lot of those in the sentences directed at himself . |
| 20 | David had heard of the Wilikinses ' divorce there had been quite a lot about the circumstances surrounding it in the Birmingham Mail — and he had been told of a second , short-lived marriage . |
| 21 | ‘ There have been quite a few calls from readers … |
| 22 | There have been quite a flood of similar announcements recently . |
| 23 | There have been quite a few changes in the Magazine Team over the past year . |
| 24 | ‘ There have been quite a number of ladies who have been mugged around here , ’ he said . |
| 25 | There have been quite a few . |
| 26 | Ther there have been quite a few that have come out recently which I have n't briefed . |
| 27 | There have been quite a few happenings since then , but my fingers are getting tired , so I 'll save them for another article . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's been quite a loss of momentum lately in my area . ’ |
| 29 | And er certainly in teaching there 's been quite a big change over the last ten years in the way that people perceive retirement . |
| 30 | I should think Sophie will be OK with her — there 's been quite a lot of contact . ’ |