Example sentences of "there had be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It described how there had been a fifty percent increase in food poisoning cases in district year and then it went on to say that it , it was largely , it was thought that that increase was largely because of the increased publicity which the council had been given hygiene training , and saying how many people had been trained , and how the Health Committee was being asked to provide more resources so there could more courses even , even more courses in the following year . |
| 2 | Unless there had been a general exodus of small proprietors , a good deal of land had been acquired by outsiders , possibly with a view to letting it to graziers . |
| 3 | Yet , despite Mrs Thatcher 's resolutely ‘ gung-ho ’ attitude , it was increasingly clear that there had been a general shift in Britain 's stance on Iran and the whole of the Middle East . |
| 4 | There had been a low haze hiding most of the surrounding hills , the loch had seemed suspended in some floating mirage , broken only by the oars rattling , and the water that slopped in the bottom of the boat . |
| 5 | Data collected form this union in 1987 , 1988 and 1989 suggested that there had been a slight improvement in the usage rate of the lobon-gur solution compared with the unions studied in the 1984 Community Household Survey . |
| 6 | There had been a slight uncertainty about her . |
| 7 | By noon on the same day , it is hue , the Government had accepted that there had been a slight set-back and that the European Communities Bill would have to be put temporarily on ice , but almost immediately they conceived and put into place a new plan . |
| 8 | When she had asked his name there had been a slight , but noticeable , hesitation before he 'd answered . |
| 9 | Initially there had been a substantial market for British films in the US , where demand remained for some time ahead of the production levels achieved by American filmmakers . |
| 10 | By early 1940 there had been a substantial drift-back of evacuees to the cities : something like 80% had returned . |
| 11 | There was the cold empty space in the bed beside her , the space where for over thirty years there had been a warm , reassuring presence . |
| 12 | The Court of Appeal said that there had been a jurisdictional error . |
| 13 | Although there had been a long established tradition of community and private forestry schemes , it was not until the launching of the Saemol Undong ( or New Community Movement ) in 1970 that it was possible to conceive of a nation-wide forestry policy and programme . |
| 14 | There had been a long struggle . |
| 15 | There had been a long time when he had been surrounded by wire and bars . |
| 16 | However , there had been a long and consistent course of dealing which was adhered to on this occasion . |
| 17 | There had been a long list of such casualties in Libby 's life , this was just another . |
| 18 | Well , perhaps there had been a second bank-book , after all ? |
| 19 | Perhaps there had been a second confrontation after all and another loss of control . |
| 20 | All of a sudden , she realised there had been a collective intake of breath and that everyone around her was staring at the monitors . |
| 21 | He did not reiterate Mr Major 's claim that Nissan came to the region because of his party 's policies , but preferred to point out it would not have done if there had been a Labour Government in situ . |
| 22 | ‘ Third , ’ the Doctor said , as Bernice whirled to see an open doorway where only seconds earlier there had been a flat wall , ‘ I imagine those androids would prefer us not to attempt to escape , in the TARDIS or in any other way . |
| 23 | The Reserve Bank of Fiji said in April 1990 that there had been a 23,000 net fall in the population since the 1987 coup , and that Fiji was now seeking experts from Thailand , China , Sri Lanka , the Philippines and Britain to make up the shortfall in professionals [ see also p. 36700 ] . |
| 24 | Consequently , and for thoroughly laudable reasons , there had been a systematic drift of responsibility from MC ( ‘ to its executive subcommittee , MMRC , between 1979 and 1984 . |
| 25 | Unlike previous years , however , the significance of the Iowa contests was reduced by the fact that neither of Bush 's two challengers ( Buchanan and former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke ) contested the caucus , whilst amongst the Democrats it had long been accepted that the contest would be won by Tom Harkin , one of the state 's representatives in the Senate , and so there had been a minimal amount of campaigning . |
| 26 | The decline in smoking prevalence and tobacco sales is particularly significant because in March of this year , the Health Department reported that there had been a 14 percent rise in tobacco advertising during 1990 , apparently in anticipation of the advertising ban . |
| 27 | All the reports agreed that there had been a gradual but marked increase in the intensity of activity on Krakatoa during the three days preceding the twenty-sixth . |
| 28 | Also , after the Jacobite Wars there had been a gradual but continuing improvement of the main roads in Britain . |
| 29 | The effect of this decision is to reverse the trend that was evident from the preceding cases in which there had been a gradual tendency to expand the range of third parties to whom accountants might be held to be liable as a result of errors in financial statements . |
| 30 | There had been a gradual slow decline in his fortunes , his fate , his happiness and his prosperity , or prospect of prosperity . |