Example sentences of "have been [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past , many researchers have tended to underplay the problems that arose in the process of research in case they affected the evaluation of their results , although there have been a few ex post disclosures in books intended to show social research as often a messy enterprise ( Bell and Newby 1977 ; Bell and Roberts 1984 ) . |
| 2 | There have been a few hostile bids , most notably that by Paribas for a conglomerate , Navigation Mixte . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , there have been a few more hurdles since then . |
| 4 | We have not yet succeeded in creating reliable reproduction of touch , taste or smell , although there have been a few experiments . |
| 5 | I have discovered those which for various reasons I did not feel comfortable with ; on the other hand , there have been a few works which I could as my personal luxury ! |
| 6 | No one has ever refused to go up , but there have been a few that needed coaxing down ! ’ |
| 7 | Otherwise , some people would indeed quite literally eat themselves to death — in fact there have been a few cases of disturbed people doing just that in recent years . |
| 8 | While there have been a few , if any , import restrictions on EC goods coming into this country , our community partners have astutely managed to find ways to restrict the flow of British goods into theirs . |
| 9 | There have been a few moments during the making of Aspel and Company which have aged me considerably — but then I comfort myself with the thought that life would be very dull without any crises to get the heart racing . |
| 10 | THERE HAVE been a few tactical errors made in the winter lists of new rugby books . |
| 11 | There have been a few uneasy ripples around the cricket fields of Glamorgan this season , of course . |
| 12 | While there have been a few studies of women offenders , investiga-tors have generally looked upon the difference between masculine and feminine criminality merely as a reason for eliminating female subjects from their researches on the ground that they provide insufficient material . |
| 13 | I went to all the lectures and they 're easy to go to , because you 're spoon-fed , they do n't sit back and they do n't philosophize , a lot of it , it 's all material on the board , which can be a bit boring sometimes , but we 've done some big course like quantum mechanics and there have been a few other theoretical ones which have been really involved but the lecturers have been really good , you can see how excited they are , and it starts spilling over to you . |
| 14 | Reminiscing from the autumn of his mid-twenties , he told Louise Colet that ‘ the greatest events of my life have been a few thoughts , reading , certain sunsets by the sea at Trouville , and conversations of five or six hours on the trot with a friend [ Alfred k Poittevin ] who is now married and lost to me . ’ |
| 15 | Although there have been a few gains , these have been outweighed by the losses . |
| 16 | Recently both monthly and weekly paid staff have switched to Videpay ( the new payroll system ) and like all new systems there have been a few teething problems . |
| 17 | But there have been a few problems in trying to explain to the Chinese the finer points of a fish supper . |
| 18 | There have been a few interventions . |
| 19 | But again I think it has been unfortunate er er that recently there have been a few cases in which it would have been better not to prosecute |
| 20 | We need an undivided sport , there have been a few occasions , sadly , when clubs and associations have followed marginally divisive lines as we attempt to represent the sport similar bodies which does not help our cause . |
| 21 | There have been a few comments passed about the way you 're behaving , but do n't worry , next time I hear anyone discussing it I 'll set them straight . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ There have been a few problems , ’ he said flatly . |
| 23 | Working with one set of tattered plans there have been a few problems along the way . |
| 24 | Lately , there have been a few million unemployed , massive recession and a resulting rise in crime . |
| 25 | But recently , including today 's CBI distributive trades survey , there have been a few straws in the wind suggesting things really might be getting a little better . |
| 26 | One reason doctors take temperatures is to cover themselves against negligence claims , although doctors ' legal defence bodies say there have been no such cases . |
| 27 | However , it is equally plain that these agreements have been no more than limited curbs on the growth of nuclear weaponry . |
| 28 | Since the disease is heterosexually transmitted in Africa , the group which has come in for the most blame for its rapid spread have been the many poor women who have been supporting themselves in Nairobi through commercial sex . |
| 29 | And all the openings nights since then have been the same . |
| 30 | Would the impact of the Davis Cup have been the same had the final been anywhere but France ? |