Example sentences of "have been some [noun] " in BNC.

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31 There have been some events which give qualified cause for optimism .
32 Though there have been some disappointments , the Greens in this country and in Europe are very far from extinct , and are consolidating and reforming themselves to be more effective .
33 Mr Barber said : ‘ In the East Anglian Customs and Excise region there have been no arrests in relation to these imports but there have been some seizures of alcohol at boot sales in Norfolk and Suffolk . ’
34 And finally there have been some items in some of the national newspapers recently concerning university science parks .
35 There have been some centres who felt that the American data has justified using it at an early stage .
36 But there have been some increases for those living in the larger cities , which have been worst hit by the crime wave .
37 I is there anything you can tell us about the additional costs of er er increased specifications , there have been some increases as well minor reductions .
38 ( While so far there have been some falls in prices , basically in the South , the national price picture has remained positive . )
39 Just to add to what 's been said erm there , there have been some points raised er along the lines I 've mentioned and as a result of that erm it is felt that erm notification to members who are not on the application sub-committee of applications which affect their ward area could be improved and that is er I hope to be the subject of a report to the next meeting of the Application Sub-Committee , so that er matter i is something which is , which is being picked up and will be considered by that sub-committee but it does give me the opportunity to say that erm the definition of a complaint i is certainly not a precise one and I certainly would n't want members of this committee to feel that I was being complacent er as a result of there only being three complaints that we received .
40 It 's too early to talk of a rebirth of Welsh forward play but at least , in victory over Ireland and defeat by France , there have been some stirrings of life .
41 So did the England B team here last year and there have been some rakings on this tour .
42 Nelson is flagging appropriate titles in its catalogue as ‘ self-access ’ , there are one or two new publishing names dipping toes in the swirling waters of EFL , and during the close season there have been some author-transfers , including David Vale from CUP to Heinemann and Alan Maley to Penguin .
43 There have been some adjustments to the extent of these powers ; in particular , the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 relaxed the controls and shifted more responsibility from the counties to the district ( Catchpole 1982 ) .
44 As far at I could judge it , the general feeling among the present day staff is that there have been some gains to both the prisoners and the system , and some losses , but the gains have been bought dearly and slowly and the losses may be irreversible .
45 True , there have been some achievements .
46 Yes , there have been some comments made
47 True , there have been some measures to suggest a less austere regime .
48 Captain Sturt was the great explorer who had discovered the Murray River , and have been some years in New South Wales before coming to Adelaide , where he was Colonial Secretary .
49 There have been some hand outs as you come in hopefully you 've actually picked them up , on part of that hand out is a questionnaire towards the end which I hope everybody will find the time to fill in .
50 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 .
51 Further north still , Canada has no major volcanoes , but there have been some eruptions in prehistoric times .
52 Now there have been some allegations flying around that there are people in the parliamentary Labour Party who want to get rid of that link and I want to categorically say that there is no serious figure in the Labour Party who shares that opinion there 's no one in the G M B group who takes that view there 's no one in the Shadow Cabinet and what is more , I know from my own personal experience , and my dealings with him over thirty years , that there is no greater supporter of the trades union link than John Smith himself !
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