Example sentences of "there [verb] been significant [noun] in " in BNC.

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1 Subsequent analysis showed that in all cases there had been significant changes in the proportions with high dependency over the decade between the censuses after age and sex standardisation ( χ 2 =18.0 , df=1 , p<0.0001 ) , and these changes were significantly different between types of care ( χ 2 =61.2 , df=6 , p<0.0001 ) ( table V ) .
2 But there have been significant changes in the nature of stealing since the Second World War .
3 There have been significant changes in the UK economy over the last twenty years , with a steady growth of the service sector at the expense of industry .
4 There have been significant changes in Brit , British society over the past ten years .
5 In addition there have been significant decreases in fertility over the same period .
6 For the North American white population aged 65 + there have been significant decreases in mortality from stroke and ischaemic heart disease .
7 although in recent years there have been significant improvements in the provision of research and library facilities for M.P.s these still lag fir behind those available to their counterparts abroad .
8 It is hardly surprising that Gamble concludes that " there is only limited evidence that there have been significant discontinuities in economic policy-making caused by the adversary positions adopted by the parties " .
9 There have been significant advances in management techniques in industry , and over the past five years CAC has been actively developing ways of transferring TQM education into new working behaviour and attitudes .
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