Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb -s] been [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally in our secondary schools there has been an overemphasis on content . |
| 2 | In pursuance of these demands there has been a lot of collective action . |
| 3 | A sine qua non of environmental traffic management here has been the reduction of through traffic by closing access from the Rhein Allee Within the treated area , the most radically changed streets have been repaved at a uniform level so that there is scarcely a distinction between pavement and carriageway ( Figure 6.40 ) . |
| 4 | In other countries there has been a trend to expand the roles of internal audit to meet the growing public concern that the administration of government be subject to review and control . |
| 5 | In the older nation states , after the war , fascist parties disappeared ( although they have begun to re-emerge on a small scale in recent years ) , regional and nationalist parties have been formed within existing states , there has been a succession of new political parties ( and destruction of them by military intervention ) in Latin America , while in some European countries there has been a revival of liberal and ‘ centre ’ parties and the emergence of ‘ green ’ parties . |
| 6 | Every game between the teams since has been a struggle for superiority and status with Dundee in the role of the local aristocrat and St Johnstone the perennial grousebeater . |
| 7 | In spite of undoubted social and economic changes there has been no revolution in values . |
| 8 | Underpinning these changes there has been an acceleration in the trend towards the ‘ professionalisation ’ of journalism , a tendency noted as long ago as 1976 by Graham Cleverly in The Fleet Street Disaster : higher salaries ( at least on the nationals ) , fewer unsociable hours , less bloke-ishness and booze . |
| 9 | One of the most dramatically changing aspects of the context and content of education recently has been the expectations and especially the control of teacher 's work . |
| 10 | This method alone has been the downfall of countless ' big fish up and down the country , and I foresee its popularity increasing in the coming seasons . |
| 11 | As a result of these various pressures there has been a proliferation of community care schemes in the past few years ; schemes to improve on the services already available , to fill gaps , and to provide a less fragmented service to the elderly mentally frail . |
| 12 | In many geomorphological histories there has been a propensity to ignore the most recent stages or time periods so that the Quaternary was often treated in less detail and the Holocene or last 10,000 years seldom referred to at all . |
| 13 | In many liberal democracies there has been a reaction against the old elitism of party bosses and closed caucuses in selecting political leaders , particularly in more liberal or left-orientated parties . |
| 14 | During the 1980s population growth has been very uneven ; in the most general terms there has been a decline of population in the less prosperous North and gains in the prosperous South . |
| 15 | Indeed , the major underlying concern in debates over pornography , homosexuality , abortion , the age of consent , divorce and drugs during the period under consideration here has been the welfare of children . |
| 16 | I believe that Guinness Brewing Worldwide has been a company consistently noted for the excellence of both its people and its brands . |
| 17 | Alongside the efforts of these ‘ across the curriculum ’ working groups there has been a commitment to review the work of courses , departments , and faculties . |
| 18 | In such cases there has been a shift in the pattern of ‘ comparative advantage ’ on an international scale . |
| 19 | There has never been an instant solution , indeed in some cases there has been no solution at all . |
| 20 | Since the mid-1970s there has been an attempt to fuse the voluntaristic , militaristic , flamboyant aspects of Guevarism and Castroism with the tactical positions of more orthodox thought . |
| 21 | The press always has been a medium of propaganda as well as a medium of information . |
| 22 | Sport now , and the major talking point at Oxford Stadium today has been the Oxford City Council decision to agree planning permission for the stadium to extend their grandstand leisure complex . |
| 23 | A few years ago this was extremely popular , but since the initial boom in feline birth pills there has been a decline in interest in favour of the more drastic method of neutering . |
| 24 | Of special interest too has been the question of the effect of growing unionism on the professionalism and commitment to patients or ‘ clients ’ of public sector workers in the field of health and welfare . |