Example sentences of "[verb] been the [noun] [prep] much " in BNC.
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| 1 | This report , of the Medical Royal Colleges and their Faculties in the United Kingdom , concerns itself with the diagnosis of brain death , but at the outset acknowledges that ‘ the dilemma of when to switch off the ventilator has been the subject of much public interest . ’ |
| 2 | Hermit crabs are able to make a rapid assessment of whether a particular shell is of an appropriate size or not , and how they do this has been the subject of much study . |
| 3 | What to do for the best has been the subject of much discussion at local aquatic societies over the years . |
| 4 | The nature of this formal regulation has been the subject of much debate . |
| 5 | Deaf education itself has been the subject of much dispute relating to the ‘ how ’ of education — that is , primarily , what method of communication do we use to educate deaf people ? |
| 6 | All the cases of leukaemia in Thurso were centred on this estate , which lies just within 12.5 km of Dounreay , so that the excess there was much higher than in the next cumulative zone , which included the eastern half of the town ( within 16.6 km ) , a difference that has been the subject of much comment . |
| 7 | This proposition has been the subject of much empirical debate , but at present there seems no overwhelming consensus as to its veracity . |
| 8 | The ballot has been the subject of much hostile comment . |
| 9 | The DMS itself , as the major vehicle of such provision , has been the subject of much debate during the last decade , principally about its nature and content . |
| 10 | That such an organism existed , or exists , has been the subject of much speculation by palaeobiologists and geochemists interested in the origin of the so-called banded iron formations ( BIFs ) ; these are sedimentary ores typically composed of alternating layers of silica- and iron-rich minerals that can often be traced as discrete units over hundreds of kilometres . |
| 11 | The origin of these cells has been the subject of much debate . |
| 12 | The cause and definition of enteropathy associated T cell lymphoma ( EATCL ) and its relation to coeliac disease has been the subject of much debate recently . |
| 13 | The meaning of the phrase " touch and concern the land " , which derives from a decision in Spencer 's Case ( 1583 ) 5 Co Rep 15a , has been the subject of much academic and judicial debate . |
| 14 | Even the awkward , the misfits , the discontented , feel a lessening of their misery when they realize they have a place , specially set for them , at a dinner which has been the subject of much thought , care , and several hours of preparation . |
| 15 | This has been the subject of much debate and controversy , however , and we consider it in Chapter 22 . |
| 16 | Versace has been the butt of much criticism for his grandiose vision of late , though some of his clothes — when taken out of his prescribed context — can be beautiful and visually dramatic . |
| 17 | THE French market bid a cheery au revoir to Edith Cresson , glad to see the back of a government that has been the source of much uncertainty , even outright damage , for the Paris market . |
| 18 | This balance between an individual 's freedom of choice , or ‘ free will ’ as it is often described , and the influences of forces external to each individual , called determinism , has been the basis of much philosophical and theological debate . |
| 19 | The gallery at the regional Architecture Centre has been the focus for much of the region 's activity with an attractive and well supported series of exhibitions . |
| 20 | The Dobermann has been the focus of much controversy since being introduced to Britain 50 years ago |
| 21 | This summer it was the scene of the first mass occupation of a plant by strikers in the USA since the 1930s , and has been the focus of much of the non-violent direct action during the seven-month strike . |
| 22 | One concept which has been the focus of much debate in evaluating efficiency is that of the ‘ Quality Adjusted Life Year ’ or QALY developed by the health economist , Alan Williams . |
| 23 | The concept of incest has been the focus of much anthropological study , and by introducing this third variable Todd is able to identify seven family types , which are listed in table 3.1 Within families where the spouses are determined by custom there are two sub-types : in the endogamous community family , there is equality between brothers in matters of inheritance , married sons cohabit with their parents , and there is frequently marriage between the children of brothers ; whereas in asymmetrical community families the first two conditions also hold but marriages between the children of brothers are prohibited , although there may be a preference for marriage between the children of brothers and sisters . |
| 24 | The absence of such a universally adopted standard whereby the human conscience could have been developed to have a significant influence on human behaviour , has been the cause of much failure in efforts to administer justice . |
| 25 | Its location has been the cause of much dispute because the church was brutally destroyed by the Lancastrian army in their sack of the town in 1461 . |
| 26 | Such has been the assumption behind much work in socio-cultural anthropology . |
| 27 | Fowler had been told not to press the old man , but the parentage of Cissie 's baby had been the cause of much of the gossip . |
| 28 | The pros and cons of feeding hedgehogs have been the subject of much debate , but scientific evidence suggests that , even if supplementary food is put out for hedgehogs , they will still hunt on their own account . |
| 29 | As stated above , the problem of desertification has been brought to public attention by famines that have resulted in immense loss of life , especially in the Sahel-Saharan zone of Africa ( reviewed in Glanz 1987 and Mortimore 1989 ) , the causes of which have been the subject of much debate and have recently been reviewed by Hulme ( 1989 ) . |
| 30 | Minor tranquillizers , in particular , have been the subject of much criticism in view of the extent of their prescribing in general practice , their doubtful efficacy and the risks associated with their use ( Catalan and Gath 1985 ) . |