Example sentences of "has [been] a significant " in BNC.

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1 There has been a significant reduction in the numbers of young people placed in residential settings over the past two decades .
2 The reason for this is that Germany 's huge trade surplus is overwhelmingly with the Community ( approx. 70% of it was with the EC , although in late 1991 , there has been a significant drop , albeit temporarily , in Germany 's surplus ) .
3 Personal correspondence has been a significant means of direction down the years .
4 There has been a significant growth in non-elected local government , of local quangos .
5 There has been a significant shifting of emphasis here .
6 With the demolition of so much property at the centre of Birkenhead there has been a significant decline in the number of St Laurence 's parishioners .
7 Although it would be difficult to document the generalisation , it seems to me that there has been a significant decline , over the past ten or fifteen years , in the degree of confidence in the scope and security of foundations in both psychology and linguistics .
8 There will no longer be a requirement to include an accountant 's report in listing particulars or circulars unless there has been a significant change in the company 's financial position within the last three financial years , or its accounts in any of those three years have been qualified .
9 The same is true if he wishes to make a plot of the total energy of the aircraft to establish where there has been a significant increase or decrease in thrust or drag .
10 There has been a significant increase in the amount of sexual violence reported to the police .
11 In particular there has been a significant expansion of the ‘ downmarket ’ dailies .
12 It has been found that there has been a significant increase in the villagers ' understanding of all aspects of the disease .
13 In recognition of this fact , there has been a significant entrance of women into mainstream media — much more in western than in Third World countries , but to a noticeable extent in the latter as well .
14 Others , like the Royal Academy which has been a significant beneficiary of tobacco sponsorship in recent years , see the ban in a gloomy light .
15 Since 1951 there has been a significant decrease in the labour force participation of older male workers .
16 As with the use of acute beds there has been a significant increase in utilisation by older people during the years 1976 — 86 .
17 Since that report a BMA spokesperson says , ‘ there has been a significant shift in opinion .
18 However , the proportion of women who are full-time housewives has significantly dropped during the post-war period and , since married women who have paid employment spend less time on housework than those without paid work , this means that overall , there has been a significant decline in the amount of time the average woman will spend doing housework .
19 Since the 1960s , there has been a significant rise in the proportions of households containing people living alone and single parents with dependent children .
20 Yet the proportion of the total population aged 65 and over in this category is estimated from the NDHS for each Authority and is now ten years out of date , during which period there has been a significant increase in the numbers of elderly , including the very old .
21 Again , here , the social relationships of the professional market have persisted , but there has been a significant and growing development of some new relations , within an increasingly capitalized corporate sector .
22 Empirically however , the last century has been dominated by a major movement of people away from the countryside , although in the past 10 or 20 years there has been a significant repopulation of rural areas .
23 Lord Salisbury 's active and generous support of the BDA and of the deaf community as a whole has been a significant factor in the development of the Association in recent years .
24 Increased co-operation between states has been a significant feature of the post-1945 world order , reflecting the reduced ability of states to act autonomously in the global arena .
25 During the same period there has been a significant overall fall in employment and rise in unemployment , among 16–18-year-olds .
26 The success of Britain ‘ s efforts within Europe can therefore largely be judged in terms of the rate at which trade has expanded between Member States , the extent to which this has been based on free and fair competition , and on whether there has been a significant increase in trade between countries of the EEC and the world outside .
27 If I may hark back to the answer that I gave to the right hon. Member for Morley and Leeds , South ( Mr. Rees ) , one of the areas on which there has been a significant concentration by the Government and the security forces in recent years is the financial resources available to terrorists — I hasten to say on both sides of the community .
28 In recent years there has been a significant growth in interest in the study of children 's training about economic issues .
29 That prior to despatch of the Information memorandum we have the right to renegotiate the fee scale triggers should it be apparent that there has been a significant decline in land values .
30 It appears to us all that there has been a significant drop in the numbers of telephone enquiries coming in to the Library since the new system went in .
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