Example sentences of "have been [art] [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There has been no strike in agriculture since 1923 and the instinct of the farm worker is to shun rather than seek the kind of publicity which would be required to engender public support for his cause . |
| 2 | There has been no strike in agriculture in England since 1923 . |
| 3 | This right does not arise under the SGA where the contract provides for delivery in more than one consignment , since there has been no breach in respect of goods not yet delivered , however reasonable it is for the buyer to fear that there will be in the future . |
| 4 | But the figures in both groups indicate that there has been no decrease in housewor k time over this period . |
| 5 | This has been a problem in metabolite measurements when using enzyme electrodes . |
| 6 | Since then , there has been a fall in prevalence among boys ( from 13% in 1984 to 8% in 1988 ) and less markedly among girls ( from 13% to 11% ) [ 5 ] . |
| 7 | A spokeswoman said : ‘ Although some staff have been allowed to take unpaid leave before , there has been a change in emphasis . |
| 8 | Recently there has been a change in emphasis within the textile industry from Europe to the Far East , and CAC has had to react to this new situation . |
| 9 | In the light of the arguments which have been put forward about the size of the constituency can we take it that there has been a change in Government principle on the boundary reorganisation ? |
| 10 | One tangible response to the need for improved responsiveness has been a change in approach to how organisational structures facilitate the company 's mission . |
| 11 | Whether we like it or not , we , we 've got elderly people to look after , a lot of them , and whether we like it or not , there has been a change in attitude of the government . |
| 12 | The engineer in charge reports that the firm has made great efforts recently to get some new equipment , but there has been a delay in delivery . |
| 13 | Th that has been what 's happened , there has been a reduction in migration flow . |
| 14 | The result has been a reduction in party funds , which have been almost exclusively derived from membership , of about 15 per cent . |
| 15 | Certainly there has been a slump in revenue as competition and discounts bite , but the implication is that if IBM can somehow improve its margins again , the mainframe business will remain a money-spinner . |
| 16 | Every time this matter 's been before either committee or council there has been a majority in favour of the merger principles . |
| 17 | I have received the recent excellent report by the CBI 's manufacturing advisory group which showed that there has been a transformation in manufacturing performance during the 1980s . |
| 18 | I have received the recent excellent report by the CBI 's manufacturing advisory group which showed that there has been a transformation in manufacturing performance during the 1980s . |
| 19 | Moreover it is difficult , if not impossible , to determine whether the third defendant and the third party are liable in respect of the same damage until there has been a trial in order to determine what , if any , damage they are each liable for . |
| 20 | Problems abound in measuring income distribution and although there has been a reversal in equality trends since the mid-1970s , middle-class identity in Japan is more closely related to earning middling incomes than attachment to class specific values . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Sales of traditional industrial life insurance policies plunged by half , but there has been a growth in endowment policies . |
| 23 | THERE has been a surge in north-east Scotland farm sales in the first three months of this year , according to Aberdeen and Northern , who claim to be Scotland 's largest farm agency . |
| 24 | If for any reason the balance is not received by us by the due date , we reserve the right to cancel bookings covered by the Confirmation and account and levy a cancellation charge as though there has been a cancellation in accordance with paragraph 4 . |
| 25 | Lucy says it has been a lesson in sympathy to begin again as a ‘ new ’ teacher , finding a way to pull our work more into line with the current fitness scene . |
| 26 | All this evidence strongly suggests that ( h ) has been a variable in English for many centuries : [ h ] -loss may have gone to completion in some varieties at particular times and places , but in general speech communities have used the variation over these centuries for stylistic and social marking . |
| 27 | There has been a collapse in confidence , soaring repossessions and a reluctance by households to borrow more and trade up . |
| 28 | He was so strong a character — and he meant so much to me — that although it 's many many years since I worked with him , he was in a way always there — it has been a strength in reserve — that there was Basil if you needed him . |
| 29 | From a slightly different perspective , there has been a shift in emphasis among some councils towards seeking to influence the wider environments within which they find themselves rather than concentrating on direct service provision . |
| 30 | Consequently , there has been a shift in concern away from whether we will survive financially or socially to how much we can reduce financial and other kinds of uncertainty . |