Example sentences of "have been a [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been a problem in metabolite measurements when using enzyme electrodes . |
| 2 | 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 ] . |
| 3 | A spokeswoman said : ‘ Although some staff have been allowed to take unpaid leave before , there has been a change in emphasis . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | One tangible response to the need for improved responsiveness has been a change in approach to how organisational structures facilitate the company 's mission . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Th that has been what 's happened , there has been a reduction in migration flow . |
| 10 | The result has been a reduction in party funds , which have been almost exclusively derived from membership , of about 15 per cent . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Every time this matter 's been before either committee or council there has been a majority in favour of the merger principles . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Sales of traditional industrial life insurance policies plunged by half , but there has been a growth in endowment policies . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | There has been a collapse in confidence , soaring repossessions and a reluctance by households to borrow more and trade up . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Bell , however , offers no direct evidence to substantiate the claim that there has been a shift in demand to services . |
| 28 | I agree that there has been a drop in investment , but this is a good time to invest in building — whether in property , in house building , for industry , in extensions or in repair work . |
| 29 | The event provided the opportunity to have a close-up look at part of the farming enterprise of John Gittins who has been a pioneer in land reclamation and has also spearheaded the development of commercial crossbred sheep that have put millions of pounds in the pockets of fellow farmers . |
| 30 | The event provided the opportunity to have a close-up look at part of the farming enterprise of John Gittins who has been a pioneer in land reclamation and has also spearheaded the development of commercial crossbred sheep that have put millions of pounds in the pockets of fellow farmers . |