Example sentences of "there [verb] been a [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand , there has been a redefinition and tightening of formal controls , but on the other , there has been a simultaneous and sometimes incompatible thrust towards more management autonomy . |
| 2 | In the long term , there has been a gradual but clearly identifiable change in the attitude of British business since the Second World War , which may be summed up in a single word : management . |
| 3 | 3.13 The best way to form a view on the current level of damages for pain and suffering simpliciter is to study recent awards for minor injuries , where there has been a complete or almost complete recovery . |
| 4 | In particular , there has been a major and disproportionate increase in shoplifting ( 3 per cent of theft in 1945 , compared with 14 per cent in 1978 ) and in thefts from , and of , motor vehicles . |
| 5 | As a result , there has been a demographic and social differentiation of rural areas that reflects their economic and social functions . |
| 6 | There has been a long and fruitful interplay between the two branches : Pure Mathematics develops methods used in Applied Mathematics ; Applied Mathematics has in turn raised problems which have ultimately led to the creation of whole areas of Pure Mathematics . |
| 7 | There has been a long and rather pointless debate on this question . |
| 8 | If the Minister had given those figures , would they not have shown — especially those relating to the number convicted of terrorist offences — that , over the past decade , there has been a consistent and significant decline in the number of people convicted ? |
| 9 | In Britain , there has been a steady but unpublicised increase in its use in police investigation over the past 15 years . |
| 10 | The right hon. Gentleman will be aware that there has been a steady and substantial increase in resources for all kinds of community care — be it day places for the mentally ill or for those with learning disabilities , or increased resources for home help . |
| 11 | Clearly there needs to be some measure of self-control in these situations , but it is easier if there has been a clear and prior agreement that disputes will be handled in this way . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | First and foremost , there has been a remarkable and outstanding growth in the social security budget for residential care . |
| 14 | Nevertheless there has been a slow but perceptible change in the basis of such control , which is no longer in the hands of particular landowning families and individuals as such , but part of the duties of the office to which they have been elected . |
| 15 | There has been a long-standing and vigorous tradition of modern Languages provision on the PGCE course . |
| 16 | While on the part of the state there has been a continual and almost unlimited welcome for the mining multinationals , there has been an increasing sophistication in the response by communities confronted by them . |
| 17 | In Norway and Denmark there continue to be high levels of popular support for state-provided welfare but there has been a marked and sustained shift against state control and intervention in the economy . |
| 18 | There has been a marked and regrettable increase in reports from the town over the past year concerning the behaviour of students . |
| 19 | In a review article of the findings of Marxist , Keynesian and monetarist scholars , Burgess and Webb concluded in 1974 that , first , ‘ there has been a marked and persistent decline in pre-tax profit shares since the mid-1950s . |
| 20 | However , there had been a long and consistent course of dealing which was adhered to on this occasion . |
| 21 | All the reports agreed that there had been a gradual but marked increase in the intensity of activity on Krakatoa during the three days preceding the twenty-sixth . |
| 22 | Also , after the Jacobite Wars there had been a gradual but continuing improvement of the main roads in Britain . |
| 23 | Indeed , according to Louis Lomax , there had occurred ‘ The Negro Revolt ’ , meaning that there had been a gradual but discernible rejection of the notion of blacks as inferior and a series of social movements orchestrated to sound this ( 1963 ) . |
| 24 | This research suggested , however , that there had been a recent and substantial increase in the proportion of young women gaining formal , employment related qualifications . |
| 25 | But then , having thrown away the chance of greater equality , women gradually proceeded to win it back by devious ways until by 1960 there had been a stealthy but profound erosion of male dominance with hardly a male being yet aware of it . |
| 26 | Although he differentiated his position from that of Draper , suggesting that the struggle had been between science and dogmatic theology rather than between science and religion , A. D. White insisted that there had been a theological and a scientific view of every question , invariably at odds . |
| 27 | Chairman Eddie Slinger said : ‘ The committee took the view that there had been a deliberate and flagrant breach of Board regulations which Mr Lamb admitted were designed not only for the benefit of the Board but all registered cricketers . |
| 28 | After last night 's hour-long meeting at the CRC offices , Mr McNeill said there had been a full and frank exchange of views , but declined to add anything . |
| 29 | After last night 's hour-long meeting at the CRC offices , Mr McNeill said there had been a full and frank exchange of views , but declined to add anything . |
| 30 | Taylor wrote it because he considered that there had been a careless and needless neglect of hearing confessions in the Church of England . |