Example sentences of "year there has been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nevertheless , in the last 20 years there has been a sharp increase in the production and sale of smokeless tobacco in some developed countries . |
| 2 | Which is not to say that popular humour in the States is particularly nice : in recent years there has been a great demand for in-your-face racist , ethnic and misogynist stuff , as typified on the respectable side by Jackie Mason and on the unholy by Andrew Dice Clay . |
| 3 | In recent years there has been a great increase in the use of active compounds . |
| 4 | Hosts : Horses and donkeys Site : Caecum and colon Species : For many years there has been a great deal of confusion in the classification of this group of parasites and in a recent revision it has been proposed that the genus Trichonema be discarded and replaced by four genera , namely Cyathostomum , Cylicocyclus , Cylicodontophorus and Cylicostephanus , these being collectively referred to as cyathostomes . |
| 5 | In fact , although over the past forty years there has been a major transformation of the Yugoslav economy , inter-regional differences are at least as great as they were before , and in some cases even greater . |
| 6 | For several years there has been a major breed improvement and production scheme in France to increase its genetic merit and select the best breeding stock from a nucleus of 45,000 recorded cows . |
| 7 | In recent years there has been a major media hype about the supposed increase of government funding of initiatives in West Belfast . |
| 8 | In recent years there has been a tremendous drive to keep elderly persons in their own homes for as long as possible , by giving close support to relatives and friends and by providing support from community services such as home helps and ‘ meals-on-wheels ’ . |
| 9 | In recent years there has been a strong demand for the Galloway from Germany , especially for low-cost meat production on upland heaths and lowland swamps where the typical German dual-purpose breeds need to be brought inside for the winter and need better grazing . |
| 10 | In the last few years there has been a strong demand from Germany as well , but on the whole it has been a home breed rather than a traveller . |
| 11 | For example , Bradley et al. ( 1987a ) have suggested that for the last 30–40 years there has been a general decrease in precipitation in low-latitudes of the northern hemisphere which are in accord with General Circulation Model ( GCM ) predictions based on doubled carbon dioxide levels . |
| 12 | Over the last half-dozen years there has been a quiet revolution in the water industry as this simple realization has dawned upon engineers , farmers , digger-drivers , and even the legislators in Westminster . |
| 13 | Over recent years there has been a growing realization that the development of communicative competence is crucially a methodological matter , but we also need a rationale in support of such a shift of focus . |
| 14 | During recent years there has been a growing debate over the merits of the two principle architectures for computer design , CISCs ( complex instruction set computers ) and RISCs ( reduced instruction set computers ) . |
| 15 | Over the last 4–5 years there has been a considerable amount of activity in the colony due to the expiry of the lease in 1997 when the land on which the colony has been built reverts back to its previous owner the Republic of China . |
| 16 | For many years there has been a considerable amount of interest in the extent to which industrial relations play a significant role in explaining variations in economic performance . |
| 17 | In recent years there has been a considerable growth in the use of microcomputers for the analysis of qualitative data . |
| 18 | Over the past fifty years there has been a massive expansion in the extent and importance of fraud . |
| 19 | However , during the past three or four years there has been a gross deterioration in farmers ' incomes . |
| 20 | However , in recent years there has been a mounting tendency for civil servants to ‘ leak ’ information to the press . |
| 21 | Over the last few years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of rigs available from shops . |
| 22 | It might be noted at this point that in recent years there has been a dramatic growth in the volume of business conducted in the interbank market and this has become a major source of liquidity for banks . |
| 23 | In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people undergoing vocational training in France . |
| 24 | They have come from every country on earth … of late years there has been a remarkable influx of Jews into Palestine , but the Turkish government are striving to hinder their settlement by every means in their power . ’ |
| 25 | During the last ten years there has been a rapid growth in availability of computer-based online information retrieval systems . |
| 26 | In the last five years there has been a clear commitment from the Nursery/First , Middle and Comprehensive schools to work in a co-operative and supportive way , resulting in a pyramid of schools developing coherence and continuity for young people in the area from the ages 3–16 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | In recent years there has been a significant growth in interest in the study of children 's training about economic issues . |
| 29 | Ciba-Geigy runs company management courses and in recent years there has been a steady increase in the number of women in these courses . |
| 30 | In recent years there has been a steady accumulation of evidence that personality and allied affective factors play a crucial role in determining subject choice and student success . |