Example sentences of "there has [adv] been a great " in BNC.

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1 Within the marine environment itself some palaeontologists believe that the overall richness of the marine fauna was established early on , say by the Silurian period , and that there has not been a great increase in the total number of species living in the sea at any one time since then , although of course the kinds of organisms inhabiting the sea have changed many times .
2 This high incidence of viral infection is perhaps all the more surprising since there has not been a great deal of flu around this winter so far , and many sufferers no doubt believed that they were going to escape altogether .
3 ‘ Israel has fled before the Philistines , and there has also been a great slaughter among the people ; your two sons also , Hophni and Phinehas , are dead , and the ark of God has been captured . ’
4 There has also been a great deal of adulation which is perhaps even more harmful for it generates mysticism .
5 With greater individual involvement , there has also been a great increase in the number of links with universities and other outside research centres .
6 Investment banking although this year it 's a very different difficult environment for investment banking particularly a house that concentrates on , on corporate finance er there has n't been a great deal of M and A activity and if , if there has it has n't been a very high erm very high ticket .
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