Example sentences of "[verb] [been] a significant [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Salisbury 's active and generous support of the BDA and of the deaf community as a whole has been a significant factor in the development of the Association in recent years . |
| 2 | For most of the twentieth century , there has been a significant relationship between class and politics . |
| 3 | Since the 1960s , there has been a significant rise in the proportions of households containing people living alone and single parents with dependent children . |
| 4 | There will no longer be a requirement to include an accountant 's report in listing particulars or circulars unless there has been a significant change in the company 's financial position within the last three financial years , or its accounts in any of those three years have been qualified . |
| 5 | Mr. Chairman , nineteen eighty nine has been a significant year for the voluntary sector , and we have witnessed some important developments , including the publication of the White Paper , Charities , a Framework for the Future . |
| 6 | There has been a significant reduction in the numbers of young people placed in residential settings over the past two decades . |
| 7 | In particular there has been a significant expansion of the ‘ downmarket ’ dailies . |
| 8 | Increased co-operation between states has been a significant feature of the post-1945 world order , reflecting the reduced ability of states to act autonomously in the global arena . |
| 9 | Yes erm when this policy has been a significant issue in dealing with either the local plan or er |
| 10 | The same is true if he wishes to make a plot of the total energy of the aircraft to establish where there has been a significant increase or decrease in thrust or drag . |
| 11 | There has been a significant increase in the amount of sexual violence reported to the police . |
| 12 | It has been found that there has been a significant increase in the villagers ' understanding of all aspects of the disease . |
| 13 | As with the use of acute beds there has been a significant increase in utilisation by older people during the years 1976 — 86 . |
| 14 | Yet the proportion of the total population aged 65 and over in this category is estimated from the NDHS for each Authority and is now ten years out of date , during which period there has been a significant increase in the numbers of elderly , including the very old . |
| 15 | The success of Britain ‘ s efforts within Europe can therefore largely be judged in terms of the rate at which trade has expanded between Member States , the extent to which this has been based on free and fair competition , and on whether there has been a significant increase in trade between countries of the EEC and the world outside . |
| 16 | Since 1951 there has been a significant decrease in the labour force participation of older male workers . |
| 17 | In recognition of this fact , there has been a significant entrance of women into mainstream media — much more in western than in Third World countries , but to a noticeable extent in the latter as well . |
| 18 | There has been a significant growth in non-elected local government , of local quangos . |
| 19 | In recent years there has been a significant growth in interest in the study of children 's training about economic issues . |
| 20 | If I may hark back to the answer that I gave to the right hon. Member for Morley and Leeds , South ( Mr. Rees ) , one of the areas on which there has been a significant concentration by the Government and the security forces in recent years is the financial resources available to terrorists — I hasten to say on both sides of the community . |
| 21 | Housing of all types has been a significant source of work for Grove in 1992 , ranging from the Housing Association project at St James ’ Hospital , London to the infrastructure at Maidenbower Village in Crawley where the design of the major relief road in the town centre is now about complete . |
| 22 | There has been a significant shifting of emphasis here . |
| 23 | The reason for this is that Germany 's huge trade surplus is overwhelmingly with the Community ( approx. 70% of it was with the EC , although in late 1991 , there has been a significant drop , albeit temporarily , in Germany 's surplus ) . |
| 24 | It appears to us all that there has been a significant drop in the numbers of telephone enquiries coming in to the Library since the new system went in . |
| 25 | With the demolition of so much property at the centre of Birkenhead there has been a significant decline in the number of St Laurence 's parishioners . |
| 26 | Although it would be difficult to document the generalisation , it seems to me that there has been a significant decline , over the past ten or fifteen years , in the degree of confidence in the scope and security of foundations in both psychology and linguistics . |
| 27 | However , the proportion of women who are full-time housewives has significantly dropped during the post-war period and , since married women who have paid employment spend less time on housework than those without paid work , this means that overall , there has been a significant decline in the amount of time the average woman will spend doing housework . |
| 28 | That prior to despatch of the Information memorandum we have the right to renegotiate the fee scale triggers should it be apparent that there has been a significant decline in land values . |
| 29 | Since that report a BMA spokesperson says , ‘ there has been a significant shift in opinion . |
| 30 | 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 . |