Example sentences of "[pron] have been a significant " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others , like the Royal Academy which has been a significant beneficiary of tobacco sponsorship in recent years , see the ban in a gloomy light . |
| 2 | There has been a significant reduction in the numbers of young people placed in residential settings over the past two decades . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | There has been a significant growth in non-elected local government , of local quangos . |
| 5 | There has been a significant shifting of emphasis here . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There has been a significant increase in the amount of sexual violence reported to the police . |
| 11 | In particular there has been a significant expansion of the ‘ downmarket ’ dailies . |
| 12 | It has been found that there has been a significant increase in the villagers ' understanding of all aspects of the disease . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Since 1951 there has been a significant decrease in the labour force participation of older male workers . |
| 15 | Since that report a BMA spokesperson says , ‘ there has been a significant shift in opinion . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Since the 1960s , there has been a significant rise in the proportions of households containing people living alone and single parents with dependent children . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | During the same period there has been a significant overall fall in employment and rise in unemployment , among 16–18-year-olds . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | In recent years there has been a significant growth in interest in the study of children 's training about economic issues . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In the UK , the present position is that microbiological processes are patentable so long as there has been a significant human intervention in the discovery of the organism and its isolation . |
| 28 | For most of the twentieth century , there has been a significant relationship between class and politics . |
| 29 | And after two or three years of ‘ what seemed like free fall ’ in the early 80s , there has been a significant levelling off in the sales graph and the cost base has been radically improved . |
| 30 | Intelligence suggested that personnel had recently returned and there had been a significant increase in the number of aircraft seen and in the locations at which they had been sighted . |