Example sentences of "[noun] there [verb] been a significant " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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total population aged 65 and over in this category is estimated from the NDHS for each Authority and is now ten years out of date , during which period there has been a significant increase in the numbers of elderly , including the very old . |
| 2 | During the same period there has been a significant overall fall in employment and rise in unemployment , among 16–18-year-olds . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In recent years there has been a significant growth in interest in the study of children 's training about economic issues . |
| 5 | Although a significant feature of the 1990 accounts was the substantial fall in the value of investments there had been a significant recovery of the losses so far in 1991 : |
| 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 . |