Example sentences of "[art] [noun] have [verb] considerable [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He wrote : ‘ This outcome is very disappointing , as the board has made considerable efforts on your behalf to get the proposals accepted .
2 The decision has caused considerable controversy and been criticized as an excessive response to the problem , but Mayor Jean Baylaucq justified it on the grounds that the bears constituted a threat to animals and humans .
3 Although new medical schools like McMaster in Canada and Maastricht in the Netherlands have had considerable success ( in terms of staff and student satisfaction ) with courses based on self directed , problem based learning , these models may be dismissed as difficult to implement in an existing course .
4 The EPA has received considerable criticism concerning the length of time it takes to set such emission standards .
5 However in the last decade , the industry has experienced considerable change and uncertainty related in part to the UK 's accession to the EEC and uncertainty continues , hampering forward planning and investment .
6 The contest has created considerable interest in the U.K. and has helped to publicise our forthcoming celebrations .
7 In an effort to avoid any financial contact with South Africa , the GLC had devoted considerable attention to its pension fund and the way it was managed .
8 After the talks Goh said that the Sultan had shown considerable interest in joining the FPDA , and that Singapore would welcome and support such a move .
9 Although the NDP had committed considerable resources to Quebec during the 1988 federal elections , it had failed to win any seats east of Ontario [ see pp. 36425 ] and had remained dogged by its image as a party of the more rural western provinces .
10 Here the NHS has made considerable progress in recent years since the introduction of the Appraisal of Options Procedure .
11 The reality , however , is that the Institute has had considerable influence in knocking the rough edges off legislation and practice .
12 When the band have achieved considerable chart success ( when they have sold approximately a million copies of their albums ) , they should consider whether a royalty examination should be done .
13 The Baroness has had considerable influence on the decor ; for example , she insisted on marble rather than wooden floors , and pink walls .
14 The CAB has developed considerable skill in training , as this chapter has demonstrated , and much of it has relevance outside the CAB as well as inside .
15 Although convection in the mantle has attracted considerable support as a likely cause of plate motion , it has also been argued that flow in the asthenosphere may simply be a consequence of the drag exerted by the movement of overlying plates .
16 She was glad to escape ; it had been a working lunch , set up to discuss a new second-year course on the influence of gender on literary style , and the syllabus had provoked considerable opposition from two of her older male colleagues .
17 Cleaning of the fresco has revealed considerable use of gold and lapis lazuli pigment , as well as a pair of blue cherubim , heightened with white in a technique similar to contemporary coloured drawings .
18 However , during the past decade or so , the Polytechnic has made considerable progress and has continued to develop a wide range of degree , sub-degree and professional courses .
19 There was another younger brother ( to whom the father had left considerable treasures ) , Henry , against whom William II and Robert co-operated .
20 The problem is that since the NEP was first put forward the nature of the game has undergone considerable changes .
21 But just as the removal of trees from the lowlands has created considerable opposition from environmentalists so has the policy of planting them across the hillsides .
22 A World Bank official reported that the government had made considerable progress in monetary and exchange rate policies .
23 The existence of sub-sects such as the Zadokites and the Nazareans has generated considerable confusion and uncertainty among biblical scholars .
24 The voting at the special January conference of the League had shown considerable disagreement with adherence to the Unity Manifesto .
25 At the very time that Parliament was debating the garotters , there had been a public sensation when The Liverpool Mercury exposed an eye-witness account of a brutal navy flogging on HMS Majestic in which it was alleged that the officer-in-charge had taken considerable pleasure from the proceedings .
26 Peter Evans , the first non-family chairman to be appointed to the liqueur company when he joined late last year , said yesterday that the company had spent considerable time evaluating its needs in the light of its decision to focus on its core business , the production of Drambuie Liqueur .
27 The school has devoted considerable thought to improving facilities for musical tuition in keeping with its proud record .
28 Because of the high profile of the industries , the reports have aroused considerable interest .
29 The reports have attracted considerable publicity although only a tiny proportion of the reports have been debated in the House .
30 This programme has yielded excellent results and the technology has attracted considerable interest from the data storage industry .
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