Example sentences of "been a [noun] in [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Secretary of State did not tell us that there had been a change in circumstances since the Government rejected the Prior report . |
| 2 | ( a ) where there has been a change in circumstances of an exceptional and specific nature ( but a change in general economic , industrial or political circumstances will not justify failure to proceed with an announced offer ) ; |
| 3 | ‘ And that 's something else you do n't know , there 's been a revolution in buses as well . |
| 4 | Trains are n't what they were , there 's been a revolution in trains . ’ |
| 5 | In the main it causes few problems , but in recent years there has been a rise in cases that cause conflict for the advice worker . |
| 6 | The initiative has been a success in terms of sales . |
| 7 | However , there had been a fall in profits necessitating a cost-cutting exercise . |
| 8 | There has been a transformation in terms of attitude , in terms of product , in terms of quality and in terms of price . |
| 9 | But given the fixed level of those overall resources , the inevitable result has been a reduction in resources for the remainder of the school population . |
| 10 | There had been a shortfall in applicants and in funds : |
| 11 | For example , in the teaching of English it was observed that ‘ inadequate assessment procedures have long been a weakness in schools reflecting uncertainties about aims , objectives and what constitutes progress ’ . |
| 12 | There was initial optimism that there had been a breakthrough in relations between Syria and Israel , but by Aug. 27 , Palestinian negotiators were expressing disappointment at the detailed autonomy proposals presented by the new Labour government . |
| 13 | It means divorces last year fell to 179,000 , the first time there has ever been a drop in petitions . |
| 14 | The statistical expansion of recorded crimes and a success largely determined by detection rates support the inevitable institutional contention that more control is a necessity , and has been a corner-stone in police ideology for the whole of my service . |
| 15 | ‘ It appears there has been a breakdown in communications , ’ said a TSB spokeswoman last night . |
| 16 | ‘ We agree there has been a breakdown in communications but hope that from now on we can work together in an open and constructive manner towards our common goal a first class haematology unit run by a first class team of doctors and nurses . |
| 17 | Since then , however , there has been a decline in numbers and in 1981–2 enrolments totalled some 5,400 . |
| 18 | In the case of ITV and BBC1 there has been a decline in numbers . |
| 19 | If , in Australian Knitting Mills Ltd. v. Grant [ 1936 ] A.C. 85 , the plaintiff had been a babe in arms less than 12 months old , who had worn the defective singlet instead of Dr. Grant , could the action have been defeated by the knitting mills proving that the mills negligently manufactured the goods before the infant plaintiff was born ? |
| 20 | Although the incidence of gastric cancer is declining worldwide , especially in the developed countries of North America , Europe , and Japan , there have been several recent reports showing that there has been an increase in carcinomas of the cardia compared with carcinomas in the antrum . |
| 21 | self-sufficient in poultry meat , although there has been an increase in imports of whole frozen chickens , which have penetrated the market . |
| 22 | it might not be blatantly obvious to them that there , there 's been an improvement in communications . |