Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [art] dramatic [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this reassuring message from history that disruptive behaviour is not an event peculiar to contemporary education and recent evidence that there has been no dramatic increase in such behaviour , it has to be acknowledged that anxiety about disruptive behaviour has increased . |
| 2 | Among the small land birds , an obvious change in the last half century has been a dramatic turn round in the fortunes of two birds in the bunting family . |
| 3 | As my hon. Friend rightly pointed out , no patient in his area waits for more than two years and there has been a dramatic fall in the number of those who have to wait a year . |
| 4 | Matching the change in the range of qualifications of school-leavers has been a dramatic transformation in the youth labour market in a little over a decade . |
| 5 | There has been a dramatic expansion of participation , and there are more mature and part-time students and more people working their way towards qualifications on the basis of credit accumulation and transfer . |
| 6 | On each occasion the initial stage has been a dramatic success and the final outcome a categorical failure — responsible in my judgment for the defeat both of Mr Heath 's and Mr Callaghan 's governments . |
| 7 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper Edmund Peel explained that there has been a dramatic change in the law on capital gains tax in Spain this year . |
| 8 | Recently there has been a dramatic widening of vision . |
| 9 | Over the last few years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of rigs available from shops . |
| 10 | In recent years , there has been a dramatic increase , amounting to a veritable explosion , in both the number and proportion of defendants who are committed for trial at the Crown Court in respect of triable either way offences . |
| 11 | There has been a dramatic increase in knee injuries since the '70s , when it was more common to break a leg ; serious knee sprains , probably involving torn ligaments , are at least ten times more likely than broken legs — mainly because bindings now release when they are meant to and boots give greater support to the lower leg and ankle . |
| 12 | As a result , there has been a dramatic increase in the number of occasions when councillors ignore the advice of their planning officers , override statutory planning policies and permit houses in the most inappropriate places . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman well knows that there has been a dramatic increase in national health service spending on any measure one cares to take , far and above the amount necessary either to keep pace with the general level of inflation or to keep pace with the level of inflation in medical costs . |
| 14 | In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people undergoing vocational training in France . |
| 15 | ‘ There has been a dramatic improvement in the quality of teams and players in the First Division . |
| 16 | But Wilkinson , one-time teacher , added : ‘ There has been a dramatic improvement in the last six weeks . ’ |
| 17 | There has been a dramatic improvement in staying-on rates since 1979 . |
| 18 | Secondly , there has been a dramatic erosion in the value of the children 's allowance which they receive as part of their national insurance benefit — the child dependency addition . |
| 19 | Lawyers are currently handling a record number of claims against doctors , and the result has been a dramatic shift towards ‘ defensive ’ medicine US-style . |
| 20 | There has been a dramatic shift of population since the 1950s : hunting-and-fishing settlements gave way to small towns . |
| 21 | It might be noted at this point that in recent years there has been a dramatic growth in the volume of business conducted in the interbank market and this has become a major source of liquidity for banks . |
| 22 | There has been a dramatic drop in unemployment , tremendous inward investment and people are increasingly aware of the quality of the North-East and the prospects of the North-East . |
| 23 | The effect has been a dramatic speed-up of evolution . |
| 24 | The most striking change between 1975 and 1988 has been the dramatic fall in youth employment from 60% to 20% . |
| 25 | There 's been a dramatic rise in share prices . |
| 26 | and within the last say twenty five years there 's been a dramatic change in the young people 's way of thinking , maybe more of them have gone to university than they did the previous twenty five years and that there is such a difference now than there was that I mean for instance if there was a war there would n't , there would be far more conscientious objectors than there ever was before far more than erm young man saying no I 'm going to fight for my country , be patriotic I do n't think you would find , for instance , the youth of this country so patriotic as they was in the last war , your country needs you . |
| 27 | Because there 's been a dramatic increase in traffic in recent years we need to assess the impact on the river 's special environment . |