Example sentences of "have been [art] [num] " in BNC.

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1 Only Hungary — a superbly well managed economy by CMEA standards — has taken the plunge and restored direction to its flagging reform efforts ( a direct consequence of which has been a 79 per cent increase in the consumer price index between 1979–1983 ) .
2 There has been a 26 per cent .
3 As was pointed out to him in that interview , this year there has been a 7.1 per cent .
4 ‘ The lessons are available to everyone and there has been a 75 per cent take up , ’ said , marketing services manager and one of the participants .
5 Will the Minister confirm that since 1979 there has been a 37 per cent .
6 Thank you Chairman , I , I , I 'm rather amazed actually , at Colonel 's er , comments because er , in Stratton St Margaret there has been a sixty-one percent increase in crime , and a four and a half percent detection , decrease in the detection and prosecution of crime , and I was absolutely amazed when he come out with the figure that there 's going to be a seven hundred and fifty- three thousand pound shortfall in the police budget , when on the radio , in my car this morning , from a very reputable source of Wiltshire , there was a police officer on there this morning , saying how good they were in producing a freebee newspaper for distribution to every household in the county , to show the police offi , the Chief Constable 's report this year .
7 Is my right hon. Friend aware that that means that since 1979 there has been a two thirds increase in capital spending compared with a cut of one third when Labour was in power ?
8 If that were not enough , there has been a 72 per cent increase in the number of people thrown out of their homes because they could not afford their mortgage repayments .
9 Since 1961 there has been a 19 per cent decrease in the mortality rates for males aged 65 — 74 .
10 The result has been a 51 per cent reduction in waste with the added benefits of lower energy and water consumption , a drop in carbon dioxide emissions and a saving of US$1 million a year in operational costs .
11 Nationally there has been a 12 per cent drop .
12 We could then have enjoyed benefits such as those evident in Southend — where there has been a 9 per cent .
13 There has been a 600 per cent .
14 The 26-year-old Shannon clubman , an inspirational figure in Irish rugby 's long overdue renaissance said : ‘ It was great to get the try , but it has been a 15 man effort all along the line .
15 I do not doubt the figures and I welcome the fact that , on average , there has been a 33 per cent .
16 They include the deregulation of labour markets , where there has been a 29 per cent .
17 Dixon reports : ‘ In the last 12 months , there has been a 30 per cent rise in the number of fans from the younger age group attending our shows .
18 Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that under Conservative rule there has been a 30 per cent .
19 There has been a 30–40 per cent reduction in the amount of fat on pigs over the last 10 years , ’ says Professor James .
20 Is the Minister aware that since 1988 in the city of Liverpool there has been a 48 per cent .
21 There has been an 85 per cent .
22 Another interesting aspect has been the two bridges which span approximately 24 metres .
23 ‘ Cricket has been the one sport that has brought people together .
24 For the past seven years , Bates has been the one constant factor in the British Davis Cup team for since his debut against Portugal in 1985 he has never missed a match and has played singles on every occasion .
25 And then I have n't got space now , but here you 'd have a millionth , six noughts that 'd been a million .
26 You see there 'd been the nineteen fourteen eighteen War , then there 'd there was the strike , and er I started to work and I had to go to work .
27 He had wanted children for years : not having them had been the one drawback to marrying late .
28 The place was heaving when we arrived ; there must have been a thousand people squashed into the confines of the Blue Angel club , all waiting to do three minutes for Les Cox and his production team , sitting invisibly beyond the strong footlights on the small stage .
29 That must have been a one off .
30 There must have been a hundred of them — three flocks together — scrabbling over the stones , stretching out their necks and bleating .
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