Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [prep] a massive " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past year , unemployment has risen by a massive 47 per cent. , but instead of rising by a similar amount , expenditure in 1991-92 will be 10 per cent . |
| 2 | So called hotting and joyriding around some of the Oxford Estates with stolen cars has contributed to a massive increase in carcrime . |
| 3 | In the last year , the construction level in the province has crumbled by a massive 18.5pc . |
| 4 | However , the most damning indictment of the Conservative government 's record in housing is that it has presided over a massive increase in homelessness . |
| 5 | Today , the pressure to make hay while the sun fitfully shines has led to a massive slump in both public and private standards . |
| 6 | For example , the huge increase in the number of motor vehicles has led to a massive increase in auto-crimes . |
| 7 | For many Japanese the rural areas are now more important for the welcome respite they offer to those seeking temporarily to escape the pressures of city life , for inevitably the mushrooming of industry and commerce has led to a massive increase in the rate of urbanization . |
| 8 | The use of age criteria in redundancy and early retirement schemes has resulted in a massive withdrawal of older workers from the British workforce and a considerable loss of skill and talent . |
| 9 | The spread of the HIV virus has continued on a massive scale throughout the decade , to the point where fears of a global depopulation of Black Death proportions have come to seem more plausible . |