Example sentences of "there [verb] been [adj] decline " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , there has been less decline — and some growth — in certain areas outside the major cities . |
| 2 | In addition , a proportion of the courses offered are sandwich courses , either of the ‘ thick ’ or ‘ thin ’ variety , though there has been some decline in the relative proportion of sandwich courses available over recent years . |
| 3 | There has been some decline in the number of claims , but the cost of claims continues to escalate . |
| 4 | He was the product of an actual family experience ; his father had fought for the South in the Civil War and there had been some decline from gentility , but he was as much a product of family myth . |
| 5 | The 1844 Report hints however that there had been some decline in standards at the lower end of the School , and urged that " prior to admission the Boys should be able to read and write and have learned the first principles of English grammar . |
| 6 | There have been dramatic declines of a few bird species as a result of using some chemicals , and perhaps more subtle and long-term changes as a result of the simplification of the plant community of farmland arising from cropping changes and the widespread use of increasingly sophisticated herbicides . |