Example sentences of "there has [be] considerable [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 There has been considerable criticism of the rigid cut-off date ( which does not apply in Scotland , where all buildings over thirty years old are eligible for listing ) .
2 In recent years there has been considerable discussion of the role of the Sovereign in the eventuality of a hung Parliament , such as that of 1929–31 , and the general conclusion has been that her role is essentially a passive one .
3 There has been considerable discussion of the legal enforcement of school attendance in recent years , and wide disagreement about the effectiveness or otherwise of the law .
4 In recent years there has been considerable discussion of the extent to which university research addresses industrial needs .
5 There has been considerable revival of interest in the behaviour of the British Economy during the interwar period .
6 I think that it would be helpful now if I described in some detail what the effect of the banding arrangements will be , as there has been considerable misunderstanding of the provisions .
7 In Britain there has been considerable development of teaching aids for online education and training .
8 Although all of us are deeply concerned to know precisely what happened in East Timor , will she bear it in mind that , since Indonesia took over East Timor a few years ago , there has been considerable development of the infrastructure in that country , and that , although no one condones that massacre , we must know what has been going on before we adopt the language that we heard from the Labour party ?
9 In the debates over the last twenty years there has been considerable interplay of theological and sociological reasoning , with social scientists also contributing to papers and discussions .
10 There has been considerable analysis of carer strain with a variety of different indices employed ( for a useful summary see Gilleard , 1984 ) .
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