Example sentences of "[ex0] has [be] considerable " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last three decades there has been considerable success for auctioneering , both in terms of money and also in prestige . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There has been considerable concern over the sooty specks ( particulates ) from diesel exhausts as a possible cause of cancer . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In the past there has been considerable dispute between teachers and their employers over the teachers ' role in the collecting of dinner money and the supervision of children during the mid-day break . |
| 7 | There has been considerable restoration here . |
| 8 | There has been considerable repair on the gallery and woodwork has been replaced . |
| 9 | In spite of low population pressure in an aggregate sense , there has been considerable degradation and erosion in the clay-rich soils which are usually the most fertile , and also in the north where rainfall intensities and runoff tend to be higher ( Robinson 1978b : 15 ) . |
| 10 | Since 1977 , for reasons suggested in the last chapter , there has been considerable concern among both politicians and the public with the utility of education to society . |
| 11 | There has been considerable analysis of carer strain with a variety of different indices employed ( for a useful summary see Gilleard , 1984 ) . |
| 12 | There has been considerable debate about the supportability of those living alone . |
| 13 | There has been considerable concern about the use of β-blocking drugs in diabetic patients in connection with hypoglycaemia and the peripheral circulation . |
| 14 | There has been considerable discontent among teachers over pay and conditions . |
| 15 | In recent years , there has been considerable private sector intervention in secondary level education and vocational and technical training , mainly by the large mining companies . |
| 16 | Recently , there has been considerable national publicity and extensive media coverage demonstrating increasing public concern about self-medication , and about the adverse effects of ‘ multi-prescription ’ . |
| 17 | Inevitably there has been considerable speculation on the causes and implications of urban disturbances . |
| 18 | There has been considerable development in housing since the creation of the LDDC in 1981 . |
| 19 | There is an approximation to this for all of these samples , but clearly there has been considerable bone loss from even the most complete bone assemblages . |
| 20 | In Britain there has been considerable development of teaching aids for online education and training . |
| 21 | Apart from these four principal strategies , there is one further experiment in Buxtehude over whose implementation there has been considerable controversy . |
| 22 | The assumption is made that dissatisfied workers are more likely to leave the one job for another , take time off , or go on strike , but there has been considerable debate about all three measures , and there are cogent reasons for doubting that any of them serve as adequate indicators of job satisfaction . |
| 23 | But in accounting , at least , Mr Aimetti thinks that there has been considerable progress over the past 10 years : ‘ With some adjustments , we are all following the Americans . ’ |
| 24 | There has been considerable comment , usually negative , about the waves of elderly people who in retirement moved away from their home town to a supposedly more agreeable environment , the south coast for example . |
| 25 | There has been considerable debate about the origins of the glassware found in Anglo-Saxon cemeteries ; some are Roman survivals , and a proportion was imported from glass-houses in the Rhineland and northern Gaul . |
| 26 | In the years since this book was first written , there has been considerable movement toward recommending , if not requiring , this kind of nonsexist language in business , education and publishing ( especially academic publishing ) . |
| 27 | There has been considerable and overdue renovation work on important museums such as Grenoble , Orleans , Amiens , Rouen and Nantes . |
| 28 | Although there has been considerable support for a Teachers ' Council , the proposal has made little headway . |
| 29 | During the last ten years there has been considerable progress towards ensuring that thematic work is incremental , that undue repetition is avoided and that the skills , attitudes , concepts and knowledge of the integrated subjects are taught sequentially . |
| 30 | It is now a minority who enter full-time employment and there has been considerable increase in the numbers who now take some form of further education . |