Example sentences of "there have been much [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There has been much recent work by psychologists and linguists on these early stages of acquisition that has direct relevance to pragmatics , but is not reviewed in this book ( see e.g. Ervin-Tripp & Mitchell-Kernan , 1977 ; Snow & Ferguson , 1977 Ochs & Schieffelin , 1979 ; and the critical account of such work in M. Atkinson , 1982 ) .
2 It is from this stance that there has been much recent emphasis on subject depth in the training of teachers , and a virtual embargo on teaching for those with degrees in subjects ‘ not on the school timetable ’ .
3 The chapter begins , then , by focusing on a phenomenon about which there has been much recent discussion — deindustrialization .
4 There has been much adverse publicity concerning food poisoning caused by soft cheeses .
5 With IBM UK Ltd taking away its RS/6000s and PS/2s and Digital Equipment UK Ltd ready to end its agreement with ICL Plc 's Technology Plc personal computer and workstation distribution acquisition , there has been much frenzied speculation that Sun Microsystems Inc and Compaq Computer Corp are ready to withdraw their products too , and that ICL has dropped a very big brick on its foot in buying the company .
6 There has been much unprofitable speculation about whether John XXIII could have concluded the Council successfully .
7 There has been much theoretical discussion of this possibility ( see Tirole , 1989 , ch. 9 ; Ordover and Saloner , 1989 ) .
8 9 Equity , law and property There has been much academic discussion about the nature of the law of confidence .
9 There has been much academic debate about the ambit of s3 .
10 Although there has been much detailed study of the effects of tariff reduction in western Europe over the period 1945-68 there has been virtually no research into the impact on foreign trade and national balances of payments of the removal of non-tariff barriers , especially the quotas which had been widely imposed from 1931 onwards .
11 As you may know , there has been much scientific argument about the ways such traits appear .
12 There has been much grievous suffering for everyone involved in this case .
13 It is a controversial establishment because it is entirely staffed by NSA personnel and there has been much local discussion as to whether the station operates in the interests of Australia or only America .
14 The two directives have not yet been enshrined in statute , though there has been much fanciful discussion about what might happen .
15 There has been much important work in the past decade demystifying the editorial practice of scholarship , revealing the ideological or other cultural desires editors assume .
16 In recent years , there has been much commercial development here ; the facilities have been greatly improved for the fishing vessels and the huge container lorries that transport the catch to the wholesale markets in the cities .
17 Half the racing world seemed to have embraced the occasion , for which after the last race that afternoon there had been much speedy unrolling of glittering black and silver ceiling-to-floor curtaining , transforming the workaday interior of the grandstand into something ephemerally magnificent .
18 Before the party , there had been much careful planning and changing of plan .
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