Example sentences of "there [verb] [be] considerable debate " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been considerable debate about the supportability of those living alone . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There has been considerable debate about the relationship between pre-factory domestic manufacture and demographic change , including migration . |
| 5 | The predictions of zero-risk theory in terms of accident countermeasures are often at variance with those from RHT , thus there has been considerable debate about the relative merits of the two theories ( e.g. Evans , 1986a , b ; McKenna , 1982 , 1985 , 1988 ; Wilde , 1984 , 1986 ) . |
| 6 | In the area of assessment there has been considerable debate in recent years among Catholic teachers . |
| 7 | In recent years there had been considerable debate about the nature of the railways ' contribution to economic growth . |