Example sentences of "that [pron] has [been] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Given the sensitivity of time , it is not surprising that there has been a trend towards countries adopting ‘ one-stop-shopping ’ approaches .
2 Moreover , the available data on personal savings show that there has been a rise rather than a fall during the 1970s when taxation rates were higher than at any time before .
3 But , we are using actual income to measure expected income , and so a positive value for v t will suggest that there has been a rise in expected income with no accompanying rise in consumption expenditure .
4 We can see from this that there has been a rise in the reliance on current liabilities in 1988 compared to 1984 .
5 The exceptions to this rule are that the plaintiff can disclose the fact that there has been a payment in into court , and how much it is , on the hearing of an application for an interim payment ( Fryer v London Transport Executive ( 1982 ) The Times , 14 December ( see Kemp & Kemp , vol 1 , para 14 – 066 for discussion of this case ) .
6 Data are not very adequate but they suggest that there has been a reduction of inequalities in this area even though the advantages of the non-manual over the manual groups are still substantial today .
7 ‘ There has been a lot of pressure and the mere fact that there has been a parting does give both sides a buffer period .
8 Erm , you ca n't help feeling that there has been a mistake .
9 If , over the years , you suspect that there has been a swing to or away from attending more than once a Sunday , you may want to take the trouble of further refining your data .
10 ( 1973 ) have also shown that urban containment policies have resulted in higher house prices as a result of the higher price of land , so that there has been a fall in the quality of new first-home , owner-occupier dwellings in town and country .
11 However , does he agree that there has been a fall of well over half in the percentage of gross domestic product invested in the railways in the past 10 years ?
12 ‘ The media have decided that there has been a return to two-party politics and everyone else has been marginalized , ’ she told the author .
13 Each step should be simple and complete in itself — preferably with some indication that successful completion has been achieved , for example the appearance or the change of colour of a signal light , or the noise of a motor starting or a change of pressure which indicates that there has been a change in the flow of some material .
14 In the light of the arguments which have been put forward about the size of the constituency can we take it that there has been a change in Government principle on the boundary reorganisation ?
15 What the voters perceived and clung on to , especially in London , was that there has been a revolution in Britain in the 1980s and that it would be foolish to put it at risk because of deeply felt resentment at the recession .
16 Then they hear that there has been a request to adopt the baby , John David , from Judith 's mother , Cynthia .
17 Indeed , each of the five times since 1915 that there has been a minority government in power it has been Labour , dependent either on the Liberals ' support , their abstentions , or on all the other parties not uniting to defeat them .
18 Not only that , if we accept that there has been a divorce between ownership and control in the typical large company , then management has escaped effective shareholder supervision and hence possesses a broad discretion as to the ends for which the company 's power shall be used .
19 On a Sunday at family worship , it may be that there has been a rush to get to the service .
20 The wistful look back to the glorious and not-so-glorious age of steam has ensured that there has been a rush to print off books about the railwayman 's experience .
21 I have received the recent excellent report by the CBI 's manufacturing advisory group which showed that there has been a transformation in manufacturing performance during the 1980s .
22 I have received the recent excellent report by the CBI 's manufacturing advisory group which showed that there has been a transformation in manufacturing performance during the 1980s .
23 Regardless of the effects this waste has on marine life and the fishing industry , it has also been noted that there has been a migration of radioactive material from sea back to coast .
24 I know that there has been a problem with beef in Moscow .
25 It is reasonable to expect with a re an extensive programme like , like section eleven that there has been a build up of expertise , hat there has been a build up of educational resources and why should one area of the service be exempt from examination or assessment .
26 The evidence , as expressed in opinion polls held in Denmark since the referendum , is to the contrary ; it shows that there has been a hardening of the ‘ no ’ vote .
27 While they would accept that there has been a movement upwards and downwards in military expenditure , what they find important to analyse is the relatively high levels when compared with other periods .
28 Does he accept that there has been a cut in the TEC 's budgets and that many are expressing concern about meeting his guarantees as a result ?
29 In pharmaceuticals , firms can use the power of their technological oligopoly so blatantly that there has been a policy reaction by many governments .
30 It is understood that there has been a difference in practice within the profession in relation to this matter .
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