Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [art] [adj] increase " in BNC.
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| 1 | At most libraries student numbers have increased but there has been no corresponding increase in the number of librarians . |
| 2 | The study concluded that there has been no reported increase in any radiation-related illnesses , such as leukaemia , birth defects or thyroid cancer , in the villages surrounding the reactor , although it suggested that incidence of thyroid cancer might increase over the next five to ten years . |
| 3 | It took the view that ‘ there has been no significant increase in recent times in the level of psychological maturity of girls under 16 and that [ these girls ] face greater problems today than their mothers did at their age . ’ ; |
| 4 | Despite this reassuring message from history that disruptive behaviour is not an event peculiar to contemporary education and recent evidence that there has been no dramatic increase in such behaviour , it has to be acknowledged that anxiety about disruptive behaviour has increased . |
| 5 | There has been no proportionate increase in consultant numbers despite Higginson 's work showing the benefits of this approach . |
| 6 | There has been a consistent increase in the number of well qualified applicants of about 30% to the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine , and we are able to admit only one in 18 applicants . |
| 7 | The regular CBI surveys and the regular Department of Employment labour force survey show that over the 1980s — this is the answer to the hon. Member for Newport , East ( Mr. Hughes ) — there has been a consistent increase in employers ' commitment to training , even in this current recession . |
| 8 | There has been a fascinating increase of interest over the last year by general practitioners in the use of defibrillators . |
| 9 | There has been a major increase over the last year in the number of disqualification proceedings taken out against directors , according to the Insolvency Service . |
| 10 | Council staff say that although there has been a general increase in nonpayment in the region most non-payers are on the electoral roll . |
| 11 | As Table 9 shows , most of this expansion occurred in the private sector , where there has been a threefold increase since 1980 . |
| 12 | There has been a substantial increase in coverage of the Chamber and of committees in regional broadcasting ; some regions , BBC and ITV , have generated good week-end reviews which give more time to back-bench MPs . |
| 13 | Second , there has been a substantial increase in the ownership of agricultural land by large institutions , especially financial institutions from the City of London . |
| 14 | There has been a substantial increase in self-employment during that period . |
| 15 | There has been a substantial increase in the number of child psychiatrists , a great increase in clinical psychologists and an increase in child psychiatric nurses . |
| 16 | The result has been a substantial increase in homelessness and deprivation . |
| 17 | As I have said , there has been a substantial increase in the number of pensioners , but surely new technology and the availability of volunteers could enable more people to stay at home for longer . |
| 18 | Second , there has been a definite increase in the proportion of older children admitted into care , and a decrease , although less marked , in the number of very young children admitted . |
| 19 | In recent years there has been a great increase in the use of active compounds . |
| 20 | Since about 1960 there has been a great increase in our knowledge of Maya history . |
| 21 | The Soviet Union 's response has been a relentless increase in its chemical warfare capability . |
| 22 | There has been a recent increase in requests for such support with cases where the need for confidentiality may conflict with legal responsibilities or with the adviser 's desire to protect a weaker third party . |
| 23 | Furthermore , there has been a vast increase in the range of behaviour that has come under the control of the law . |
| 24 | As for volunteering generally , the hon. Gentleman will know that there has been a vast increase in volunteering in the whole range of voluntary services in the last decade . |
| 25 | But one of the main causes of the recent remand explosion has been a tremendous increase in the length of time spent on remand ( Morgan , 1999 ) . |
| 26 | I mean , what we 're talking about is that throughout the whole of the world , there has been a tremendous increase in crime , whether it be in Britain , in France , in Germany or wherever . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , in the last 20 years there has been a sharp increase in the production and sale of smokeless tobacco in some developed countries . |
| 28 | There has been a similar increase in the proportion of families headed by a never-married mother over the period ( 77% ) , arising from a growth in the proportion of births outside marriage as well as the growing trend for single mothers to bring up children by themselves . |
| 29 | This has certainly been the case in Liverpool , where truancy prosecutions and care proceedings per annum fell by 40 per cent between 1981 and 1987 — although there has been a slight increase over the past couple of years . |
| 30 | During the 1980s , there has been a slight increase in the percentages of young people over 16 staying on at school , as Figure 11.2 shows ( see also Chapter 5 , Figure 5.19 and Chapter 12 , Figure 12.5 ) . |