Example sentences of "[ex0] [vb -s] [be] much [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There has been much anxiety about the role of local government in the last twenty years .
2 There would appear to be some untold facts about Blea Moor Tunnel as there has been much speculation but very little facts of details .
3 There has been much speculation since the introduction of s.62 of the FSA 1986 concerning the potency of the provision as a statutory civil law remedy for insider dealing .
4 There has been much speculation whether this proportion is likely to grow substantially in industrial societies .
5 In describing the framework , we have not focused on the types of individuals who might be most productive and , probably at the same time , most comfortable in each quadrant , although there has been much speculation about this in our discussions with managers and researchers .
6 Concerning this there has been much speculation .
7 Pursuant to the reply that the Minister gave earlier to the hon. Member for Ross , Cromarty and Skye ( Mr. Kennedy ) , and as there has been much speculation that there will be no GATT settlement at all this year , will the Minister confirm that , should there be no GATT settlement , he will oppose the MacSharry proposals for the rest of this year ?
8 While there has been much speculation as to the cause of these phenomena , the corpus of relevant empirical research remains small .
9 IN THE Collectair office there has been much back correspondence to catch up on .
10 There has been much criticism of the government 's housing policy , much of it from organisations outside parliament .
11 There has been much criticism of Morgenthau on the latter score , as we shall point out in a moment .
12 There has been much criticism of the overlap period , particularly in the afternoon .
13 There has been much conjecture about a lack of motivation at lower levels in the Iraqi formations , as contrasted with that displayed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards , or Pasdaran , whose commitment and capacity to hold out against Iraqi superiority in equipment were important features of the war 's early years .
14 In addition , there has been much space devoted to the discussion of assessment , with the APU Report offering the most comprehensive attempt so far , with its proposal of an actual model of how this might be structured .
15 Some " disappeared " prisoners are transferred because there has been much publicity about their capture , but this is by no means always the case .
16 In the UK there has been much discussion about teaching stall recoveries with a view to making it all easier for the beginner to understand and remember .
17 There has been much discussion recently of the nature of literary canons ; university teachers of English are seen as both initiators and guardians of the canon ( as , for instance , by Kermode in his essay , ‘ Institutional Control of Interpretation ’ ) .
18 There has been much discussion over the last decade about an ‘ entitlement ’ curriculum .
19 There has been much discussion of the need to increase the speed at which new products are brought to the marketplace and a ‘ rugby team ’ in contrast to a ‘ relay ’ approach to project management has been suggested as a way of making faster progress ( Takeuchi and Nonaka , 1986 ) .
20 In Britain these are in a state of flux although there has been much discussion about the role of the inspector over a long period of time .
21 There has been much discussion of attempts to increase labour force " flexibility " and the rise of the " flexible firm " , although it is not always clear if this discussion is based upon descriptions , predictions or prescriptions .
22 There has been much discussion recently about the value of the pound compared to the dollar .
23 Because of their apparent similarity to banks and their rapid expansion of recent years , there has been much discussion about their impact on banks , as competitors , and upon the money supply .
24 Recently there has been much discussion about new treatments for menorrhagia .
25 There has been much discussion of recent SNP parliamentary tactics .
26 THERE has been much excitement in the past few days .
27 Which expands on the Tashi character from The Color Purple in her tale of female circumcision , of which there has been much coverage .
28 There is no real news there of the owl , but someone suggests that I try the hills above Núpur where there has been much activity lately .
29 However , there has been much change in the importance of individual waters , and the present concentration at Chichester and Rye seems of recent origin .
30 In the rest of this chapter I will explain our thinking as clearly as I can , for there has been much misunderstanding .
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