Example sentences of "[vb -s] been [art] big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been no big inquest and I 'm confident we 'll bounce back . |
| 2 | ‘ What has happened recently has been a big shock to them and they have now got to knuckle down . ’ |
| 3 | McCallen 's high-striking rate has been a big factor in Bangor 's success this season . |
| 4 | ‘ This has been a big exercise , ’ said Crawford , ‘ but it is all nearing completion now and the new systems should be up and running during the next six months . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ There has been a big drive in the last year to get closer to the travel industry generally , ’ says Bill . |
| 6 | While numbers of new AIDS cases reported officially each month have remained relatively steady , there has been a big increase in those needing expert medical and nursing advice at home with a 24-hour on call back up . |
| 7 | There has been a big increase in the use of knives in crimes of violence . |
| 8 | COMMUNITY workers say there has been a big increase in the number of young homeless people as winter sets in . |
| 9 | I do not want to say that there has been a huge leap in the past year or so , because that would not true , but there has been a big leap since 1980 . |
| 10 | THERE has been a big rise in the number of people going to the Sellafield Visitors Centre . |
| 11 | We can go on to observe that since the middle of the twentieth century there has been a big revival of informal street music , produced in non-literate , often amateur performance and through the public dissemination of recordings ( see Prato 1984 ) ; this has , of course , gone along with a wave of amateur music-making , centred on the guitar and on non-literate modes of production , whit h in the rock 'n' roll , ski Me and ‘ beat group ’ periods ( the late 1950s and the 1960s ) swept across the whole of Europe and North America . |
| 12 | ‘ There has been a big swing to pay bars , which may also be linked to the recession , ’ said Fenella Willis . |
| 13 | A campaign by Stirling University students association — while officially non-political — to persuade those living elsewhere in Britain to register for a postal vote , has been a big success . |
| 14 | In fact , it has been a big experience . ’ |
| 15 | Lack of funds has been a big problem , especially for research , but it always has been . |
| 16 | BENN 'S campaign in Chesterfield , where he is defending an 8,700 majority , has been fought face-to-face on the grimy doorsteps and in smoky rooms ; a factory meeting has been a big event . |
| 17 | He explains : ‘ I 'm fitter than ever , physically and mentally , and golf has been a big help . |
| 18 | That has been a big feature of today 's debate , so I want to take the matter a bit further . |
| 19 | Ralph Lauren has been a big influence too , with his Navajo and Santa Fe prints . ’ |
| 20 | Even in 1964 we commented , ‘ For as long as many of us care to remember there has been a big Healey in the price lists . |
| 21 | The actual study skills part is running in tandem with the library Project , and we are beginning to see already … , in the third year for example [ where ] they did have library skills [ and it 's apparent from what members of staff are saying ] that … in areas where they are expected to research themselves that there has been a big improvement . |
| 22 | ‘ There was an unacceptably long waiting list before we appointed a second consultant in Chester but since then there has been a big improvement , ’ she said . |
| 23 | ‘ There has been a big improvement in the last five games , although our results might not show that . |
| 24 | ‘ Playing in the first team has been a big step up after the Academy and the reserves . |
| 25 | The acquisition of Wheeling Stamping in the US — now Thatcher Tubes and Knight Engineering — has been a big step and is a very valuable addition to Courtaulds Packaging . |
| 26 | There has been a big investment in a high-speed fibre optic network , which permits very high speeds of communication not formerly feasible . |
| 27 | When I went in for medicine I had the feeling that maybe I would take out an appendix on the kitchen table … now this has been a big disappointment of my life as a GP that whatever I can do , there 's someone else who can do much , much better . |
| 28 | ‘ The winter sale has been a big disappointment . |
| 29 | If we start from the bottom up , I think there has been a big advance in women as professionals , as producers , directors , starting to come into sound , quite a lot of editors , slightly more difficult with cameras . |
| 30 | Judas has been the big winner lately , now he 'd be cockier than ever , and it was my fault . |