Example sentences of "have been major [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There have been major developments in the NHS in the three years since the advisory council was set up and new avenues for discussing possible changes have been developed , ’ said Lord Fraser . |
| 2 | In the process area , there have been major developments in catalysts for polypropylene manufacture and in the technology for making chlorine and also ammonia — both very mature products indeed on the face of it but where the story has by no means ended , even after a century . |
| 3 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper Ms Lyles noted that while there have been major surveys of British watercolours in recent years ( such as that held at the British Museum in 1985 ) these have tended to be in-house shows , with the emphasis on highlights from individual collections . |
| 4 | The worlds of industry and commerce , accountancy and finance , advertising and government have been major recruiters of graduates from the department for many years . |
| 5 | In countries such as Bangladesh , for instance , there have been major campaigns to give each village its own borehole and hand pump . |
| 6 | There have been major rebellions against the imposition of charges for eye and dental tests , for an amendment to grade the poll tax according to ability to pay , and for the second reading of a private members ' bill to liberalize the Official Secrets Act . |
| 7 | We have seen that localism and the drift to increasingly authoritarian government have been major problems even for Africa 's more successful leaders , and have been disastrous in other cases such as Uganda and Nigeria . |
| 8 | Having risen strongly over the post-war period until that year , growth stopped ; there have been major fluctuations since , but the total has never been so high again . |
| 9 | In addition , there have been major reforms in state provisions for pensioners . |
| 10 | There have been major changes in both the interface of the police and raped women and in the media coverage . |
| 11 | Secondly , there have been major changes in the amount of rape reported in the press . |
| 12 | Over the last ten years there have been major changes in the employment structure of British society . |
| 13 | ‘ But there have been major changes for 1993 . |
| 14 | Chairman I think going to the points that Mr Donson made , there have been major changes . |
| 15 | It appears that there have been major changes in the rationale and operation of the MTFS as a result of the effects of financial innovation , which would indeed seem to suggest a degree of discretion is necessary in policy actions . |
| 16 | In all these countries there have been major debates about what policy to adopt in order to restrict the arrival of such people . |
| 17 | Ironically , Wang 's sons have been major beneficiaries of those reforms . |
| 18 | There have been major increases in the amount of reporting of rape and other sex crimes in the media . |