Example sentences of "[conj] [ex0] [verb] [be] considerable " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pupils themselves disliked the way that they had previously been divided from one another ; and although there had been considerable advances made in the early 1980s in running joint CSE/GCE courses and examinations , these were patchy and voluntary , and unlikely to have been acceptable to the more academic of those who had an interest in the outcome of the examinations , especially the universities . |
| 2 | Although there had been considerable growth in Russian manufacturing industry between 1880 and 1914 , by any criteria it was still quite inadequate to cope with the strains imposed on it by modern industrialised warfare . |
| 3 | Although there had been considerable Russian settlement in Asia before the railway age , it was not until the building of the Central Asian and Trans-Siberian lines that settlement , and with it the exploitation of minerals and other natural resources , really took off . |
| 4 | Although there has been considerable support for a Teachers ' Council , the proposal has made little headway . |
| 5 | Although there have been considerable changes in the machinery of statutory planning and in the scope of the development/structure plans , the powers available to planners have altered little . |
| 6 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |
| 7 | The participants acknowledged that there had been considerable divergences of views on each of these issues , but all declared themselves satisfied with the compromises reached as expressed in the final declaration . |
| 8 | Some reports indicated that Palestinians in Kuwait had generally opposed the Iraqi invasion and that there had been considerable co-operation between Palestinians and Kuwaitis . |
| 9 | But in accounting , at least , Mr Aimetti thinks that there has been considerable progress over the past 10 years : ‘ With some adjustments , we are all following the Americans . ’ |
| 10 | At the outset I suggested that there has been considerable grass-roots enthusiasm to initiate profiling schemes . |
| 11 | Roberts 's evidence suggests that there has been considerable variation historically in how far support structures extend to more distant kin . |
| 12 | Is he also aware that there has been considerable disquiet over the proposed amalgamation of the St. |
| 13 | You may recall that there has been considerable discussion recently about the licence requirements for those driving minibuses . |
| 14 | Anyone who studies academic standards in our schools over the past 20 years must recognise that there have been considerable improvements . |
| 15 | The hon. Member for Ogmore ( Mr. Powell ) made a good point at the beginning of the debate when he said that there have been considerable difficulties in redesigning the Shops Act 1950 to meet the requirements of the 1990s . |
| 16 | It has recently been recognised that there have been considerable liquidity problems both before and after Big Bang for some of the smaller companies listed on the ISE , prompting some calls for a two-tier market . |
| 17 | It is now a minority who enter full-time employment and there has been considerable increase in the numbers who now take some form of further education . |
| 18 | Britain also , of course , now has sizeable ethnic minorities and there has been considerable concern about their educational achievement , resulting in the setting up of a government committee of inquiry . |
| 19 | The assumption is made that dissatisfied workers are more likely to leave the one job for another , take time off , or go on strike , but there has been considerable debate about all three measures , and there are cogent reasons for doubting that any of them serve as adequate indicators of job satisfaction . |
| 20 | Newspaper coverage in December 1987 identified a work force of 1300 in Press 's Tyne Yards but there has been considerable fluctuation in numbers depending on the state of contracts . |
| 21 | Whilst there has been considerable theoretical work in the area , there has been little empirical study of either state , or colleague control of professional practice . |
| 22 | I think that it would be helpful now if I described in some detail what the effect of the banding arrangements will be , as there has been considerable misunderstanding of the provisions . |