Example sentences of "[verb] been [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since there has been such extensive research on both systems we have had to be selective : we have therefore confined ourselves to discussing just one line of work in connection with each . |
| 2 | This is when there has been such heavy use that the pile eventually flattens or there is excessive ‘ tracking ’ in a doorway . |
| 3 | It is from this stance that there has been much recent emphasis on subject depth in the training of teachers , and a virtual embargo on teaching for those with degrees in subjects ‘ not on the school timetable ’ . |
| 4 | There has been much recent work by psychologists and linguists on these early stages of acquisition that has direct relevance to pragmatics , but is not reviewed in this book ( see e.g. Ervin-Tripp & Mitchell-Kernan , 1977 ; Snow & Ferguson , 1977 Ochs & Schieffelin , 1979 ; and the critical account of such work in M. Atkinson , 1982 ) . |
| 5 | The chapter begins , then , by focusing on a phenomenon about which there has been much recent discussion — deindustrialization . |
| 6 | There has been much adverse publicity concerning food poisoning caused by soft cheeses . |
| 7 | There has been much unprofitable speculation about whether John XXIII could have concluded the Council successfully . |
| 8 | With IBM UK Ltd taking away its RS/6000s and PS/2s and Digital Equipment UK Ltd ready to end its agreement with ICL Plc 's Technology Plc personal computer and workstation distribution acquisition , there has been much frenzied speculation that Sun Microsystems Inc and Compaq Computer Corp are ready to withdraw their products too , and that ICL has dropped a very big brick on its foot in buying the company . |
| 9 | 9 Equity , law and property There has been much academic discussion about the nature of the law of confidence . |
| 10 | There has been much academic debate about the ambit of s3 . |
| 11 | It is a controversial establishment because it is entirely staffed by NSA personnel and there has been much local discussion as to whether the station operates in the interests of Australia or only America . |
| 12 | In recent years , there has been much commercial development here ; the facilities have been greatly improved for the fishing vessels and the huge container lorries that transport the catch to the wholesale markets in the cities . |
| 13 | ‘ There has been much grievous suffering for everyone involved in this case . |
| 14 | Although there has been much detailed study of the effects of tariff reduction in western Europe over the period 1945-68 there has been virtually no research into the impact on foreign trade and national balances of payments of the removal of non-tariff barriers , especially the quotas which had been widely imposed from 1931 onwards . |
| 15 | There has been much theoretical discussion of this possibility ( see Tirole , 1989 , ch. 9 ; Ordover and Saloner , 1989 ) . |
| 16 | There has been much important work in the past decade demystifying the editorial practice of scholarship , revealing the ideological or other cultural desires editors assume . |
| 17 | The two directives have not yet been enshrined in statute , though there has been much fanciful discussion about what might happen . |
| 18 | As you may know , there has been much scientific argument about the ways such traits appear . |
| 19 | Except in a few isolated instances , there has been little systematic planning in relation to most countries ' social welfare personnel training needs and resources and there has been very limited involvement in find some countries and schools of social work that have adopted a comprehensive approach to social service personnel training and development and are directing their efforts toward maximizing the contribution of all available human resources to their country 's or region 's social development goals . |
| 20 | There is plenty of evidence of Caribbean influence on the speech of London adolescents , though there has been little systematic study in this area . |
| 21 | The concept of risk has been recognized as important in so far as older people have been defined as dependent or vulnerable ( Stevenson , 1989 ) but there has been little systematic analysis of risk , risk-tolerance and risk-management in relation to older people ( for a discussion of issues , see Norman , 1979 ) . |
| 22 | But there has been little systematic investigation of how different approaches affect the process of analysis and theoretical development . |
| 23 | Furthermore , there has been little systematic application of these tests to cross-section models or data sets commonly used in economics and no controlled experiments or finite sample analyses to assess their performance on such data . |
| 24 | I believe that the very speed at which they have been absorbed into the school system indicates an uncritical acceptance of the package because it is new and modern and fashionable and that there has been little serious examination of which aspects are relevant and which are not . |
| 25 | The Kenneth Branagh phenomenon is a cautionary tale but apart from the aren't-you-sick-of-him response , there has been little serious attention paid to the growing predictability of the media circus . |
| 26 | There has been little empirical work done on the amount of substitution through time amongst the various resources used by the hospital sector . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | However , despite the importance of the issue , there has been little empirical research on the ways in which decisions are currently made by the prison authorities or the implications of these decisions for the prison service . |
| 29 | So far , there has been little official government reaction to the report . |
| 30 | Moreover , there has been little recent research on what befalls older manual workers following redundancy , although the labour market has undergone a period of rapid change over the last few years ( one recent exception is Bytheway 1987 ) . |