Example sentences of "been considerable [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been considerable deregulation in the economic , financial and industrial spheres and deregulation of the private rented sector in housing , but in spite of its frequently articulated preference for a non-interventionist state , the Conservative government has used its years in office to increase central government power and control . |
| 2 | In recent years there has been considerable discussion of the role of the Sovereign in the eventuality of a hung Parliament , such as that of 1929–31 , and the general conclusion has been that her role is essentially a passive one . |
| 3 | There has been considerable discussion of the legal enforcement of school attendance in recent years , and wide disagreement about the effectiveness or otherwise of the law . |
| 4 | Early in the project there had been considerable discussion among the development officers and their supervisor about the ending of the project , and how the care of on-going clients was to be continued after the withdrawal of the development officers . |
| 5 | There has been considerable discussion in recent years regarding the adequacy of pain relief given to children , particularly neonates . |
| 6 | In recent years there has been considerable discussion of the extent to which university research addresses industrial needs . |
| 7 | There has recently been considerable discussion in the social science literature relating to questions of industrial transformation . |
| 8 | You may recall that there has been considerable discussion recently about the licence requirements for those driving minibuses . |
| 9 | It could not have done so had there not been considerable lack of confidence in these other analgesics and the 80 or so non-steroidal anti-inflammatories use to treat arthritis . |
| 10 | Hollywood was just beginning to realize that the old phenomenon of stars might have an added significance in a period of depression and there must have been considerable delight in the studios at the alacrity with which the critics took up the subject of Cagney . |
| 11 | There have always been considerable fluctuations between winter and summer services : before the War the daily winter turnout was an average of fifty trams . |
| 12 | In fact there have been considerable variations in the atmospheric 14 C production rate . |
| 13 | There has also been considerable development in sail design in recent years with the result that sails are now far more controllable than the earlier types which resembled blown-out bedsheets . |
| 14 | There has been considerable development in housing since the creation of the LDDC in 1981 . |
| 15 | In Britain there has been considerable development of teaching aids for online education and training . |
| 16 | Secondly , since Rookes v. Barnard there has been considerable development in the contractual context of the doctrine of ‘ economic duress , ’ and in this context it is clear that although a threat to break a contract is ‘ illegitimate ’ it will not amount to duress unless it goes beyond commercial pressure and amounts to ‘ coercion of the will . ’ |
| 17 | Although all of us are deeply concerned to know precisely what happened in East Timor , will she bear it in mind that , since Indonesia took over East Timor a few years ago , there has been considerable development of the infrastructure in that country , and that , although no one condones that massacre , we must know what has been going on before we adopt the language that we heard from the Labour party ? |
| 18 | There had been considerable speculation and concern that it was about to do so . |
| 19 | Inevitably there has been considerable speculation on the causes and implications of urban disturbances . |
| 20 | There has been considerable speculation about the position both of the Bank of Edinburgh and some of its shareholders . |
| 21 | However , since that time , there has been considerable change . |
| 22 | To the outside observer , there has been considerable change in classroom practice within this maths department . |
| 23 | In a year when there has been considerable fund-raising to meet the Irish Ladies Hockey Union 's initial £m target , to help stage the World Cup finals in Dublin in July , Ulster officials are delighted to have successfully negotiated a year 's extension on Renault 's sponsorship of their senior leagues . |
| 24 | Roberts 's evidence suggests that there has been considerable variation historically in how far support structures extend to more distant kin . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | There has , however , been considerable work in developing the concept of ‘ opportunistic ’ case-finding , which for older people means identifying those likely to need help or to develop health care problems . |
| 27 | There has been considerable concern over the sooty specks ( particulates ) from diesel exhausts as a possible cause of cancer . |
| 28 | Since 1977 , for reasons suggested in the last chapter , there has been considerable concern among both politicians and the public with the utility of education to society . |
| 29 | There has been considerable concern about the use of β-blocking drugs in diabetic patients in connection with hypoglycaemia and the peripheral circulation . |
| 30 | 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 . |