Example sentences of "have be much [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 However , there has been much change in the importance of individual waters , and the present concentration at Chichester and Rye seems of recent origin .
2 There has been much criticism of the government 's housing policy , much of it from organisations outside parliament .
3 There has been much criticism of Morgenthau on the latter score , as we shall point out in a moment .
4 There has been much criticism of the overlap period , particularly in the afternoon .
5 Ever since this system was introduced there has been much criticism of the validity of basing the TDR on the profitability of the private sector , especially when used for non-commercial public sector evaluations .
6 In the UK there has been much discussion about teaching stall recoveries with a view to making it all easier for the beginner to understand and remember .
7 In Britain these are in a state of flux although there has been much discussion about the role of the inspector over a long period of time .
8 Because of their apparent similarity to banks and their rapid expansion of recent years , there has been much discussion about their impact on banks , as competitors , and upon the money supply .
9 Recently there has been much discussion about new treatments for menorrhagia .
10 There has been much discussion of the need to increase the speed at which new products are brought to the marketplace and a ‘ rugby team ’ in contrast to a ‘ relay ’ approach to project management has been suggested as a way of making faster progress ( Takeuchi and Nonaka , 1986 ) .
11 There has been much discussion of attempts to increase labour force " flexibility " and the rise of the " flexible firm " , although it is not always clear if this discussion is based upon descriptions , predictions or prescriptions .
12 There has been much discussion of recent SNP parliamentary tactics .
13 There has been much discussion over the last decade about an ‘ entitlement ’ curriculum .
14 Prior to the reform of the market in October 1986 ( see below ) all transactions were on behalf of customers but subsequently there has been much trading between market makers as well as transactions with customers as the table shows .
15 THERE has been much excitement in the past few days .
16 Some " disappeared " prisoners are transferred because there has been much publicity about their capture , but this is by no means always the case .
17 There has been much conjecture about a lack of motivation at lower levels in the Iraqi formations , as contrasted with that displayed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards , or Pasdaran , whose commitment and capacity to hold out against Iraqi superiority in equipment were important features of the war 's early years .
18 In describing the framework , we have not focused on the types of individuals who might be most productive and , probably at the same time , most comfortable in each quadrant , although there has been much speculation about this in our discussions with managers and researchers .
19 ‘ There has been much concern in the town that the post office counter business is to be sold , ’ said Delyn MP David Hanson .
20 There has been much disagreement among palaeontologists whether this indicated hunting or scavenging , but Ruby told us that she and her kind stayed as far as possible away from these large animals , for the freshly expired bodies were invariably surrounded by hyenas and big cats .
21 There has been much anxiety about the role of local government in the last twenty years .
22 As for the great merchants , there has been much argument among modern historians about how they were recruited .
23 To a greater extent than with other mathematically-based research tools there has been much difference of opinion as to its relevance and utility .
24 There has been much debate about this question of the unit of natural selection .
25 As we shall see , there has been much debate about whether unemployment can be reduced permanently by following policies which increase aggregate demand and in so doing raise the rate of inflation .
26 There has been much debate about whether increases in costs can be inflationary without an accompanying increase in the money supply .
27 There has been much debate about how much such rules and procedures should be used : too much , and the organisation becomes immobilised in bureaucratic red tape ; too little , and the organisation descends into anarchic chaos .
28 In recent years , there has been much debate about the role of the C. and A.G. The office is an old and distinguished one .
29 There has been much debate about the real underlying purposes of this legislation which has been generally vaunted , most importantly in the major textbooks , as designed to ease the buying and selling of land ( see Chapter 10 ) .
30 There has been much debate about the effect on the local economy , the health of local residents , and the environment .
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