Example sentences of "have been the subject [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether platelet endo-peroxides have a proaggregatory role in their own right or only when converted to thromboxane A 2 has been the subject of many studies ( Bunting et al , 1983 ) . |
| 2 | This report , of the Medical Royal Colleges and their Faculties in the United Kingdom , concerns itself with the diagnosis of brain death , but at the outset acknowledges that ‘ the dilemma of when to switch off the ventilator has been the subject of much public interest . ’ |
| 3 | Hermit crabs are able to make a rapid assessment of whether a particular shell is of an appropriate size or not , and how they do this has been the subject of much study . |
| 4 | What to do for the best has been the subject of much discussion at local aquatic societies over the years . |
| 5 | The nature of this formal regulation has been the subject of much debate . |
| 6 | Deaf education itself has been the subject of much dispute relating to the ‘ how ’ of education — that is , primarily , what method of communication do we use to educate deaf people ? |
| 7 | All the cases of leukaemia in Thurso were centred on this estate , which lies just within 12.5 km of Dounreay , so that the excess there was much higher than in the next cumulative zone , which included the eastern half of the town ( within 16.6 km ) , a difference that has been the subject of much comment . |
| 8 | This proposition has been the subject of much empirical debate , but at present there seems no overwhelming consensus as to its veracity . |
| 9 | The ballot has been the subject of much hostile comment . |
| 10 | The DMS itself , as the major vehicle of such provision , has been the subject of much debate during the last decade , principally about its nature and content . |
| 11 | That such an organism existed , or exists , has been the subject of much speculation by palaeobiologists and geochemists interested in the origin of the so-called banded iron formations ( BIFs ) ; these are sedimentary ores typically composed of alternating layers of silica- and iron-rich minerals that can often be traced as discrete units over hundreds of kilometres . |
| 12 | The origin of these cells has been the subject of much debate . |
| 13 | The cause and definition of enteropathy associated T cell lymphoma ( EATCL ) and its relation to coeliac disease has been the subject of much debate recently . |
| 14 | The meaning of the phrase " touch and concern the land " , which derives from a decision in Spencer 's Case ( 1583 ) 5 Co Rep 15a , has been the subject of much academic and judicial debate . |
| 15 | Even the awkward , the misfits , the discontented , feel a lessening of their misery when they realize they have a place , specially set for them , at a dinner which has been the subject of much thought , care , and several hours of preparation . |
| 16 | This has been the subject of much debate and controversy , however , and we consider it in Chapter 22 . |
| 17 | THE RISE of sea level predicted as a consequence of global warming has been the subject of some spectacular doom-mongering since the greenhouse effect leapt to prominence . |
| 18 | The importance of this development has been the subject of some debate . |
| 19 | Why some of these experiments should be more successful than others at revealing group differences has been the subject of some experimental investigation . |
| 20 | It has been the subject of some concern by those who feel that local authority officers should be completely divorced from party political connections . |
| 21 | In recent months the presidential asset has been the subject of some distinctly unflattering news articles , including a long Vanity Fair magazine story that painted her as an autocrat angry with her husband and out of touch with her family . |
| 22 | The impact of the rise of the English Arminians and the scale of their departure from pre-1625 theological norms has been the subject of some considerable historical debate over the last few years . |
| 23 | The nature of the nasal sacs in heterostracans has been the subject of some debate . |
| 24 | Inheritance has been the subject of some of the most important scientific discoveries of the past century . |
| 25 | As you may know the agreement has been the subject of some discussion , but I hope that now we have a form of words which recognises the interests of both parties to the agreement . |
| 26 | British Telecom 's prices — the undertaking has been the subject of some criticism in the press — have decreased by 20 per cent . |
| 27 | Mr Lamont is not happy because he has been the subject of more criticism and speculation over the past three months than most Ministers suffer in a lifetime . |
| 28 | This programme has been the subject of several pieces of geographical research , notably by Wohlenberg ( 1976a , 1976b , 1976c ) and Kodras ( 1986a ) . |
| 29 | Heaven knew she 'd been the subject of enough prurient curiosity in the few short weeks she 'd been running the club . |
| 30 | Few if any of the matters on which these parents commented would have been the subject of any explicit policy statement in a school . |