Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] [that] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the second , it has long been recognised that successful institutions are distinguished by clear aims . |
| 2 | Thirdly , it has long been recognised that written documents produced in the past often have a special quality , which is not possessed by school textbooks or the writings of later historians . |
| 3 | It has long been recognized that five factors control the nature of soil development : climate , parent material , topoy , organic activity and time . |
| 4 | It has long been known that skilled smallholders , owning their own plots of land , can produce very much more from an acre than large-scale farmers with labourers who can not possibly have the same dedication . |
| 5 | It had long been known that some metals gave colours to flames ; but this was an unreliable test , because colours are hard to describe exactly , and because they are usually masked by a brilliant orange-yellow . |
| 6 | But it should perhaps be said that amateur boxers often avoid the excesses and the injuries of their professional colleagues , and the likes of Dick MacTaggart is a monument to sportsmanlike behaviour . |
| 7 | In a sense that has long been the case , since it has generally been supposed that turbulent flows are contained within a deterministic set of equations — the Navier-Stokes and continuity equations . |
| 8 | It has already been observed that male compositors had virtually boycotted the machines at first . |
| 9 | It has already been noted that most models have a view of politicians as people who follow overly narrow self-interested behaviour to the detriment of interests of the electorate and presumably their own long-run reputations . |
| 10 | It has already been noted that obstructive attitudes can prevent progress in therapy , and that such attitudes can usually be identified by carefully analysing the patient 's attempts to achieve goals and the reason for failure . |
| 11 | It has already been remarked that corresponding developments occur at lower Rayleigh number when the Prandtl number is lower . |
| 12 | It has already been suggested that informal methods of dispute-resolution in the family arena are not new , nor are they alternatives to legal regulation . |
| 13 | This is not to suggest that life in a large mental handicap hospital is a fulfilling experience ; on the contrary , it has already been established that such places should not ideally exist and do not represent a suitable home for mentally handicapped people . |
| 14 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
| 15 | It can scarcely be claimed that these questions have yet been answered in such a manner as to transform Marx 's very general model into a systematic and well-supported theory of historical development . |
| 16 | ‘ By the beginning of 1960 ’ , he wrote , ‘ it could no longer be denied that certain parts of London at night were dominated by a new spirit of insecurity ’ : ‘ juvenile delinquency had for the first time in Britain become elevated to the status of a national problem ’ . |
| 17 | Nonetheless , a substantial degree of agreement has been achieved , not only between different demographic groups , but also between the whole range of approaches , intuitive , statistical and personal preference ( Briggs and France , 1980 ) and it can generally be concluded that good landscapes will have substantial relative relief , a major water body , diverse land use , and some historical artifacts , but will lack modern industry and major transport facilities . |
| 18 | For example , it can not be argued that poor women resorted to abortion because doctors withheld information about other birth control methods . |
| 19 | This argument could be regarded as a rebuttable presumption , but then the inexorable logic of the theory breaks down ; it could not be said that legal rules were always to be determined by the ordinary courts . |
| 20 | In summary , whether or not Fama and Jensen 's reasoning is right , it can not be said that more minuses in table 3.1 mean worse performance . |
| 21 | In addition , it should not be assumed that long-term trends in income distribution continue forever : there is evidence that recent years have seen significant changes in these trends in Britain . |
| 22 | However , it can not be assumed that all managers will consider the role of personality when they make decisions . |
| 23 | Although owning a car is common today , it must not be assumed that all nurses can provide their own transport . |
| 24 | But it can not be assumed that these developments have in fact led to equality within the sexual sphere of marriage . |
| 25 | Thus it should not be assumed that older patients with ulcerative colitis have weaker sphincters than younger patients . |
| 26 | On the other hand , it should not be imagined that private industries are immune from such considerations . |
| 27 | It must not be forgotten that independent parts given to the feebler instruments are not actually heard in the tutti , but may play havoc with the clarity of design which should be the orchestrator 's first aim . |
| 28 | At the same time , it should not be forgotten that some writers had been advocating the use of multiple methods for years : |
| 29 | It should not be forgotten that any crops sold off the land are ‘ extractive ’ and tend to lower fertility . |
| 30 | However , it should not be forgotten that local authorities are also responsible for providing services , and there is evidence to suggest that voters recognise that such services have to be paid for . |