Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb -s] be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also provide some support for the thesis proposed by earlier studies of temporary workers ( particularly Meager , 1985 ) , where it has been argued that there is a strong association between growing organisations and users of temporary labour . |
| 2 | It is worth emphasising again the ‘ dark ’ statistics of unreported crime , which is particularly relevant here where it has been estimated that 70 per cent of computer crime is unreported , because of the fear of loss of public confidence in the financial institutions concerned . |
| 3 | This is also true in sugar maples , where it has been claimed that undamaged plants near the damaged ones have increased levels of phenolics and hydrolyzable and condensed tannins , suggesting an airborne cue from the damaged to the undamaged , which then become less attractive to herbivores . |
| 4 | Thus , although it has been stated that there are practically no high kicks in kung fu , the practitioner who emulates the crane is training his legs for the highest possible kicks . |
| 5 | Although it has been argued that most of the ideas central to general systems theory are certainly valuable , they had been applied to it without formal knowledge of the theory ( Jennings , 1973 , p. 124 ) , nevertheless the theory has focused thinking and has probably been responsible for a more comprehensive view of many environmental situations . |
| 6 | Although it has been argued that nectar might contain repellents to ants that otherwise predominate on sugary substrates in the tropics , it is found that ants will take this nectar when it is presented to them , though the floral parts of such flowers may be less palatable . |
| 7 | Although it has been claimed that the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher had no carefully thought-through strategy to deal with the unions when it came into office , but rather proceeded pragmatically ( Roberts , 1989 ) , nevertheless ( Young , 1990 , p. 353 ) : |
| 8 | Sexual intercourse is defined as the penetration of the penis into the vagina : ejaculation is not required , and the offence is committed as soon as penetration takes place , although it has been held that the offence continues throughout penetration ( so that if the woman revokes her consent during intercourse and the man fails to withdraw , he commits rape ) . |
| 9 | To resist an arrest might also involve an obstruction and an assault , although it has been held that merely pulling away from another is not an assault for the purposes of the offence of assault with intent to resist an arrest . |
| 10 | The privilege would not stretch to reports of fresh statements made by speakers after the protected meeting has been closed , although it has been held that it does extend far enough to allow those who have spoken in the course of the meeting to repeat their privileged statements to reporters afterwards so that the latter may check the accuracy of their notes . |
| 11 | Although it has been proposed that a deficiency of endogenous prostaglandins due to inhibition of cycloocygenase by indomethacin is involved in these effects , the exact pathogenic mechanism remains to be elucidated . |
| 12 | The stubby third leg is probably the result of the difficulty of building on the marshy ground near the River Welland , although it has been suggested that the ‘ Blackfriars Spur ’ forms the phallus of the bull . |
| 13 | The working principle is that obstructions are built into the lock to prevent the wrong shape of key from working the mechanism , and similar designs of lock are still use today ( although it has been suggested that the Romans were not able to invent a lock that could be operated from both sides of a door ) . |
| 14 | GCHQ has denied any involvement in intercepting , recording or disclosing the royal recordings … although it 's been suggested that an internal inquiry may already be underway at the Cheltenham centre . |
| 15 | And so was the famous old Raffles Hotel ( although it 's been rebuilt since his visit ) just as he remembered it — from the outside , that is . |
| 16 | The sufferer from alcoholism is so frequently involved in traffic offences that it has been said that just two drink-driving offences are a strong indication of alcoholism . |
| 17 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that it has been calculated that there is one racial attack every 30 minutes and that the savagery of such attacks has increased ? |
| 18 | If you are playing Dwarf Wars , for example , the adventurers might reach Hargrim 's tomb only to find that it has been defiled and looted . |
| 19 | However , now that it has been decided that a Sunday game of 50 overs per side is a better idea ‘ for cricket ’ , many are already beginning to rue the demise of the 40-overs game . |
| 20 | The first statement remains intact in its vagueness and generality , but the casual reader might assume from the wealth of clauses and subordinate clauses that it has been argued and proved . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's some consolation that it has been found but it 's a shame it could n't be retrieved in time for Remembrance Sunday . |
| 22 | Novell Inc has finally produced the big restructuring that it has been planning and ( sort of ) denying for so long and which led to the departure of Tony Scrivens as UK managing director . |
| 23 | ‘ All I can say is that it has been tried and tested over many years . |
| 24 | The influence of Leavis is such that it has been claimed that : |
| 25 | ‘ It does not appear to me , however , that it has been established that there was sufficient use of the track by cars in the early 1930s to provide the foundation of a claim for a public right of way for vehicles . ’ |
| 26 | There has been considerable rumour and conjecture about its future , although recently I have heard once again that it has been purchased but whether to remain as a public house I ‘ m not sure . |
| 27 | The Earth and the Moon are so close together that it has been estimated that the exposure of both planets to asteroids and comet debris has been much the same . |
| 28 | ‘ Now that it has been shown that it adds to the greenhouse effect we will start a programme to further reduce the use of SF 6 and to study replacements in the foundries , said Sven Plahte of Hydro 's magnesium division . |
| 29 | I do not consider that it has been shown that she exercised her discretion inappropriately or wrongly . |
| 30 | Human language is much more powerful — so much so that it has been suggested that the ability to speak is what really distinguishes people from animals . |