Example sentences of "[that] it [vb -s] be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ All I can say is that it has been tried and tested over many years . |
| 9 | The influence of Leavis is such that it has been claimed that : |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | I do not consider that it has been shown that she exercised her discretion inappropriately or wrongly . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The refuge theory has also been questioned in terms of the botanical information originally used to formulate it , in that it has been suggested that the ‘ refugia ’ may represent regions where collecting has been at its most intense . |
| 17 | Essentially , it appears only to have been willing to investigate the necessity for Community legislation to the extent that it has been alleged that the existing law already complied with the objectives of that legislation , i.e. to determine whether the Community legislation was redundant . |
| 18 | It is true that it has been forecast as being upon us for a long time , but things are now really moving in some areas . |
| 19 | Maybe the day will come when Mark will ring me from the museum and tell me that it 's been decided that I must add to the catalogue the pedigree of the wrapping or package in question : Ice lolly wrapper ‘ Captain Marvel ’ , Walls , 1985 , found , Whitechapel Road , EC , condition : poor . |
| 20 | Because , although it 's before nine erm , the next morning erm you 're actually giving them now more lead time , you 've given them another day because an , sometime tomorrow you know , if it gets there at two o'clock and it 's off-loading in in in at the bay and someone checks that it 's been received and then someone makes a phone call to tell them it 's there , and then they 're doing something else , and then they come down and have a look at it , how many boxes do you think are sitting on loading bays that do n't get looked at for a day or two , or three , or four , five when they 've had a next day service ? |
| 21 | Now that it 's been revealed that this really was her true story and not a jolly pack of lies , there 's no fun in reading it . |
| 22 | Errors which relate to the type or kind or scope of case into which a tribunal can inquire are regarded as jurisdictional ; errors which relate to the truth or detail of the findings that it makes are categorised as non-jurisdictional . |