Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been hypothesised that this characteristic is due to extra chromosomal material in the X chromosome as compared with the Y chromosome . |
| 2 | We controlled the game better than might have been expected but this game is different and , however much you plan things , a goal can change everything . |
| 3 | It has been claimed that automatic crystallisation is unfair in the sense that it could prejudice subsequent chargees who do not know , and indeed who may have no way of knowing , that the charge has crystallised . |
| 4 | It has often been claimed that English speech is rhythmical , and that the rhythm is detectable in the regular occurrence of stressed syllables ; of course , it is not suggested that the timing is as regular as a clock — the regularity of occurrence is only relative . |
| 5 | There has been a tendency more recently , however , for deaf people to be wary of consecutive interpreting where they may feel information is added to , or subtracted from , the message ( Allsop and Kyle , 1982 ) , even though for spoken languages it has usually been felt that consecutive interpreting is much more effective and much easier to check for the validity of the interpretation ( Herbert , 1978 ) . |
| 6 | In common with Category 2 of the New South Wales legislation , it has been said that this offence is ‘ more significant for what it fails to include [ than ] for what it does include . ’ |
| 7 | It appears from experiments in which platelet-membrane fractions have been separated that thromboxane synthesis is associated with intracellular membranes known as dense tubular membranes ( Carey et al , 1982 ) . |
| 8 | This requires diagnostic skills normally associated with doctors , but it has long been suspected that this responsibility is generally left entirely to the DN , so this section begins with an analysis of DN responses to the question : ‘ Who decided on current treatment ? ’ before examining that treatment . |
| 9 | Assuming a valid haulage contract has been made and one party is in breach of one or more of the terms , the usual remedy is to sue the party in default for damages . |
| 10 | It has been argued that romantic love is a relatively modern phenomenon , reserved in earlier times for the delight of troubadours and the illicit pleasures of the rich . |
| 11 | It has sometimes been argued that marine erosion is not active at present because raised beaches are still preserved on exposed parts of the coast , e.g. on Gower in South Wales and at Brighton . |
| 12 | It has been argued that this essay is vitiated by " bad faith " . |
| 13 | It has been argued that human wealth is so illiquid that the greater is this h ratio , the greater will be the demand for money to compensate for the limited marketability of human wealth . |
| 14 | All the rest , save one , have been demolished and that block is now used as a neighbourhood local authority services centre ( housing management , social services , etc. ) rather than for housing . |
| 15 | G–FLAK has been sold and another Baron is on line to replace it . |
| 16 | Enhancement of gastrointestinal synthesis of leukotrienes by NSAIDs in humans has not hitherto been shown and experimental evidence is conflicting ; indomethacin has been reported to enhance synthesis of LTB 4 , have no effect on synthesis of LTB 4 , and hinhibit synthesis of LTC 4 , albeit to a lesser extent than its effects on prostaglandins in the rat stomach . |
| 17 | The point has now been reached where radical action is called for in order to salvage GATT . |
| 18 | It has been proposed that colorectal carcinogenesis is accompanied by increased mucosal cell proliferation and that the converse may also apply . |
| 19 | Once it has been acknowledged that linguistic differentiation is a particularly salient manifestation of the tendency of communities to mark out gender distinctions by a variety of means , it is difficult , given the general orientation of current sociolinguistics , to progress further in finding a convincing explanation of linguistic sex-marking . |
| 20 | They have been learning that professional golf is primarily a numbers game . |
| 21 | Traditionally , it has been assumed that this information is derived from non-visual sources such as the vergence angle of the eyes . |
| 22 | We have been arguing that changing concepts is a political activity ; that it is not value-free , but arises out of a particular ethical or political interpretation of the word , and that one of the aims of the dialogue between feminism and philosophy should precisely be to reconceptualise the world that is offered by philosophy as it is at present . |
| 23 | It has been estimated that diarrhoeal illness is responsible for 250,000 deaths each year in Bangladesh . |
| 24 | ‘ It has been estimated that British business is losing up to £1bn a year and that around 100,000 jobs have been lost as a result of this practice . ’ |
| 25 | One customer has already been signed but that product is still under development and no announcement has been made as yet . |
| 26 | The planning officer 's attitude to proposals to develop a site can be assessed when only outline approval has been obtained or substantial modification is required to the detailed approval . |
| 27 | Experiments with ‘ hard ’ radiation such as gamma irradiation have been conducted and this method is occasionally used for the packaging of some high risk foods . |
| 28 | The bolts have recently been renewed but traditional protection is also necessary . |
| 29 | We believe that what has been described as paradoxical pain is what we would refer to as ‘ opioid poorly responsive ’ pain and that opioid responsiveness is a continuum that may be influenced by any of a large number of factors related to the patient and the drug as well as the pain . |
| 30 | All recruitment , except in schools , has been suspended and non-essential spending is to be shelved . |