Example sentences of "[been] [verb] that [det] [noun pl] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been argued that these policies were adopted at Moscow 's instigation . |
| 2 | It has been proposed that these instruments were played by extra musicians . |
| 3 | It has often been assumed that these figures were simply invented , and are evidence that the Bible is historically unreliable . |
| 4 | Whilst it has been assumed that these charges were fabricated by Musgrave ( and perhaps by Thomas Cromwell , q.v. ) , there is evidence to suggest that Dacre did indeed have private arrangements with the Scots which served to divert their raids away from his estates and on to Bewcastle . |
| 5 | At Great Dunmow , for instance , it has been suggested that such strips were up to c. 100 m ( 327 ft ) deep , while the Fosse Way southwest of Ilchester was lined by two successive rows of enclosures some 50 by 20 m ( 165 by 66 ft ) in size . |
| 6 | Carlo was made a cardinal at 22 and Archbishop of Milan at 26 , though it has been suggested that these appointments were as much due to the boy 's uncle being Pope Pius IV as to any inherent abilities . |