Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [vb -s] be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within the State Department it has been argued that two competing strategies — one ‘ Asian-oriented ’ and the other ‘ Europe-oriented ’ — had emerged and that the critical question was whether the US should have insisted on French concessions to Vietnamese nationalism as a condition of US support . |
| 2 | In defence of fishing it has been alleged that , were it not for fishermen on our rivers , accidental or deliberate pollution would not be detected so quickly . |
| 3 | Fears that the Government was putting constraints on research it commissions were fuelled when , last year , the then DHSS inserted a new clause in its contract with outside researchers . |
| 4 | In this chapter it has been argued that the uncertainty map can be of great help in managing such a portfolio . |
| 5 | In the non-insulin-dependent diabetic it has been postulated that insulin may play a key role in the pathogenesis of elevated blood pressure . |
| 6 | It has not been possible to exempt her from a third politics module , 7605 , but rather than delay her Stage II entry it has been agreed that she may ‘ trail ’ it in that stage , i.e. she will include it along with her advanced modules as 1 of the 2 basic modules which may also be counted . |
| 7 | They may have been the gigantic reptilian analogue of the elephant , and it may be no coincidence that the elephant also has its nasal openings on top of the skull , with the nostrils in this case sited at the end of the trunk it has been suggested that some sauropods may have had a proboscis of some sort . |
| 8 | As we were unable to cover any practical work in the January session it has been requested that further time be allocated . |
| 9 | Hosts : Horses and donkeys Site : Caecum and colon Species : For many years there has been a great deal of confusion in the classification of this group of parasites and in a recent revision it has been proposed that the genus Trichonema be discarded and replaced by four genera , namely Cyathostomum , Cylicocyclus , Cylicodontophorus and Cylicostephanus , these being collectively referred to as cyathostomes . |
| 10 | On the basis of an estimated 10 per cent of the Earth 's surface currently being part of a hot-spot swell it has been calculated that on average hot-spot epeirogeny should affect a particular area of crust about every 600 Ma . |
| 11 | Despite the inherent difficulties in comparative work it has been argued that an international perspective has always been implicit to some extent in the study of industrial relations . |
| 12 | For samples which fall within the appropriate range it has been suggested that a universal calibration curve can be constructed to relate V R and M , by assuming that the hydrodynamic volume of a macromolecule is related to the product , where [ η ] is the intrinsic viscosity of the polymer in the carrier solvent used , at the temperature of measurement . |
| 13 | With the introduction of the new syllabus it has been decided that the Specialist level papers and reports will no longer be sold to members . |
| 14 | For example it has been found that the more erect the leaves the greater the growth rate . |
| 15 | In the rat model for example it has been shown that the compound butyl hydroxy anisole , which is carcinogenic in the forestomach , does not bind directly to DNA . |
| 16 | Thirty five people who were killed that day and remember that on Yorkshire television it 's been established that there were and this is something you got ta over , people like you had got the ear of the Special Branch and murky people in the establishment of the |
| 17 | In this respect it has been recognised that Departments will have specific concerns relevant to the activities of particular groups of workers who provide services . |
| 18 | For some time in social policy it has been appreciated that local administrations do not simply act as transmitters of national legislation and guidance . |
| 19 | Throughout this paper it has been argued that separating special education policy from mainstream education policy creates an artificial division between special and mainstream education . |
| 20 | But against this theory it has been argued that over large parts of the zebra 's range , insects are not a major problem , so without further analysis the idea is once again inconclusive . |
| 21 | The Farm seem to be this year 's Band You Love To Hate , but their version of ‘ Do n't You Want Me ? ’ is by no means the throwaway novelty it has been presented as being . |
| 22 | In the past it has been thought that the fault was greed , but this is too simple a view . |
| 23 | Although the former method requires little storage it has been found that the benefits from a fixed wordlist far outweigh a statistical approach when determining possible words . |
| 24 | 3 In addition to providing for strong and responsible government it has been claimed that the system provides for moderate government because the two parties in a two-party system must strive to occupy the middle ground where the votes lie thickest and this obliges them to control their extremists who might dissuade the middling voters from giving their support . |
| 25 | In addition it has been suggested that bureaux make contact with the social worker for the deaf at the local Social Services Department to ensure that the bureau has all the up-to-date information relevant to the deaf . |
| 26 | In addition it has been claimed that one of the tones is the level tone , which by definition may not have any pitch movement . |
| 27 | At a regional level it has been demonstrated that , in 1971 , over 30 per cent of the population in North Wales and Sussex was aged over 60 , compared with the national mean of only 19 per cent ( Law and Warnes 1975 ) . |
| 28 | At the broadest level it has been contended that stifling the artistic urges of the convicted or incarcerated would have deprived the world of much great literature . |
| 29 | At a very superficial level it has been suggested that retirement is not problematic for women because of the importance of their ‘ other ’ social roles . |
| 30 | By contrast it has been argued that lawyers ' characteristic and specific practice is translation into a discourse which they both use and create . |