Example sentences of "[noun pl] it [vb -s] be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Offenders who are mentally disordered suffer the stigma of being labelled as both ‘ mad ’ and ‘ bad ’ , although for centuries it has been recognized that some people have diminished responsibility for their actions as a result of mental abnormality and that punishment and retribution , usually demanded by society of someone who has committed a crime , should be dispensed with in favour of providing humane care and treatment . |
| 2 | However , for these proteins it has been shown that only one ( or a few ) copies are functional genes and the remaining copies are processed pseudogenes ( 6 ) . |
| 3 | In consolidating data from several areas it has been proposed that a rapid rise of sea level occurred in the early Holocene but that in the last 6000 years the rate has been far less , although it may have diminished progressively , it may have risen to c . |
| 4 | For large bed filter plates it has been found that just about any ridged or semi ridged plastic will suffice . |
| 5 | To explain these associations it has been hypothesised that dietary fat increases the colonic concentrations of soluble free fatty acids and secondary bile acids . |
| 6 | In experiments on rats it has been shown that where experimenters expected rats to be maze-bright , the rats fulfilled their expectation and where they were expected to be maze-dull the rats also fulfilled expectations . |
| 7 | In several circumstances it has been reported that the ability of a DNA binding factor to modulate transcriptional activity can be controlled by the interaction with other factors . |
| 8 | Where training programmes are geared to the needs of older workers it has been demonstrated that they can successfully acquire new skills . |
| 9 | For some 25 years it has been recognised that the overall settlement system is antiquated in comparison with that of other major financial centres and that , if The Exchange is to maintain and enhance its position as one of the World 's major international exchanges , further and more radical reforms are needed . |
| 10 | Over thousands of years it has been recognized that the human body has a non-physical component , and it is striking that through all the descriptions there is a strong energy theme . |
| 11 | In recent years it has been realized that many non-fluid systems can exhibit behaviour which shares important characteristics with turbulent motion . |
| 12 | For many years it has been known that black people are more likely than whites to be admitted to hospital for treatment of mental disorder , more likely to be admitted compulsorily following being arrested in a public place by the police and far more likely to be diagnosed as having schizophrenia than white people . |
| 13 | In recent years it has been found that a high proportion of patients suffering from piles require no further treatment once they have switched to a high-fibre diet and as a result pass soft stools that can be evacuated with minimal straining . |
| 14 | For many years it has been claimed that the level of taxes and services is an important factor in moving house . |
| 15 | As it occurs only in the males it has been suggested that it is somehow employed in male-to-male rivalry . |
| 16 | In several studies it has been suggested that gastrointestinal function is related to blood glucose concentrations . |
| 17 | However , in other studies it has been found that women in general have superior verbal ability to men . |
| 18 | Excitation within a d-d band may lead to very little resonance Raman enhancement , and indeed for some species with inversion centers it has been found that the Raman bands are weaker than in the normal Raman spectrum when excited by light in the absorption profile of a d-d band . |
| 19 | In in vitro experiments it has been shown that H1 is able to bind general transcription factors and specifically repress transcription ( 8,9 ) . |
| 20 | Using these techniques it has been shown that thromboxane A 2 is a potent contractor of isolated vessel segments from several species including coronary arteries from pig and cattle , human umbilical artery and rabbit aorta ( Moncada & Vane , 1979 ) . |
| 21 | Using Ca 2+ -imaging techniques it has been shown that tetanic stimulation elevates Ca 2+ within dendrites and spines . |
| 22 | Manufacturing accounts for a relatively small proportion of employment in rural areas , and in the more remote regions it has been estimated that this can be as low as 10–20 per cent ( Gilg 1976 ) . |
| 23 | In split-brain patients it has been shown that the left hemisphere retains language function , the right does not . |
| 24 | Unfortunately for such critics it has been found that acupuncture works equally well , if not more effectively , on animals . |
| 25 | From earliest times it has been assumed that at least some dreams are important — bearing messages either from the gods or from the dreamer 's subconscious , depending upon one 's cultural context . |
| 26 | Yet from the earliest times it has been suggested that in the insane there is indeed a hint of genius and , by the same token , that originality demands a degree of lunacy . |
| 27 | NO CRIME PLEASE , WE 'RE IOFCs It has been estimated that half the world 's financial transactions by value involve an offshore centre directly or indirectly . |
| 28 | As some plates have horizontal dimensions of thousands of kilometres it has been argued that convection cells of equivalent horizontal and vertical dimensions would be required to move them . |
| 29 | On such grounds it has been argued that the novel is not authentic communication , notably by the Marxist critic Walter Benjamin . |