Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the second , it has long been recognised that successful institutions are distinguished by clear aims . |
| 2 | Thirdly , it has long been recognised that written documents produced in the past often have a special quality , which is not possessed by school textbooks or the writings of later historians . |
| 3 | It has long been known that skilled smallholders , owning their own plots of land , can produce very much more from an acre than large-scale farmers with labourers who can not possibly have the same dedication . |
| 4 | But it should perhaps be said that amateur boxers often avoid the excesses and the injuries of their professional colleagues , and the likes of Dick MacTaggart is a monument to sportsmanlike behaviour . |
| 5 | In a sense that has long been the case , since it has generally been supposed that turbulent flows are contained within a deterministic set of equations — the Navier-Stokes and continuity equations . |
| 6 | It has already been observed that male compositors had virtually boycotted the machines at first . |
| 7 | It has already been noted that obstructive attitudes can prevent progress in therapy , and that such attitudes can usually be identified by carefully analysing the patient 's attempts to achieve goals and the reason for failure . |
| 8 | It has already been remarked that corresponding developments occur at lower Rayleigh number when the Prandtl number is lower . |
| 9 | It has already been suggested that informal methods of dispute-resolution in the family arena are not new , nor are they alternatives to legal regulation . |
| 10 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
| 11 | ‘ By the beginning of 1960 ’ , he wrote , ‘ it could no longer be denied that certain parts of London at night were dominated by a new spirit of insecurity ’ : ‘ juvenile delinquency had for the first time in Britain become elevated to the status of a national problem ’ . |
| 12 | Nonetheless , a substantial degree of agreement has been achieved , not only between different demographic groups , but also between the whole range of approaches , intuitive , statistical and personal preference ( Briggs and France , 1980 ) and it can generally be concluded that good landscapes will have substantial relative relief , a major water body , diverse land use , and some historical artifacts , but will lack modern industry and major transport facilities . |
| 13 | For all his reverence for Hugh of Lincoln Richard had always been determined that other bishops should not be like him . |
| 14 | Capping entitlements has never been popular , mainly because it has always been assumed that social-security recipients ( old-age pensioners ) would be hardest hit . |
| 15 | However , it could still be argued that biological inequalities , no matter how small , provide the foundation upon which structures of social inequality are built . |
| 16 | It has also been argued that green belts have been used as instruments of preservation rather than conservation , and that insufficient attention has been devoted to positive planning , and to provision for recreational use . |
| 17 | It has also been said that private companies can be enticed into investment in eastern Europe , as in the deal whereby BSN of France and Nestle of Switzerland bought a stake in Czech confectioner Chakoladnovy . |
| 18 | It has also been found that unanticipated events and changes are more likely to precipitate a relapse of schizophrenia than events for which the person is prepared . |
| 19 | It should also be recognised that non-standard forms are systematic and not haphazard . |
| 20 | It should also be noted that professional disbursements are now considered to include interpreters ' and translators ' fees as well as those of counsel , agents and experts . |
| 21 | It should also be understood that black sportsmen work sedulously at perpetuating their popular image of being relaxed at all times . |
| 22 | It can also be argued that other candidates for possible exclusion are those who are unfit for work for one reason or another . |
| 23 | It might also be thought that seasonal workers would be distinguished from their regular counterparts by special contracts of employment . |
| 24 | Yet ironically , recent government policies have created a situation where more and more prisoners serving life and other long sentences have rather less to lose , for it has now been decreed that various categories of serious offender will not normally be considered for parole , or not considered for a very long time ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 25 | Not surprisingly , it has often been said that foreign learners of English need to learn English intonation ; some have gone further than this and claimed that , unless the foreign learner learns the appropriate way to use intonation in a given situation , there is a risk that he or she may unintentionally give offence ; for example , the learner might use an intonation suitable for expressing boredom or discontent when what was needed was an expression of gratitude or affection . |
| 26 | It has frequently been argued that temporary jobs , although possibly less desirable than permanent jobs , do provide a form of work for otherwise unemployed people and , furthermore , one that enhances their chances of subsequently obtaining permanent jobs ( Syrett , 1985 ) . |
| 27 | It has more frequently been suggested that dilute sources will promote visits to many nowers and thus out-crossing , though it is difficult to see how such a mechanism could arise , and perhaps it is more satisfactory to surmise that visits by a pollen-dusted vector to several flowers on one plant are promoted , leading to cross fertilization of more . |
| 28 | Commercial banks everywhere are realising that profitable banks may become big , but not the other way round . |
| 29 | … it can sometimes be overlooked that reasonable damages should always be assessed in respect of that initial period of shock and suffering . |
| 30 | The latter requirement necessitates showing that the person who first removed the property from the ‘ common store ’ was entitled to do so ; it must then be demonstrated that subsequent transfers have been consensual . |