Example sentences of "[adv] been [vb pp] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has since been accepted that this kind of arrangement can not be accommodated at most other council buildings . |
| 2 | It had long been recognized that many species are protected from predators by colouring that provides camouflage . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It had long been known that some metals gave colours to flames ; but this was an unreliable test , because colours are hard to describe exactly , and because they are usually masked by a brilliant orange-yellow . |
| 5 | It has already been noted that most models have a view of politicians as people who follow overly narrow self-interested behaviour to the detriment of interests of the electorate and presumably their own long-run reputations . |
| 6 | It has already been noted that some science students had made the choice between science and arts on the basis that it was easier to keep up with arts in one 's spare time than it was to keep up with science . |
| 7 | This is not to suggest that life in a large mental handicap hospital is a fulfilling experience ; on the contrary , it has already been established that such places should not ideally exist and do not represent a suitable home for mentally handicapped people . |
| 8 | ’ We have no policy on single-sex swimming , as it has never been an issue before and it has always been assumed that all children would swim together . ’ |
| 9 | Until recently it had always been assumed that all calories are the same , regardless of where they came from . |
| 10 | It has also been said that such activities can help to raise the general level of energy of members of the household , the depletion of which may often show itself as a succession of minor illnesses . |
| 11 | It has now been decided that both clubs will play on the Wednesday with 7.45 kick-offs . |
| 12 | It has often been assumed that these figures were simply invented , and are evidence that the Bible is historically unreliable . |
| 13 | It has even been suggested that such observation , especially if associated with low morale among staff , may actually increase the risk of suicide ( Kobler and Stotland 1964 ) . |
| 14 | It has even been suggested that some coral reefs , which it will be recalled are mostly dead coral and debris , are being destroyed rather than built up : they could be relics of higher sea levels . |
| 15 | It has frequently been observed that many classroom interactions do not conform to the rules of normal conversation , and this applies particularly to teachers ' use of questions ( e.g. , Barnes , 1969 ; Stubbs , 1976 ; Edwards , 1980 ) . |
| 16 | I mention this here because it has sometimes been thought that this type of community is abnormal or atypical . |
| 17 | While for some this may be evident enough in the society of mass consumption , it has equally commonly been assumed that this degree of variability is an aberrant result of the wastage of modern capitalism , and that the ‘ pristine ’ subjects of social anthropology live in a far closer relationship with the given needs of their environment ( e.g. Forde 1934 ) . |
| 18 | Most astonishingly , it has recently been discovered that many trees send out messages of danger when under attack from insects . |
| 19 | Although " this offer has been accepted by Marshal Tito " , it had " subsequently been discovered that these troops had not in fact entered Austria … it was possible to turn them over to Marshal Tito in complete formation , and prevention of infiltration into Austria was essential for operational reasons " . |