Example sentences of "have been [verb] that a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is some comment has been made that a new settlement to the South or the South West of York would in some way undermine the urban regeneration erm of Leeds City Council , now I find this a surprising comment given that though people who are making that comment are also at the same time advocating much increased development allocations to , for example , Harrogate district , the main centre for which is erm , nearer than most conceivable new settlement locations to the South and South West of York . |
| 2 | It has been argued that a new spatial division of labour has been created which has changed the relative attractiveness of locations ( Massey and Meegan 1982 , Massey 1984 ) . |
| 3 | It has been argued that a special , hybrid type of right should be introduced for computer programs ; something between a patent and copyright . |
| 4 | It has been argued that a de-clawed cat can learn to use its teeth more when grooming . |
| 5 | It has been argued that an appropriate definition of central in this context would be information related to risks and potential risks in a situation . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It has been said that a negative character quality is a positive quality misused . |
| 8 | This distinction has been widely overlooked in modern missionary strategy to the extent that when a church has resulted in a particular country , it has been assumed that an adequate base for evangelisation has been established . |
| 9 | Concern has been voiced that an unregulated internal labour market will undermine the competitive position of those member states who have relatively high wages and social security without a more comprehensive approach . |
| 10 | It has been suggested that a hot layer at the core-mantle boundary , generated by convection in the mobile outer core , produces a circulating system extending up through the entire mantle ( Fig. 2.17(C) ) . |
| 11 | It has been suggested that a mobile chemical signal is the causal agent linking the local wound stimulus to the distant systemic response , and candidates such as oligosaccharides , abscisic acid and a polypeptide have been put forward . |
| 12 | The Lillian Snelling works , for instance , are of interest to Kew , and it has been suggested that a joint exhibition could be mounted . |
| 13 | Similarly it has been suggested that a weak hydrogen bond , which is strong enough to induce miscibility can form between the carbonyl unit of poly ( methyl methacrylate ) and the α-hydrogen of poly ( vinyl chloride ) ( example 3 where ) . |
| 14 | Thus it has been suggested that a key difference between invertebrate and vertebrate brains is that in the former a great deal of power and responsibility could be invested in a single cell or even synapse which in the vertebrate nervous system would be more widely distributed . |
| 15 | The first wave of aggregation induced by adrenaline is associated with uptake of calcium by platelets , and it has been suggested that a localised flux of calcium into the platelet plasma membrane enables the platelets to stick together ( Gerrard et al , 1981 ) . |
| 16 | It has been suggested that a freezing rate of at least 0.1 °C per minute and temperatures of -5 to -10°C are required for rock shattering to occur . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | On the basis of this and other studies , it has been suggested that a functional physiological specialisation does exist in the human colon , with the proximal segments representing sites of mixing and storage of contents , whereas the distal ones would act as a conduit to propel faeces to the rectal ampulla . |
| 19 | It has been suggested that a considerable number of healthy people previously infected with H pylori might remain seropositive despite the spontaneous elimination of the organisms . |
| 20 | It has been suggested that a giant meteorite falling in the Atlantic would produce a wave twenty thousand feet high . |
| 21 | The argument of this chapter has been to suggest that a distinctive mode of rationality , which is postmodernist in its opposition to the principles of the Weberian/Fordist organization pattern , may have emerged in some aspects of post-war Japan . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It has been proposed that an early event in the development of colorectal tumours is the loss of the ability of colonic epithelial cells to undergo terminal differentiation as they migrate up the crypt towards the luminal surface . |
| 24 | The CAP reforms also affect non-farmers and it has been proposed that an annual premium of 150 ECU per hectare would be payable for a period of 20 years to private individuals rather than farmers who afforest agricultural land . |
| 25 | It has been shown that a single instruction is sufficient ( in theory ) for a general-purpose computer ( Van der Poel 1956 ) ; however , instead of a theoretically sufficient instruction set , what we require is an instruction set which provides a practical set of operations in which applications can be programmed . |
| 26 | Most importantly , it has been shown that a positive school ethos and high staff morale will increase pupils ' involvement in school activities and combat a lack of motivation . |
| 27 | It has been shown that a broadened serological response occurs after immunization of HIV-infected individuals and that T-cell responses increase drastically . |
| 28 | Although most foods contain potassium , especially potatoes and green vegetables , it has been shown that a high proportion of elderly people select a diet low in potassium ( Davies , 1981 ) . |
| 29 | In English , it has been shown that an unmarked theme is one that signals the mood of the clause : in declarative clauses the unmarked theme is the subject ( Jane said nothing for a moment ) ; in interrogative clauses it is the wh-word ( What did Jane say ? ) , or the auxiliary in the case of polar questions ( Did Jane say anything ? ) ; in imperative clauses it is the verb ( Say something ) . |
| 30 | More importantly it has been shown that an indistinguishable stain of H pylori as assessed by its DNA fingerprint , is present in the gastric mucosa of more than one member of a family group . |