Example sentences of "this has [been] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been recognized for a long time . |
| 2 | This has been emphasised by a series of British chiefs of the defence staffs , by the chairman of NATO 's military committee , by former US Defence Secretary Robert McNamara , and by Lord Zuckerman , formerly chief scientific adviser to the minister of defence and to the prime minister . |
| 3 | When particular ethnic groups have campaigned to preserve single sex schools , because of compatibility with cultural norms , this has been perceived as a form of cultural imposition and indoctrination and even sexism . |
| 4 | This has been followed by a ‘ Special Edition ’ featuring one locomotive only , 71000 , ‘ Duke of Gloucester ’ . |
| 5 | This has been exacerbated by a continuing tendency for clients to reduce the size of their marketing departments . |
| 6 | This has been revealed following a meeting of the Education Board where members tried a specimen paper submitted by the Department of Education to show the types of questions which would be asked in next year 's 11-plus . |
| 7 | Critics also argue that this has been compounded by a policy which has unfairly favoured the private sector in preference to the public sector . |
| 8 | This has been cleared over a width sufficient for the new track , but leaving those bushes and trees which were to be retained to form part of the landscape of the line . |
| 9 | This has been cleared over a width sufficient for the new track , but leaving those bushes and trees which were to be retained to form part of the landscape of the line . |
| 10 | This has been observed in a large number of deep sea cores from both high and low latitudes , though one is tempted to ask how many other species did not become extinct during this period . |
| 11 | Dismissal can not usually be justified merely because the employee 's private life is scandalous or involves immoral conduct , and this has been reconfirmed by a recent Higher Labour Court decision ( LAG Hamm , 17 Sa 1326/89 ) . |
| 12 | This has been painted in a strong colour to make it look more aggressive . |
| 13 | This has been achieved through a number of key actions including : |
| 14 | As this has been achieved with a style of football that owes little to romantic idealism , Charlton is not in trouble-free waters although even his most vigorous detractors are now inclined to take a pragmatic stance , appeased by success and forced to accept his widespread popularity . |
| 15 | This has been achieved in a CO2 laser { 5 } . |
| 16 | This has been achieved by a rhetoric which unfavourably contrasts present-day France and its sizeable population of North African immigrants with the myth of a former , well-ordered France , devoid of Arabs . |
| 17 | Preliminary reports suggest that cyclosporin is effective treatment for Crohn 's disease and this has been confirmed in a controlled trial . |
| 18 | I am satisfied , and this has been confirmed by a recent independent review , that that support is effective in generating investment and jobs . |
| 19 | ‘ This has been done in a very formal and proper way . ’ |
| 20 | This has been done in a similar fashion to Martin 's approach , where the fret ends are chopped off square and then individually rounded , rather than by running a fret file down the sides of the neck and lopping all the ends off at a 45 degree angle . |
| 21 | This has been done in a number of papers and in this sections we outline the results of a study by Attfield and Duck ( 1983 ) ( henceforth AD ) . |
| 22 | This has been replaced by a move which is variously described as a return ‘ back to basics ’ , an attempt to ‘ focus on the core ’ or ‘ unbundling ’ . |
| 23 | This has been realized for a long time , and it is on record that John Dalton analysed the water supply for the firm of Sykes & Co. at Stockport and declared it suitable for the purpose . |
| 24 | This has been conceived as a method of generating and manipulating a range of complex assembly problems . |
| 25 | Sadly , these calls have not been heeded because in the United Kingdom this has been seen as a party political issue instead of an important pointer to priorities for action . |
| 26 | Although this has been seen as a crucial error on the emperor 's part , he may not have been wrong in his assessment of his magister militum . |
| 27 | Use of the TRAX system is now compulsory as noted above , but this has been seen as a benefit as much as a burden . |
| 28 | K v and v can be established by calibrating with polymer fractions of known molar mass , and once this has been established for a system , [ η ] alone will give M for an unknown fraction . |
| 29 | And make no mistake , although this has been introduced in a piecemeal and seemingly haphazard manner , it is in effect a well thought out policy , with the strategy coming from the Tory think-tanks and implemented with gusto by their close friends and allies in both public and private industry . |
| 30 | A weatherboarded flour mill , it was originally supported on open timberwork , but this has been enclosed within a brick roundhouse . |