Example sentences of "that have been [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Convention continues the distinction that has been traditionally drawn between rights and obligations , and assumes that they can be effectively distinguished . |
| 2 | The Havelok text ( Bodleian MS Laud Misc 108 ) is one of those sources that has been traditionally thought to be the work of an Anglo-Norman scribe ( Sisam , 1915 ) on the grounds that the spelling is highly variable in the respects specified by Skeat and indeed in some other respects also . |
| 3 | In higher education , it introduces devolution from a United Kingdom funding council to a new Scottish body , something that has been universally welcomed by universities and others . |
| 4 | But it is the lenders ' generosity with their funds during that era that has been partly blamed for the continuing rise in the number of arrears and repossession cases . |
| 5 | Yet , one of the catchwords that has been widely heard in Washington and elsewhere during the run up to the war has been the need to create a democratic environment in the Middle East after the war is over . |
| 6 | Terry McLaughlin , the deputy editor of the Irish News , said some of the material shown to him was marked ‘ top secret ’ , the highest security classification , and went beyond the type of photo-montage material that has been widely leaked over the past month . |
| 7 | Although I fully understand and share the concern that has been widely expressed about the implications of this case , I have no plans to institute any formal inquiry . |
| 8 | A relatively old rug that has been well looked after may be in far better condition than a newer item that has seen less considerate use , and some contemporary items are deliberately made to look old by the use of chemical washes ( p. 27 ) . |
| 9 | A recent source of data about the ethnic minorities in Britain that has been extensively used in this chapter is Brown ( 1984 ) , which is based on a large-scale survey for the Policy Studies Institute . |
| 10 | We will also see cases where we do not categorize whole organizations in this way but we separate out those functions within the organization which could be classed as Type A and those which could be classed as Type B. This can also lead to parts of public sector organizations being classified as ‘ profit-oriented ’ , a trend that has been particularly marked during the 1980s with the increasing use of Direct Service Organizations in local authorities , Hospital Trusts in the health service and Executive Agencies in the civil service . |
| 11 | It is the public sector alternative to the price mechanism of ‘ the market ’ for allocating limited resources — an alternative that has been hotly debated since the origin of the Poor Law . |
| 12 | In a typical experiment on latent inhibition , a stimulus that has been repeatedly presented on its own is used as the CS ( conditioned stimulus ) in a conditioning procedure and the course of acquisition of the CR ( conditioned response ) is compared with that shown when a novel stimulus is used as the CS . |
| 13 | It should also drum up more work for a profession that has been badly hit by the recession . |
| 14 | I feel compassion for my soul that has been indelibly marked with the rubber stamp of religion and nationality and defiled by innumerable stains , not the least of them being those caused by myself — for we scourge ourselves terribly . |
| 15 | One aspect that has been somewhat modified by further curriculum development projects , has been the implication that pupils were not receptive to certain ways of thinking until certain stages in their development . |
| 16 | I thus started a relationship with that country that has been constantly rewarding for the rest of my life , and indeed I now regard it almost as my second homeland . |
| 17 | Brown has been important to White because he provides the top-level training practice that has been so lacking in the build-up to this world championships . |
| 18 | In doing so she is reviving the ‘ great divide ’ theory that has been so discredited by social anthropologists and sociolinguists . |
| 19 | As far as I am aware , this theory has found very little formal or scholarly expression , although it lies below the surface of much that has been informally expressed by directors of English ensembles and by others , both in conversation and in the various kinds of writing generated by the commercial music business . |
| 20 | Alternatively it could have developed as another example of a prey-killing poison that has been secondarily used against attackers . |
| 21 | This stricture is one that has been variously repeated in a large number of literary and critical theories in this century . |
| 22 | Soil from land that has been recently dressed with artificial fertilizer should be similarly avoided , as this too will pollute the water . |
| 23 | My hon. Friend will know that there was a real-terms increase in the science and technology budget this year , a point that has been readily acknowledged by scientists up and down the country . |
| 24 | In fact , Hammersmith Road might belong to any British city that has been silently raped during the past few years . |
| 25 | To a computer programmer , the pattern of distribution of these ‘ genetic fossil ’ fragments is uncannily reminiscent of the pattern of text on the surface of an old disc that has been much used for editing text . |
| 26 | Space-age French designer Andre Courreges came up with a classic in 1964 that has been much copied since — the mid-calf , soft kid , white boot for women . |
| 27 | A horse that has been continually galloped by one owner , is not going to change its expectations of being ridden just because it has been bought by someone who wants to travel at a more sedate speed ! |
| 28 | These tough measures are part of a determined effort by the newly independent country to regain control of a resource that has been systematically plundered over the past three decades . |
| 29 | Structural studies of the shales and greywackes of the Skiddaw Group have refined the understanding of the deformational history : the early episode of major slump folding identified previously now appears to have been followed by a period of upright folding that has been subsequently modified by south-directed thrusting . |
| 30 | This is a point that has been commonly overlooked in the past , even by geologists , since there is a general tendency to assume that the only rocks worth bothering about are ‘ hard ’ rocks , which can be hit with a hammer ! |