Example sentences of "been [verb] [verb] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The context of speech-making and the techniques and conventions that have been developed ensure that many sides of a case are put at the same time as maintaining the proprieties due to different statuses .
2 He thought , not for the first time , that a system which required ministers to run their departments , fulfil their parliamentary responsibilities , and spend the weekend listening to the grievances of their constituents , might have been designed to ensure that major decisions were made by men and women tired to the point of exhaustion .
3 Initially , the main aim of this research was to demonstrate the inaccuracy of Chomsky 's characterization of the input as " random and degenerate " but , more recently , attempts have been made to show that particular features of this register actually facilitate the learner 's task .
4 I could never have expressed that wish so long as my father was alive , for I had been trained to think that such sentiments would hurt him .
5 Communications have been improved to ensure that all employees clearly understand the goals and objectives of the Noble Metals organisation and the results that are being achieved .
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