Example sentences of "been [verb] that a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been arranged that a trustworthy man would come then to collect him and take him to a safe house . |
| 2 | But it has obviously been forgotten that a near-similar system was in place almost exactly a century ago — the submarine cable system , a communicative technique in which the British were supreme . |
| 3 | It was only once the basic political problems of the transition had been resolved that a coherent strategy could emerge for confronting the immediate economic crisis , and for dealing with serious underlying questions such as the restructuring of basic sectors of industry and the modernization of state finances and administration . |
| 4 | It has been supposed that a vocal response must necessarily emanate from the left hemisphere and that a stimulus presented in the left half field of vision must therefore be transferred from the right to the left hemisphere . |
| 5 | It had been expected that a limited corp of staff would remain as a support unit after the last aircraft departs in January . |
| 6 | It has been said that a negative character quality is a positive quality misused . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It has just been argued that a thorough analysis of the market attractiveness and competitive strengths of an SBU ( possibly based upon a Porter analysis ) , should provide more insight into the future covariability of the SBU and total market returns . |
| 9 | It has been argued that a de-clawed cat can learn to use its teeth more when grooming . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Other workers frightened that they might become victims of a Maxwell-style rip-off have been told that a personal plan is ‘ safer ’ . |
| 12 | Earlier the inquiry had been told that a four-platform layout for Newton , which could have prevented the tragedy , had been discounted on grounds of cost by the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive . |
| 13 | Not only can we point to the success of such a tax abroad , but at no stage in recent negotiations or since have we been told that a local income tax would not work . |
| 14 | Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee have been told that a formal request will be made to Britain to seize the general 's dosh . |
| 15 | For example , It has recently been shown that a new drug ( misoprostol ) , if used prophylactically , can reduce the incidence of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ( NSAID ) associated ulcers in those patients taking these drugs for their arthritis ( Graham et al , 1988 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In recent years it has been found that a high proportion of patients suffering from piles require no further treatment once they have switched to a high-fibre diet and as a result pass soft stools that can be evacuated with minimal straining . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It has traditionally been assumed that a gradual decrease in intensity of Hercynian folding has resulted in the stratigraphic relationships observed within the late Carboniferous . |
| 22 | This was the first hard evidence that a change in the advanced courses was on the way although , ever since the development at National Certificate level , it had been assumed that a major change in the advanced level would follow in due course . |
| 23 | Mrs Thatcher has been advised that a complete ban on strikes is not a practical proposition and may entail a high degree of political risk . |
| 24 | The directors had been advised that a special resolution was necessary to permit the transaction . |
| 25 | The Lillian Snelling works , for instance , are of interest to Kew , and it has been suggested that a joint exhibition could be mounted . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It has , however , been suggested that a similar shift in desorption temperature , after alkali promotion of a Pt 111 surface , is due mainly to a decrease in the desorption frequency factor rather than to an increased activation energy . |
| 30 | 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 . |