Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [adv] [that] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It has been pointed out that the behaviour of zebras simply does not match with this picture of them standing very still in broken cover .
2 It has also been pointed out that the laws in the Old Testament may be classified as either " apodictic " in form ( " thou shalt … " or " thou shalt not … " ) or " casuistic " ( " when a man … , he shall … " ) .
3 It has been pointed out that the intent of the act of 1691 which allowed settlement " earned " from an apprenticeship , a period of qualifying employment or householding , was constructive .
4 It has recently been pointed out that the level of investment in training is substantially above that usually quoted , but that this money is not spent in the most effective way .
5 It has been pointed out that the location of those markets is itself a telling advantage to Scottish traders because they all have weak currencies ( the lira and peseta ) while former German and Dutch suppliers are forced to trade with the strongest ( the deutschmark and the guilder ) .
6 Man has also been suggested — it has also been pointed out that the fruits favoured by him and the ape are the same .
7 The indemnity was described simply as a payment ‘ for making peace ’ , but it has been pointed out that the sum of £20,000 is close to the amount thought to have been extorted by the Scots from the northern counties of England over the years since Bannockburn , and the payment may have been seen as compensation for the destruction wrought in the north .
8 It has been pointed out that the insignia assigned to the vicarius of the British diocese , alone of such officers , consists of castellated enclosures instead of maidens , indicating that he commanded troops .
9 It has already been pointed out that the definition of a rural area , or a rural community , is an elusive concept , but many authors would agree with Bealer et al .
10 The reporter to Strathclyde 's children 's panel had appealed the decision and giving yesterday 's judgment , Lord Murray , sitting with Lords Osborne and Wylie , said it had been pointed out that the sheriff had excluded any question of reasonable chastisement in this case .
11 While the company has observed for a number of years the thrust of most of the recommendations put forward in the code of best practice , some of our procedures have been adjusted so that the form as well as the spirit of the code is met .
12 It is from that sheet that the figures were transcribed on to the erm on to the pink and the , the , the , the , erm blue and the yellow sheets which have been circulated and which have been amended so that the figures now correspond on both sheets .
13 Campbell said the threat of legal action in Cheshire may have been averted now that the SSD had substantially re-drafted its contract .
14 At the same time the press had been tipped off that the Health Minister was leaving the country on holiday from Heathrow and half a dozen photographers had literally chased on to the runway to photograph him .
15 As it happens , the bass part has been designed so that the result is relatively consonant and relaxed , but it would have been equally easy ( as we have shown above ) to make it contribute more dissonance and tension :
16 It has been claimed above that the Report is best understood within more general extensions of state cultural policy and management in its concern with mobilizing public activists , within a tradition of voluntary action , to serve the " community " .
17 It will be clear from what has been said above that the functions of Community and Union can not be kept totally separate .
18 The obvious thing was to jot down quickly what had been said so that the speechreader would be ‘ on beam ’ and laugh too .
19 The point has been made clearly that the rating system was completely unpopular , particularly to people living on their own .
20 It has been argued earlier that the LEAs , both individually and collectively , failed to generate greater consensus on the school curriculum , but were there not alternative means of bringing together the various partners ( the LEAs , schools and their teachers , governors and parents , industry and commerce ; the churches ) to reach an agreement ?
21 It has been shown previously that the mobility of ATF1 on SDS gels is increased by treatment with phosphatase ( 29 , 30 ) .
22 It has already been shown above that the argument can not be taken to mean that either institutional investors or the board of directors do in reality constrain corporate managers to profit-maximize .
23 It has also been found experimentally that the columns formed by a layer of viscous liquid falling over an edge can move around chaotically .
24 On the other hand he suggested that no proof had been brought forward that the forms proposed by the Puritans were founded on any ordinance of Christ .
25 Anne Dickie , Manager Royline Sales , said regional awards had been introduced so that the efforts and results of branches could be better highlighted and rewarded — and she praised the first three winners .
26 We 've managed to run our economy so that the pound has always been teetering before it fell ; the successful economies have been run so that the currency had to be suppressed . ’
27 All prize money has been increased so that the runner-up receives £175 , losing semi-finalists £85 and losing quarterfinalists £40 .
28 In the second painting , every irregularity in her figure had been emphasised so that the girl stretching outwards from a balcony to pick a ripe , hanging fruit appeared as misshapen as a fairy-tale goblin .
29 A proposal has been put forward that the nursery classes should be accommodated in the infant annexe building and that the present nursery building should be declared surplus to requirements .
30 It confounds the rumours that have been put about that the Government are running out of steam .
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