Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] suggest that [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The ‘ pro-Palestinian ’ faction has been suggesting that the National Front abandon the pretence of attempting to build a mass party .
2 It has been suggested that a hot layer at the core-mantle boundary , generated by convection in the mobile outer core , produces a circulating system extending up through the entire mantle ( Fig. 2.17(C) ) .
3 It has been suggested that a mobile chemical signal is the causal agent linking the local wound stimulus to the distant systemic response , and candidates such as oligosaccharides , abscisic acid and a polypeptide have been put forward .
4 The Lillian Snelling works , for instance , are of interest to Kew , and it has been suggested that a joint exhibition could be mounted .
5 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 ) .
6 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 .
7 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 ) .
8 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 .
9 For samples which fall within the appropriate range it has been suggested that a universal calibration curve can be constructed to relate V R and M , by assuming that the hydrodynamic volume of a macromolecule is related to the product , where [ η ] is the intrinsic viscosity of the polymer in the carrier solvent used , at the temperature of measurement .
10 On the basis of this and other studies , it has been suggested that a functional physiological specialisation does exist in the human colon , with the proximal segments representing sites of mixing and storage of contents , whereas the distal ones would act as a conduit to propel faeces to the rectal ampulla .
11 It has been suggested that a considerable number of healthy people previously infected with H pylori might remain seropositive despite the spontaneous elimination of the organisms .
12 It has been suggested that a giant meteorite falling in the Atlantic would produce a wave twenty thousand feet high .
13 It has been suggested that the real reason Judas betrayed Jesus was that he wanted him to be a popular Messiah who would drive out the Romans .
14 It has been suggested that the Arab ‘ test ’ referred to Ludwig 's star , though at the present time it is far below naked-eye visibility .
15 Bile or components of bile have been identified as potential carcinogens in other organs such as the colon or pancreas and it has been suggested that the increased risk of developing gastric cancer after gastric surgery is a function of duodenogastric reflux .
16 It has been suggested that the appropriate test is ‘ whether the parties are making some serious promises or undertakings ’ which are intended by them to be acted and relied upon .
17 The origin of Blakeney Point is open to discussion : it has been suggested that the western end may have been a feature comparable with Scolt Head Island and later joined to the mainland by a simple spit growing westwards from Weybourne : it may have developed entirely as a spit such as Orford Ness or Hurst Castle Spit , which will be described below ; or the whole feature may represent an offshore bar driven so far inshore as to become attached to the coast .
18 It has been suggested that the young man was Mark himself .
19 It has been suggested that the self-advocacy movement offers a model of growth and development against which professional assumptions and approaches can be tested .
20 For instance , it has been suggested that the prejudiced themes exist at a psychologically deeper level than the denial of prejudice .
21 Although it was later denied any truth by Wolfenden , it has been suggested that the immediate post-war period witnessed a ‘ witch-hunt ’ or ‘ purge ’ of homosexuals .
22 Drawing a parallel with domestic appliances , such as refrigerators and freezers , which may be used in laboratories , it has been suggested that the average electricity consumption of newly purchased appliances in the UK is considerably higher than the best available in Europe .
23 It has been suggested that the cyclic AMP and InsP 3 messenger pathways may interact with each other to enhance odorant discrimination .
24 It has been suggested that the thirteenth-century Newstead Priory forms the terminus of the tail , but the Mycenean custom of removing the tail of the sacred bull implies that the Stamford figure may never have had one .
25 It has been suggested that the Soviet political process produces tendencies for problems to be faced too late and for decision-makers then to push too fast and too far paying little heed to the impact of their decisions in other realms .
26 Generally those xenobiotic enzymes that are expressed in normal colon are present in small quantities ( our finding of patchy focal staining of surface epithelium would support this ) and it has been suggested that the low level of expression of biotransformation enzymes in normal colon could result in a critically low detoxification value , and hence increase the chances of carcinogenesis taking place in this tissue .
27 Not all of the manual has been disclosed or published , and it has been suggested that the unpublished parts cover the use of plastic bullets , CS gas , and other anti-crowd techniques ( Northam , 1985 ) .
28 It has been suggested that the paranotal lobes of insects were at first connected with epigamic behaviour ( Alexander and Brown , 1963 ) but it is perhaps more likely that they were associated with locomotion from the beginning .
29 It has been suggested that the prevalent west and south-west winds tend to set up a longshore drift towards Portland , so that the majority of coarse material accumulates at that end .
30 It has been suggested that the distal non-propagated contractions are incomplete secondary contractions induced by gastrooesophageal reflux .
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