Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] suggested [that] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been suggested that young birds use their magnetic sense to orient a compass based on the sun and the stars . |
| 2 | It has been suggested that non-cognitive theories of ethics do best with those ethical words such as ‘ good ’ and ‘ ought ’ which are most plausibly represented as purely valuational , while cognitivist theories ( which take moral knowledge and truth seriously ) do best with words such as ‘ brave ’ ’ loyal' and so forth ( LOVIBOND ) . |
| 3 | Although such behaviour corresponds closely to the descriptions of other feral children , it is impossible to know whether these children might have developed similar patterns of behaviour even if brought up in greater contact with people , and it has been suggested that feral children might have been abandoned by their parents because of their behaviour problems . |
| 4 | It has been suggested that similar reactions may take place on background sulphate aerosols in the Antarctic stratosphere , but as yet there has been no unambiguous evidence for these reactions in the absence of polar stratospheric clouds ( although there have been observations of ozone loss attributed to volcanic aerosols ) . |
| 5 | As several million years are required for the transfer of a significant amount of heat to the surface of continental lithosphere , it has been suggested that hot spots are most likely to develop where the lithosphere is more or less stationary with respect to sub-lithospheric thermal anomalies as this would allow time for sustained heating to occur . |
| 6 | For cervical cancer it has been suggested that physiological reasons make it more difficult to take good smears from older women . |
| 7 | However , it has been suggested that long-term factors still favour further consolidation . |
| 8 | It has been suggested that different degrees of probability should apply depending on the nature of the allegation . |
| 9 | It has been suggested that seasonal migrations could explain their presence , but this hypothesis is untenable . |