Example sentences of "be [verb] [that] a [adj] " 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 | ‘ An increasing number of employers are realising that a healthy staff brings long-term benefits . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It had been expected that a limited corp of staff would remain as a support unit after the last aircraft departs in January . |
| 7 | It has been claimed that a third brother settled in America and that one of his descendants founded the internationally known Piper Aircraft Corporation but research has shown this to be false . |
| 8 | It has been noticed that a few teachers have still to pay their Society membership for 1981 … |
| 9 | It has been said that a negative character quality is a positive quality misused . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Economists are warning that a prolonged strike in the industry — one of the few sectors where the US enjoys a positive trade balance — would have a serious impact on the American trade deficit . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It has been argued that a new spatial division of labour has been created which has changed the relative attractiveness of locations ( Massey and Meegan 1982 , Massey 1984 ) . |
| 14 | It has been argued that a better measure of familial aggregation is the ratio of prevalence among relatives to that in the general population , but this ratio alone is also of limited value since , for a given heritability , it varies inversely with population prevalence . |
| 15 | It has been argued that a de-clawed cat can learn to use its teeth more when grooming . |
| 16 | It has been argued that a special , hybrid type of right should be introduced for computer programs ; something between a patent and copyright . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | For instance , ‘ I am persuaded that a good gaoler can more easily manage his prisoners by humane attention than by severity and heavy irons ’ ( Howard 1792 : 145 ) ( writing about Maidstone County Gaol ) . |
| 19 | An inquest has been told that a five year girl chocked to death on a plastic bottle plug . |
| 20 | Other workers frightened that they might become victims of a Maxwell-style rip-off have been told that a personal plan is ‘ safer ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee have been told that a formal request will be made to Britain to seize the general 's dosh . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | It has been shown that a broadened serological response occurs after immunization of HIV-infected individuals and that T-cell responses increase drastically . |
| 28 | It has been shown that a 573 bp fragment of the histone H1 proximal promoter region is sufficient to drive efficient transcription of a reporter gene in F9 cells ( 15 ) . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | So far as the latter are concerned it has often been noted that a simple-majority single ballot system tends to produce a two-party system , proportional representation a system with several parties , and a simple majority two-ballot system a regime in which there are several parties , but the formation of electoral alliances may result in something like a two-party system . |