Example sentences of "be [verb] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Although laser gain has been observed at a shorter wavelength — 18–2 nanometres by Geoff Pert 's group at the University of Hull — no claims have been made that those experiments produced coherent light ; the emission included radiation generated by other processes . |
| 32 | Newton Aycliffe police are warning that forged notes are still circulating after a fake £20 note was handed to a Ferryhill newsagent . |
| 33 | It has frequently been argued that temporary jobs , although possibly less desirable than permanent jobs , do provide a form of work for otherwise unemployed people and , furthermore , one that enhances their chances of subsequently obtaining permanent jobs ( Syrett , 1985 ) . |
| 34 | It has been argued that catholic schools do not do the job for which they were set up , that is educate Roman catholics sufficiently to keep them in the church . |
| 35 | Whilst it has been argued that such firms need financial and general business aid , if they are to fulfil their potential on a timely basis , little is known of their accounting/financial practices and needs . |
| 36 | It has been argued that such courses come somewhere around the foundation or specific stage in most people 's educational development , although the increasing proportions of mature students must make us wary of too linear a model . |
| 37 | Not only is there a lack of research evidence to support this view , but it has been argued that many children do better remaining in a single-parent family than in having to make further adjustments to a third form of family life — the step-family ( Richards and Dyson , 1982 ) . |
| 38 | However , it has been argued that certain clauses operate at an earlier stage so as to define and restrict the extent of the contractual obligation undertaken and so prevent there being any breach of contract . |
| 39 | It has also been argued that green belts have been used as instruments of preservation rather than conservation , and that insufficient attention has been devoted to positive planning , and to provision for recreational use . |
| 40 | It has been argued that double-hulled vessels can be more hazardous in high-speed collisions than single-hulled vessels . |
| 41 | It has been argued that these policies were adopted at Moscow 's instigation . |
| 42 | Technical difficulties aside , it has been argued that these provisions will not make any appreciable difference to the welfare of victims for , except in the most notorious of cases , most authors receive very small amounts indeed from publication . |
| 43 | It has been argued that these divisions within the working class are unreconcilable and prevent it acting as a strong , united , radical force . |
| 44 | It has been seen that academic institutions have to abide by procedural fairness when applying disciplinary measures , as do trade unions , and it has now been held that prison Visitors and governors exercising their disciplinary functions are subject to certiorari for breach of natural justice . |
| 45 | If there is a shortfall of Catholic school provision in an area , it has never been accepted that Catholic pupils should have to go to non-Catholic schools . |
| 46 | They 're warning that overloaded vehicles are dangerous and can cause serious accidents . |
| 47 | alright , well then building on that I do n't quite understand it , if you 're , you 're saying that those provisions that allow agents to pull for whatever funds are necessary are what , void to what extent to the extent that the funds are or are said to be erm needed to satisfy claims on policies which had you known that which you say you ought to have known , you would not have er authorised the agents to write , type rather long that , but I |
| 48 | ‘ We 're hoping that these pings and pops will prove to be sexually attractive to this group of males . |
| 49 | The more I drink , the more I am persuaded that young wines offer most pleasure ; a constantly renewable resource , popping up fresh every year . |
| 50 | There are often , among the competitors , girls from Eastern Bloc or otherwise under-privileged countries who have been brought up to believe that a monumental talent requires total dedication , who have been told that great minds do not fuss about small externals , who have been led to suppose that for a great genius to be a plain Jane is only appropriate . |
| 51 | During a 17-month-long crackdown on burglary across London detectives have been told that many thieves use the drivers for shifting hi-fis , televisions and videos . |
| 52 | An inquest has been told that two tyres on one of the cars involved were seriously under-inflated . |
| 53 | The group have been told that European funds are available for the next stage , which will be a further and more detailed study . |
| 54 | ‘ What is even more disturbing , ’ the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Congress said in a letter to Dr Banda dated 3 April , ‘ we have been told that several members of the Malawi Congress Party have called for the bishops ' death by an orchestrated mob . ’ |
| 55 | A court has been told that three men accused of killing twin sisters in a barn fire shouted to them to get out before the men themselves ran away . |
| 56 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
| 57 | We are told that such schools will be given funds with which to buy back LEA services — if they choose . |
| 58 | For example , it has recently been agreed that Incorporated Engineers will be listed in the Implementing Regulations ; SCOTVEC HNCs and HNDs are recognised as meeting the educational requirements for registration as Incorporated Engineer . |
| 59 | The inference has been drawn that these tenures , often ( though not necessarily ) on land newly cleared from forest or heath , were offered by landlords as an inducement to tenants to extend their operations , whether through crop-growing or animal husbandry . |
| 60 | Recently it has been shown that normal volunteers efficiently absorb an oral load of 100 g of rice starch with minimal generation of breath H 2 . |