Example sentences of "this have [been] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been borne out to an extent by recent research into teacher stress . |
| 2 | The construction of an appropriate regulatory framework is extremely complex and this has been borne out by the US experience . |
| 3 | We always knew there were many first-class journalists in the region and this has been borne out by the contributions . ’ |
| 4 | Hitherto , this has been contracted out to independent designers . |
| 5 | The other point I would make is the further that the new settlement is from York itself , then the greater would be the dependency upon the motor car , this has been born out by the paper that has been submitted by York City Council in table one where one can see that within the urban area within the O R R the travel to work by car is forty six point four percent , travel to work in the Greater York area at the moment is sixty seven point five percent , further than that I do believe it would be even greater . |
| 6 | But sources have confirmed that this has been ruled out by the Treasury in the current round of public expenditure talks . |
| 7 | Turning to the subject of handwriting , this has been touched on at the beginning of this chapter . |
| 8 | British infancy research has a well-established National , European and International reputation , and this has been built up by many eminent researchers working separately at their different institutions . |
| 9 | This has been pounced on by Germany , France and by the Commission — not , as the British would wish , further to liberalise trade within the Community , but , for instance , to try to abolish controls on the movement of immigrants . |
| 10 | Well it maybe , you see I 've had this , this has been hanging around for a month |
| 11 | This has been hanging about for a long , long time while I 've been on this and these people and they 're very special people I 've got this sword of hanging over my head . |
| 12 | Sinn Fein councillors have also applied to the NIO for financial assistance for security measures at their homes , but this has been turned down . |
| 13 | Thus conservation has become a much more difficult and demanding area , but this has been made up for by an improvement in the scientific knowledge now available to the conservator . |
| 14 | I suspect this has been made up by the Friends of Ben Wyvis Society , who are making an attempt to liven up the image of one of the dullest Munros . |
| 15 | This has been pointed out by Lind ( 1983 : 271 ) , who adduces the following examples to show that there is " no correlation between active participation and omission of to " : ( 23 ) … he said briefly , helping me climb in through the rear window . |
| 16 | Although this has been argued over for fifty years , the size of this ancient catastrophe now seems incontrovertible . |
| 17 | The reason that this has been brought on , the reason that this er er agenda item brought to housing committee was basically er because it was there and er it 's I think it 's repulsive to bring forward to housing committee any er government regulations or we need to look at debating and er and that 's basically the reason . |
| 18 | This has been brought about by the increase in unemployment and the abolition of the statutory minimum wage , together with a programme of Government ministers exalting employers to reduce wage settlements , particularly for the low-paid . |
| 19 | And this has been brought about to enhance your safety , not only when you 're at your place of work , but when you 're out and enjoying your social evening either at a theatre , a pub , a club or the cinema or wherever you may be . |
| 20 | This has been brought about by two main factors : the sale of council houses and a decline in public sector investment in housing . |
| 21 | This has been brought about in two ways , first , by specific EEC Directives which insist , for instance , that Britain gives preference to EEC countries with respect to her sales of North Sea oil . |
| 22 | ‘ We have now been able to establish the most efficient operational procedure to be followed , ’ said Natasha , ‘ and this has been set up to ensure the highest standards of quality and productivity . ’ |
| 23 | All of this has been set out in greater detail before now . |
| 24 | The Institute also received its first complaint about the way it has fulfilled its role as an RSB : this has been passed on to the Institute 's ombudsman Anthony Surtees for review . |
| 25 | That 's a possibility but this has been talked through with both the Social Services and the the hospital and er we 've decided to take that chance . |
| 26 | This has been talked through but with both the Social Services and the the hospital and er we decided to take that chance . |
| 27 | This has been talked through but with both the Social Services and the the er hospital and er we decided to take that chance . |
| 28 | ‘ This has been going on for ten years , ’ he added . |
| 29 | The real cause of the trouble is , that parents and teachers always pass on to us , as children , what they themselves have been told , and this has been going on for hundreds , or even thousands of years . |
| 30 | Now , butterflies live only a matter of weeks , and yet this has been going on for years . |