Example sentences of "has [adv] [be] [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 But it has since been recognised that this was wrong and that what is termed ‘ sub-maximal ’ exercise is beneficial to health , protects against heart attacks and is an important aid to recovery after them .
2 It has since been accepted that this kind of arrangement can not be accommodated at most other council buildings .
3 v. Woods but it has since been remarked that a ‘ trade union can not turn a dispute which in reality has no connection with terms and conditions of employment into a dispute connected with terms and conditions of employment by insisting that the employer inserts appropriate terms into the contracts of employment into which he enters . ’
4 It has since been suggested that a preliminary meeting for the chosen co-ordinators take place sometime at the Q.T. day to be held on 27th February .
5 ‘ It has since been established that the horse was doped .
6 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 .
7 It has rightly been suggested that there is no legal definition of truancy .
8 Now , it has long been understood that the public utterances of the sovereign to the people of a realm overseas , be it Australia or Grenada , are covered by the advice of her ministers in that realm .
9 It has long been assumed that the origins of many adult disorders lie somewhere in childhood or earlier events .
10 In Britain it has long been believed that if a black cat crosses your path or enters your house it will bring you good fortune .
11 The Standard commentary column enthused again about the benefits that would accrue to the town ; ‘ people of means and leisure will take up residence in the district ; it has long been said that Henley needed further attractions and the present move is assuredly one in the right direction ’ .
12 It has long been argued that this gives great advantage to the ruling party because of its ability to manipulate the economy for the desired results on election day .
13 In the US , for example , where the socialist party failed to establish itself as a major party after a fairly rapid growth in the first decade of this century , it has long been argued that the presidential system is a major obstacle to the development of third parties , and undoubtedly these constitutional factors have been important ; but it is clear that many other social and economic characteristics of the US have had a preponderant influence in determining the absence of a large-scale independent socialist movement or party there ( Sombart , 1906 ; Laslett and Lipset , 1974 ) .
14 It has long been accepted that , even in countries such as these , the field of human rights and the administration of justice are matters in which the government has no right to interfere , and there are even mechanisms where a non-national body may pronounce on national decisions , such as the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg .
15 As we have seen , it has long been accepted that there is a need for an hierarchical layout of the road system in order to ensure that the type of traffic flowing on each type of road is appropriate for that road .
16 It has long been accepted that this exclusive jurisdiction prevents the courts of the land from dealing initially with issues falling to be decided by the visitor , and prevent an appeal from the visitor to those courts .
17 It has long been accepted that people make jokes about what frightens them and that groups who feel oppressed use humour as a way of releasing negative feelings to those in power .
18 Moreover , it has long been accepted that repairing covenants do not require the covenantor to renew the whole property or modernise an elderly and decaying building .
19 This requires diagnostic skills normally associated with doctors , but it has long been suspected that this responsibility is generally left entirely to the DN , so this section begins with an analysis of DN responses to the question : ‘ Who decided on current treatment ? ’ before examining that treatment .
20 Although the fish are probably using water currents , the sun or a magnetic sense to help them achieve this feat , it has long been suspected that smell is also involved .
21 It has long been acknowledged that the Chardonnay in le Mesnil-sur-Oger is a special clone of exceptional quality and character .
22 It has long been recognized that reading can provide young pupils with the chance to develop a general ‘ feel for the language ’ .
23 It has long been recognized that a variety of structural divisions have generated more or less distinct cultures and sub-cultures , whether based on class divisions , age , gender or religion .
24 IT has long been recognized that the electrical conductivity of the lower continental crust is anomalously high .
25 It has long been recognized that Pausanias gave a Herodotean dress and added some comments of his own to what must ultimately be a third-century B.C. account of the Celtic attack ( O. Regenbogen , P.-W. , s.v .
26 It has long been recognized that five factors control the nature of soil development : climate , parent material , topoy , organic activity and time .
27 It has long been recognised that the human factor is just as significant an influence on rates of erosion as physical features , as has been highlighted by a study of potential versus actual erosion in Zimbabwe by Whitlow ( 1988 ) .
28 As for the second , it has long been recognised that successful institutions are distinguished by clear aims .
29 It has long been recognised that the Commission has required its own independent powers to review and , if necessary , prohibit those takeovers which may impede or distort competition in the single market .
30 It has long been recognised that the ratio of doctors to population in the United Kingdom , at 1 to 562 , is the second lowest in western Europe , where the average is 1 to 338 .
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