Example sentences of "been that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The significant feature of privatization has been that the transformation has usually been carried out by broadly the same teams that had worked under nationalization . |
| 32 | Thirdly , a recurrent theme of much criticism of local government has been that the division and allocation of responsibilities have always been unclear . |
| 33 | Her main fear had been that the mare would stumble over an unseen obstacle and they would both be pitched headlong into the snow . |
| 34 | If all members of the human race had arrived roughly at the same time at the point when the need for a ‘ god ’ had started to influence human behaviour , it may well have been that the existence of a disastrous diversity of ‘ gods ’ , all of whom according to their worshippers conferred privileges , would never have become established . |
| 35 | It may have been that the editor did n't know how to cut a scene , or that the financiers called in a hack to re-edit the picture . |
| 36 | One result has been that the price of dumping rubbish has varied widely around the country . |
| 37 | The other trend has been that the midfield is more cluttered than it ever was . |
| 38 | Tim Buisseret , Researcher at the Programme for Policy Research in Engineering Science and Technology ( PREST ) at Manchester University , said that his first impression , like that of many people , had been that the ideas were sound , but had ‘ not gone far enough ’ . |
| 39 | Th the reality is that elsewhere in West Sussex erm the business allocations are erm reasonably generous or indeed slightly over generous and er therefore er overall the concern i is very much reduced erm but it might also be just worth mentioning that erm although er there is clearly an opportunity for this committee , this planning authority , the strategic planning authority to , to question figures of this nature and to challenge local plans if they are significantly adrift erm that has to be done in the context of the the local plan enquiry by er in the form of an objection almost and past experience has been that the inspectors and the Secretary of State have allowed a certain amount of leeway depending on the erm proportional er deviation from erm th the figures that were in the structure plan and depending on what is happening elsewhere and on the state of the economy and whilst it would be something which erm it was possible to prepare a case for erm i it is o on , on the balance of erm er the various things that are , that are taking place in West Sussex that the recommendation i is , is put to you that and it seems to be the reasonable course of action , particularly bearing in mind the downturn in , in er erm the er business activity and the er amount of developments taking place . |
| 40 | Without doubt , one of the most cogent reasons for disaster and dissatisfaction has been that the planning of effective resource-based activities took an inordinate or unacceptable amount of teacher-time in preparation . |
| 41 | The problem to date has been that the colours seen on the display monitor are difficult to reproduce accurately in the final dyed or printed product : what you see is not always what you get ! |
| 42 | However important this battle might be for future power at sea , the decisive point for the current war had been that the blockade made it impossible for the French to reinforce their West Indian or North American possessions . |
| 43 | Dire though the attacks on Belfast have been during the past two months , it is a sign of just how successful economic development has been that the IRA should have felt it necessary to retaliate in the way that it has . |
| 44 | Ian Hay told me the lady 's last wish had been that the Colonel should scatter her ashes in the headwaters of the River Laxford : ‘ But , you see , his new young wife was not the sort of lady to enjoy much walking and the poor Colonel just did n't know how he was going to get the job done . |
| 45 | Her case had been that the husband had deliberately refrained from discussing the matter of the charge with her during the whole weekend . |
| 46 | The implication has been that the PSW is one or two computer words long , since ( except for the program counter ) it consists of a number of short processor registers . |
| 47 | If the district registry had appreciated the urgency and the short period of the order without doubt they would have sought directions and the result would certainly have been that the appeal would have been set down at some other convenient centre or , as happened , in London at or before the beginning of this term and would have been heard within a few days , that is , the appeal would have been heard approximately a month ago . |
| 48 | Our presumption has been that the police adhere to them . |
| 49 | The problem with recent miscarriages of justice has been that the police have not done a thorough enough job . |
| 50 | The message had been that the reception was for the ticket agencies , and the cast were requested to ration themselves to one glass of wine each . |
| 51 | He would n't have minded the meanness of only allowing one glass each , if it had n't been that the reception was so timed as to prevent that vital half-hour in the pub before closing time , which was so much a part of the necessary wind-down from giving of himself in performance . |
| 52 | The consequence of this has been that the Coal Board has been forced to borrow substantial sums from the National Loans Fund , and from other sources under Treasury Guarantee , to finance the new and redeveloped capacity considered necessary by the NCB . |
| 53 | Karimov decreed a reduction in prices affecting students , and an increase in their grants ( one of the principal grievances of the demonstrators having been that the student grant had not kept pace with prices ) . |
| 54 | Often in such circumstances , it may have been that the dog was teased in the past , by a stranger who encouraged it to bark by tapping repeatedly on the window , for example . |
| 55 | Or it may have been that the shares were not purchased but were subscribed for and were issued to the investors by Euramco . |
| 56 | However , the normal pattern appears to have been that the father concentrated on the civil engineering works and the son on the more purely architectural . |
| 57 | However , one major difference has been that the mind of an individual develops with time and becomes better at the tasks it undertakes , whereas computers , with certain limited exceptions , perform at the same level of ability until replaced by a better machine or a better program . |
| 58 | The natural assumption had been that the countryside and its villas never recovered . |
| 59 | The Soviet version of events had been that the Nazis themselves had committed the Katyn massacre after overrunning the Smolensk area in 1941 . |
| 60 | In the present case , the primary argument of the revenue has been that the repayment of sums paid by Woolwich was made by them on a voluntary basis , i.e. that the payment was repaid ex gratia . |