Example sentences of "been that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend accept the good news , contrary to what was said by the hon. Member for Ashfield ( Mr. Haynes ) , that although in recent times my constituency has experienced economic difficulties , so successful has my right hon. and learned Friend 's training and enterprise programme been that the Crawley and District Industries Association has told me that this is the first time during a downturn in the economy when training by companies has increased rather than decreased ? |
| 2 | The problem has been that the field is owned by the builders Wimpey Homes , who refuse to allow the path to be developed unless they are given planning permission to build on at least part of the field . |
| 3 | The result has been that the minority Free Democrats ( FDP ) , with only 79 seats in the Bundestag , can maintain their grip on the balance of power for decades . |
| 4 | The paramount mistake has been that the intelligence of the individual has been permitted to be clouded by childhood teaching to such an extent that he has been persuaded that the religious writings came from some other source which renders them inviolate . |
| 5 | It may have been that the Palaeoindians moving through America from |
| 6 | The government view has been that the way towards prosperity is for the state to do less and so leave room for the private sector to expand . |
| 7 | My teaching has always been that the way to good golf is the get the clubhead to the ball in time . |
| 8 | The only change in the intervening period had been that the government had prepared for the threatened dispute while the Samuel Commission deliberated about the way in which to make the industry more efficient and profitable . |
| 9 | One suggestion has been that the Government would agree to amendments in December 1991 , with the reservation that these would not be binding upon the United Kingdom unless and until they had been ratified and approved by the United Kingdom parliament . |
| 10 | It may also have been that the government was unwilling to lend further strength to the clamour for the reform of the Official Secrets Act ( which has now happened ) that had been mounting for some years . |
| 11 | One argument has been that the Government 's housing programme was introduced to buy industrial and social peace ; it could do this in exchange for really very little , except expense — and when the Treasury found it too costly , the scheme was jettisoned . |
| 12 | Perhaps the problem has been that the Americans have adopted Pop Art as a national institution and seen it as exclusively an American product , so I found the inclusion of the German painters , Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter , illuminating . |
| 13 | If the verdict of the experts had been that the artist was in truth Gabriele Munter , the claim would not have arisen . |
| 14 | Alternatively third party rights in this context could be seen as a particular application of general international law : that State practice of both the treaty States and third parties has been that the canals are open for international navigation , and that there is sufficient opinio juris ( demonstrated by protest to any closure ) to support the view that there is a customary international law of transit through each canal despite their treaty origins . |
| 15 | Could it have been that the upholders contested the undertakers ' application to join their guild , on the pretext that the furnishing of funerals was the prerogative of their members ? |
| 16 | MY argument has been that the positions adopted within public law by commentators , advocates , and judges are rooted in certain categories of thought . |
| 17 | The basic principle seems to have been that the development of a system with free movement of goods , services , capital and labour in a competitive environment is all that is necessary to promote an effective and dynamic industrial base . |
| 18 | Perhaps the clearest example of success has been that the Home Office was persuaded to repeal the ‘ sus ’ law by a critical report from the Home Affairs Committee . |
| 19 | A key component of Hitler 's image had formerly been that the buildup of Germany 's military might would bring the strengthening of defence against outside threat : a policy of ‘ peace through strength ’ . |
| 20 | The difficulty with so many problems in materials science has been that the algebra and arithmetic , though theoretically soluble , are too laborious to be done by traditional methods . |
| 21 | The general position adopted has been that the conditions must fairly and reasonably relate to the permitted development . |
| 22 | But the initial impression of that first-night audience in June 1945 , a month after the end of the war in Europe , seems to have been that the music was above all something new , a fresh beginning , or , for those who disliked it ( a fair number ) , a regrettable break with the English tradition . |
| 23 | Armstrong 's answer to this would , I think , have been that the cases were not similar . |
| 24 | A major criticism of the town-planning sections of the 1909 Act had been that the provisions were cumbersome and that as a consequence the operation of town planning schemes was slow and protracted . |
| 25 | The result has been that the system of social insurance does not dominate the system of welfare benefits organized by the state . |
| 26 | Their main concern has been that the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — a by-product of our dependence on energy from fossil fuels — could trap infrared radiation near the surface of the Earth and warm the planet through the so-called ‘ greenhouse effect ’ . |
| 27 | The result has been that the majority of boards produced today fall under the blanket description of being funboards , although there are in fact a number of different designs . |
| 28 | The result of this anomalous position has been that the majority of the disabled have had to suffer great financial hardship . |
| 29 | A few decades ago this would have been a much more controversial question than it is today , because one possible answer would have been that the Universe had always existed , and always would . |
| 30 | The result has been that the Conservatives have been able to transform this country from the laggard of Europe in the hands of the unions with inflation well over 20pc to a lean , competitive economy with low taxes ready to take full advantage of the upturn when the recession ends . |