Example sentences of "[verb] be [vb pp] [conj] [pron] has " in BNC.

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1 It has been calculated that there has been an average of about 30 feet of deposition close inshore during the last 5000 years .
2 Section 238 applies in the case of a company in respect of which an administration order has been made or which has gone into liquidation .
3 His foreign debt has been repaid and he has even amassed enough hard currency reserves to buy , if necessary , oil from Iran and Libya .
4 Since either method only results in the drug changing place from one paragraph in Part I of Schedule 2 to another paragraph it has been argued that nothing has been ‘ produced ’ within the meaning of section 4 and the definition in section 37 of the Act .
5 It means something has been said or something has happened that has put the subject of the remark in an uncomfortable place .
6 The profits that were generated were ploughed back in investment in staff and technology , a philosophy that has been maintained and which has allowed PRCS to become twice as big as any of its competitors , an achievement which speaks for itself .
7 Many a good dog has been ruined when he has done something good and , for some reason , not received the right response from the handler ; in other words , the wrong association has been created .
8 Bagnold 's idea about the wave length being controlled by the characteristic grain path has been disputed and it has been suggested that the wave length may be linked with ripple height , in which grain size is important , as well as with wind strength .
9 ( a ) He can arrest where he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an arrestable offence has been committed and he has reasonable grounds for suspecting the person to be guilty of the offence .
10 As we have heard , it has been claimed that there has been widespread hardship among students this summer .
11 Only the one chosen background material has been used but it has been presented at various distances and angles .
12 It has been suggested that he has claimed to have absorbed the banned substance through eating meat but one observer claimed cryptically yesterday : ‘ He would have to eat three cows a day for that to be the case . ’
13 One previous case of bilateral ureteric obstruction after pancreatitis has been reported and it has also been described in an alcoholic patient with a large pseudocyst .
14 My husband has been told that he has high cholesterol .
15 It has been found that there has been a significant increase in the villagers ' understanding of all aspects of the disease .
16 Such clauses only take effect after it has been found that there has been a breach of contract .
17 ( ii ) has had a bankruptcy order made against him or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors or has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part VIII of the Insolvency Act 1986 or is or has been a director of a company in respect of which an administration order under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a winding-up order has been made or in respect of which a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed or which has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part I of the Insolvency Act 1986 or in respect of which a person has been appointed receiver or administrative receiver ; or
18 We 've been told that it has n't been trialed because it was produced in a hurry .
19 All it needs to do therefore is to stay with its arms out in one place , photosynthesize , and avoid being eaten until it has managed to reproduce .
20 When the details of a DC have been finalised and it has been submitted using option 2.1.3 , its state changes from CREATED to PROPOSED .
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