Example sentences of "[vb -s] been claimed [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been claimed that Mr Gooderham may have had financial problems . |
| 2 | It has been claimed that Margaret saw the tunnel as some sort of monument to her and her period of government . |
| 3 | It has been claimed that the existence of the Roman roads enabled the early Christian Church to spread the Gospel throughout the European area and beyond . |
| 4 | It may also expose other structural defects related to mental handicap , and it has been claimed that the latest , most sophisticated equipment can pick up a wide range of foetal abnormalities if the technicians operating the machines are sufficiently trained . |
| 5 | It has been claimed that modern-day pygmies of Malaysia and the Philippines or the Indians of Central America could have left similar prints . |
| 6 | It has been claimed that the vivid pattern of black and white stripes creates a dazzle effect , rather like the Op Art paintings of Bridget Riley and that this disconcerts the attacking predator at close quarters . |
| 7 | It has been claimed that a third brother settled in America and that one of his descendants founded the internationally known Piper Aircraft Corporation but research has shown this to be false . |
| 8 | It has been claimed that criminals , sportsmen and senior government officials are the most conservative groups in every country . |
| 9 | However it has been claimed that Markov probabilities do not give significant reductions in word error rate , and can even lead to an increased error rate ( Riseman and Ehrich , 1971 ; Riseman and Hanson , 1974 ; Hanson , Riseman and Fisher , 1976 ) . |
| 10 | It has been claimed that company-level bargaining has advantages over , and is presumptively more efficient than , industry-wide bargaining in that wages can be related directly to the firm 's performance , profitability and capacity to pay ( Ulman , 1974a ) . |
| 11 | The commander of a ship , however , had additional perquisites which added to the value of his appointment , for it has been claimed that he could make as much as £1,500 in a single voyage from the fares paid by passengers , while he even had the right to sell for his own profit at the end of the voyage the dunnage , that is the bamboos and rattans employed to keep the cargo from shifting . |
| 12 | It has been claimed that the ‘ purge ’ occurred at the point at which Sir Theobald Mathew , a devout Catholic , was appointed as Director of Public Prosecutions in 1944 . |
| 13 | It has been claimed that some will have to choose between keeping warm and having enough to eat . |
| 14 | It has been claimed that binoculars will show it , but again I must admit failure . |
| 15 | Increasingly , it has been claimed that people who work in government , industry , the social services , etc. , ought to have some sort of specialist knowledge of society on the grounds that they will be better equipped to meet the demands of their work . |
| 16 | The influence of Leavis is such that it has been claimed that : |
| 17 | It has been claimed that the confused clutter of furnishings and knick-knacks commonly associated with the Victorians became fashionable only after the 1870s ; but that impression , if only by contrast with the Regency , is certainly made upon novelists at an earlier date . |
| 18 | Although it has been claimed that the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher had no carefully thought-through strategy to deal with the unions when it came into office , but rather proceeded pragmatically ( Roberts , 1989 ) , nevertheless ( Young , 1990 , p. 353 ) : |
| 19 | Nonetheless , it has been claimed that the problems of recreation have been overstated and Fitton ( 1979 , 57 ) has argued that : ‘ There has been a tendency to view recreation in the countryside as a problem rather than a welcome opportunity for people to enjoy themselves ’ . |
| 20 | It has been claimed that fundholding ‘ has revealed rather than created these variations . ’ |
| 21 | 3 In addition to providing for strong and responsible government it has been claimed that the system provides for moderate government because the two parties in a two-party system must strive to occupy the middle ground where the votes lie thickest and this obliges them to control their extremists who might dissuade the middling voters from giving their support . |
| 22 | It has been claimed that automatic crystallisation is unfair in the sense that it could prejudice subsequent chargees who do not know , and indeed who may have no way of knowing , that the charge has crystallised . |
| 23 | It has been claimed that there are further situations in which consent will be irrelevant to a prosecution under Categories 1 and 2 . |
| 24 | It has been claimed that interference has disrupted train signals , and electronic equipment from Nintendo Gameboys to video cameras has confused aircraft flight management computers . |
| 25 | In consequence , it has been claimed that the buildings were seldom used , but a more likely explanation is that they were kept scrupulously clean for official travellers . |
| 26 | Much must also depend on the , as yet unknown , date of the constitution of the civitas Carvetiorum , for which it has been claimed that Carlisle acted as a capital . |
| 27 | As we have heard , it has been claimed that there has been widespread hardship among students this summer . |
| 28 | It has been claimed that high unemployment , recent legislation and changes in the strategies of management have served to weaken the power of trade unions , thereby permitting changes in working practices and work organization which provide a base for improved productivity and performance . |
| 29 | For many years it has been claimed that the level of taxes and services is an important factor in moving house . |
| 30 | It has been claimed that Aindow allowed himself to be struck on the leg to support the false story that he had been hit by the car . |