Example sentences of "has been [vb pp] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 The Commission has been instructed that it does not have to follow a uniform pattern throughout the country and therefore we may see still greater diversity over time as , in one shire , we see the county council survive and in another the district councils .
2 ‘ Asking the wrong question ’ or ‘ irrelevancy ’ tells one that an error has been made but it does not tell one whether the error is jurisdictional .
3 It has been argued that it covers not only fairness , in the sense of fairness to the accused , but also in the sense of ensuring that , in the eyes of the public , the highest standards of justice are upheld and it appears to the world at large that the accused is getting a fair trial .
4 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 .
5 However its influence to date has been limited as it covers perhaps too broad an area .
6 Traditional teaching of English literature has been attacked because it creates in the pupil a mood of passivity , an instinctive submission to authority .
7 Only the one chosen background material has been used but it has been presented at various distances and angles .
8 It has been suggested that it occurs when susceptible individuals do not get enough natural light during the winter months .
9 The privilege would not stretch to reports of fresh statements made by speakers after the protected meeting has been closed , although it has been held that it does extend far enough to allow those who have spoken in the course of the meeting to repeat their privileged statements to reporters afterwards so that the latter may check the accuracy of their notes .
10 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 .
11 So it is possible that , in the course of evolution , the preening activity of the male has been accentuated because it signals to a female that he is in a state of conflict .
12 ‘ Now that it has been shown that it adds to the greenhouse effect we will start a programme to further reduce the use of SF 6 and to study replacements in the foundries , said Sven Plahte of Hydro 's magnesium division .
13 That has been provided because it does not require planning permission .
14 No solution to this difficulty has been found and it remains a fundamental problem of ‘ do-it-yourself ’ data analysis .
15 Nothing conclusive has been found and it seems only time will tell if the trouble re-emerges .
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