Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it has since been recognised that this was wrong and that what is termed ‘ sub-maximal ’ exercise is beneficial to health , protects against heart attacks and is an important aid to recovery after them . |
| 2 | It has since been accepted that this kind of arrangement can not be accommodated at most other council buildings . |
| 3 | ‘ We did feel concerned at first , but we have since been reassured that the chances of Andrew catching TB are extremely remote , ’ said Mr Morrison . |
| 4 | It has since been suggested that a preliminary meeting for the chosen co-ordinators take place sometime at the Q.T. day to be held on 27th February . |
| 5 | ‘ It has since been established that the horse was doped . |
| 6 | v. Woods but it has since been remarked that a ‘ trade union can not turn a dispute which in reality has no connection with terms and conditions of employment into a dispute connected with terms and conditions of employment by insisting that the employer inserts appropriate terms into the contracts of employment into which he enters . ’ |
| 7 | It had hitherto been assumed that successive Clean Air Acts had dealt with the problem . |
| 8 | It had hitherto been thought that the effects of such emissions would be more localized . |
| 9 | He had not eaten anything apart from the occasional so-called mash since the crops had died and he had only been allowed that because of a special emergency food supplies being sent in from other parts of the country . |
| 10 | Assuming the car had gone missing at the same ti me as Angela Morgan , it might have been there for over a week ; it had only been found that evening by a uniformed constable who was keeping his eyes open . |
| 11 | It had apparently been hoped that the numbers of long-term patients suffering from dementia would diminish with the rundown of the asylums . |
| 12 | One , the friend of the new French Prime Minister , Georges Bidault , had apparently been told that he could not concede the fundamental issue of independence ; for the other , who was to succeed Ho on his death , and for the large and varied delegation which came to Paris under the title of the Popular National Front ( Lien Viet ) everything , practically , turned on the question of Cochinchina . |
| 13 | It has apparently been found that rigid bolted or glued joints will break in use . |
| 14 | In Britain it has long been believed that if a black cat crosses your path or enters your house it will bring you good fortune . |
| 15 | It had long been believed that he who held the Tower , held London in the palm of his hand . |
| 16 | It had long been argued that the maintenance of a low level of unemployment should be the guiding principle of a government 's economic policy . |
| 17 | It has long been argued that this gives great advantage to the ruling party because of its ability to manipulate the economy for the desired results on election day . |
| 18 | In the US , for example , where the socialist party failed to establish itself as a major party after a fairly rapid growth in the first decade of this century , it has long been argued that the presidential system is a major obstacle to the development of third parties , and undoubtedly these constitutional factors have been important ; but it is clear that many other social and economic characteristics of the US have had a preponderant influence in determining the absence of a large-scale independent socialist movement or party there ( Sombart , 1906 ; Laslett and Lipset , 1974 ) . |
| 19 | It has long been accepted that , even in countries such as these , the field of human rights and the administration of justice are matters in which the government has no right to interfere , and there are even mechanisms where a non-national body may pronounce on national decisions , such as the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg . |
| 20 | As we have seen , it has long been accepted that there is a need for an hierarchical layout of the road system in order to ensure that the type of traffic flowing on each type of road is appropriate for that road . |
| 21 | Despite this virtual unanimity of opinion 104 it had long been accepted that there were certain exceptions to the rule . |
| 22 | In that context it had long been accepted that the settlement of individual claims might be incorporated into an overall package . |
| 23 | It has long been accepted that this exclusive jurisdiction prevents the courts of the land from dealing initially with issues falling to be decided by the visitor , and prevent an appeal from the visitor to those courts . |
| 24 | It has long been accepted that people make jokes about what frightens them and that groups who feel oppressed use humour as a way of releasing negative feelings to those in power . |
| 25 | Unlike previous years , however , the significance of the Iowa contests was reduced by the fact that neither of Bush 's two challengers ( Buchanan and former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke ) contested the caucus , whilst amongst the Democrats it had long been accepted that the contest would be won by Tom Harkin , one of the state 's representatives in the Senate , and so there had been a minimal amount of campaigning . |
| 26 | What is more it had long been accepted that only the pope could perform this . |
| 27 | Moreover , it has long been accepted that repairing covenants do not require the covenantor to renew the whole property or modernise an elderly and decaying building . |
| 28 | It has long been recognised that the human factor is just as significant an influence on rates of erosion as physical features , as has been highlighted by a study of potential versus actual erosion in Zimbabwe by Whitlow ( 1988 ) . |
| 29 | As for the second , it has long been recognised that successful institutions are distinguished by clear aims . |
| 30 | It has long been recognised that the Commission has required its own independent powers to review and , if necessary , prohibit those takeovers which may impede or distort competition in the single market . |