Example sentences of "[subord] has [been] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , however , we wish to prove the existence of ‘ the back of ’ something using quite different criteria of testimony and disallowing all those activities which gave rise to the concept in the first place , then perhaps our proof of the uncertainty of the existence of backs will be less powerful than has been imagined . |
| 2 | However , I have argued that this need not be so ; the classical perspective , in the basic form laid down by Beccaria , has much greater potential than has been exploited so far . |
| 3 | Angus Stirling , the National Trust 's director-general , said : ‘ Far more of Uppark and its contents survive than has been lost . |
| 4 | As stated earlier , less attention has been paid to the factors that determine the readability of illustrations than has been given to the readability of text . |
| 5 | Dundee United mastered the elements better than their opponents and had in Ferguson , Scott Crabbe and Paddy Connolly lively players who continue to give the impression that Jim McLean is not far off having a team capable of far better than has been seen from his club in recent seasons . |
| 6 | An early Tender may also be useful in forcing the inexperienced pursuer 's agent to give rather more consideration to quantification of the claim than has been done previously . |
| 7 | This project aims to contribute towards improving the accuracy of economic forecasts by exploiting the concept of the ‘ leading indicator ’ more thoroughly than has been done before . |
| 8 | The degree of damage by chipping and splitting of the teeth is already greater , of its kind , than has been observed in the predator assemblages ( see Chapter 3 ) , and since it is combined with absence of breakage of the skulls and mandibles it would seem to present a different pattern of modification from the pellet assemblages . |
| 9 | SO MANY have praised Graeme Hick that there must be more to him than has been revealed . |
| 10 | But of course the writer 's assumptions may be mistaken : the reader may know more or less than has been assumed , in which case the negotiation will falter . |
| 11 | The analysis at the University of Surrey by Sara Arber and her associates ( financed by the ESRC as part of their Ageing Initiative ) of the 1980 General Household Suney suggests that elderly men also provide such services to a greater degree than has been assumed ( Gilbert et al. , 1989 ) . |
| 12 | In both the West Riding and the West Country women seem to have worked more often as weavers than has been assumed , especially towards the end of the century . |
| 13 | Female social participation may have been more widespread than has been realized . |
| 14 | ‘ Television could be a fair greater waste of time from a developmental or social learning point of view than has been recognised . ’ |
| 15 | England 's most endearing footballer badly wants to belong again , and I still believe a half-fit Gascoigne would offer Taylor more in mid-field than has been dished up lately . |
| 16 | Wherever possible , jobs could be created at localities of most need , but a greater worker mobility than has been displayed in the past should be expected , and where it is not obtained , financial restrictions should be exerted to encourage fit , able but reluctant people to move from the old , worked-out pockets of industry to new opportunities elsewhere . |
| 17 | With government borrowing having soared to £28 billion this year , and underlying concern that public finances are in a worse state than has been acknowledged , Mr Portillo 's priority will be to curb further increases in public expenditure . |
| 18 | First , that there may be a lot more to the relationship between growth and market share established by BCG than has been accepted of late . |
| 19 | Pulsars may therefore have a much greater influence on their companions than has been supposed . |
| 20 | The information was available in the summer and , as the hon. Member for Caithness and Sutherland said , it is his experience as a local Member of Parliament that the nuclear industry is much more open than has been alleged by the hon. Member for Moray . |
| 21 | On Barro Colorado Island , Drymonia serrulata ( Gesneriaceae ) produces more nectar per day than has been reported from any other bee-pollinated flower . |
| 22 | However , in a more recent study Nyman and Silberston cast some doubt on the growth of management control , reporting that as high a figure as 56.25 of the top 250 companies in the UK were still controlled by shareholders , and concluding that ‘ the extent of managerial control is more limited than has been thought and may not have an inexorable tendency to increase . |
| 23 | The work of the police , according to Sir Robert Mark in 1978 , now required ‘ not only as much physical courage and dedication as policing parts of Victorian London but a great deal more moral courage than has been required by the police at any time since Peel ’ . |
| 24 | The presence of current organisations involved in tourism will be necessary , but if the new organisation is to succeed the private sector must be much more actively involved in decision making than has been allowed in the past . |
| 25 | Stress is probably a greater factor than has been allowed for up to now . |
| 26 | Erm I would say however that there has been far more consistency about the view taken of the need for greenbelt protection on the part of the bodies and individuals I represent than has been shown by the two planning authorities judging from all the changes that they have propagated . |
| 27 | I am impressed tonight to see how much we agree about the position there and on the need for much stronger action than has been taken so far . |
| 28 | The purchaser and the vendors shall bear their own legal and other professional fees and costs and no such fees shall be charged to ABC or any of its subsidiaries other than has been provided for in the net assets at completion . |
| 29 | The purchaser and the vendors shall bear their own legal and other professional fees and costs and no such fees shall be charged to ABC or any of its subsidiaries other than has been provided for in the net assets at completion . |
| 30 | The issue of satisfaction with housework is more complex than has been suggested so far . |