Example sentences of "[verb] be [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.

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1 If the work is commissioned by a PR consultant , the — copyright is his unless it has been arranged that it should be assigned to the client .
2 At last it has been recognised that there are many females within the club scene who have true potential .
3 So much of his work has been lost that it is difficult to appreciate its impact , but with the backing of the ambitious mayor , Edmund Lockyer , he extensively transformed both Plymouth itself and its satellite towns of Stonehouse and Devonport .
4 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 .
5 Thus , although it has been stated that there are practically no high kicks in kung fu , the practitioner who emulates the crane is training his legs for the highest possible kicks .
6 But it is clear from decisions since Fleet Street Casuals in which standing has been denied that there are still limits to the rights of individuals to challenge government decisions .
7 The man schooled to regard policy questions in technical terms and to see controversial matters of principle in terms of party management has been learning that he is a Tory .
8 In addition to such economic influences , it has been observed that there was also an ideological basis for continental European trade unions ' preference for broadly-based industrial bargaining .
9 It has been observed that there are failures in both these respects and that ‘ [ e ] mpirical analyses consistently show that fluctuations in the stock price can be only modestly related to economic realities ’ .
10 But much of his work was done in minor cricket , and , for instance , in the seasons 1848–51 it has been calculated that he took no less than 1,307 wickets , including 455 in forty-one matches in 1851 .
11 But it has been calculated that there is only a 4 per cent chance of dying if bitten by one of them .
12 It has been calculated that there has been an average of about 30 feet of deposition close inshore during the last 5000 years .
13 Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that it has been calculated that there is one racial attack every 30 minutes and that the savagery of such attacks has increased ?
14 The people are very tolerant and it has been overheard that I speak better Portuguese than I do English .
15 Regional Railways has been assured that they will knock 16 minutes off the journey between Redditch and Lichfield in the West Midlands .
16 Regional Railways has been assured that they will knock 16 minutes off the journey between Redditch and Lichfield in the West Midlands .
17 Mr Smart has been assured that his TV licence is on its way , and that he can watch his television set with no worry of having a visit by a TV licensing inquiry officer . ’
18 The application does nothing to retain the existing trees on the site , it was a , it is , a mature garden with some mature trees , and all those trees are to be removed , it certainly does n't do anything to retain the rural character of the na of the village , and certainly does n't enhance the character of the adjoining small er rural cottages , i in fact it would be , it could be argued that it damages the rural environment , because the development is such that it is more suited for an urban development , almost a city centre , because the comment has been made that there is only about a metre between the dwellings and indeed there is only a metre between the dwellings and the adjoining boundaries , surely there is a need for screening , it is in a in a very very prominent position , it can be seen clearly as you enter the village from the Farnsfield area , the present proposal does n't provide sufficient room for screening , and and like the screen which is adjacent to this building , which are set well back from the road , and provide an opportunity for screening the single access to the site and the fact that the frontage to these two properties is completely taken up with garaging and with vehicle access does n't even provide an opportunity to screen .
19 Where training programmes are geared to the needs of older workers it has been demonstrated that they can successfully acquire new skills .
20 The Government should halt the issue of licences to build further gas-powered stations until it has been demonstrated that they do produce cheaper electricity .
21 The level of investment depends on business people 's expectations of the future level of demand , but it has been demonstrated that there is an inherent instability in the economy .
22 It has been demonstrated that there are various types of context that can influence the speed and ease with which words are identified ( and hence recognised ) , including lexical , syntactic and semantic contexts .
23 Once it has been accepted that they need continuing care their responsibility for maintaining themselves is removed .
24 Just inside the front porch , a handwritten book is prefaced with the words ‘ This book has been compiled that something , more than their mere names , may be known of the Lavenham men who gave their lives for their country in the Great War . ’
25 More recently , it has been argued that her revolt was politically motivated , that it reflected her resentment at being reduced to insignificance by Henry II 's own dominant personality .
26 It has been argued that they derived their name from that of Kenchester , which is identified as the Magnis of both the Antonine Itinerary and the Ravenna list , suggesting some tradition of local continuity , but there remain serious problems with this suggested derivation .
27 Rather than seeing the electorate as independent and politically minded , it has been argued that they were easily susceptible to manipulation from above , and that they tended to defer to the wishes of their social superiors .
28 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 .
29 It has been argued that one could help to break that circle by integrating the school system ( Fraser 1974 ; Heskin 1980 ) .
30 Under SSAP 24 and UITF 6 these long-term obligations are accounted for on a full provision basis , even though in many cases it is likely that they will continually roll over , and it has been argued that it is difficult to justify a prohibition , as SSAP 15 would otherwise require , on the related deferred tax being treated on a similar basis if it , too , continually rolls over .
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