Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] that [pron] is " in BNC.

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1 Increasingly it has been recognized that there is a need to focus explicitly on the nature and form that child abuse or child protection interventions take in everyday practice , and in the process to try and identify models of good practice which can then be developed in the future .
2 But it has been calculated that there is only a 4 per cent chance of dying if bitten by one of them .
3 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 ?
4 A man stays in line because he has been taught that it is wrong not to .
5 It has been reported that there is very little overlap between major histocompatibility complex class II ( HLA-DR ) and L1 expressing lamina propria cells in normal human gut mucosa but the nature of those producing L1 at this site has not been determined .
6 It has been reported that there is an association between duodenal ulcer and PGA phenotype A. In addition , two families with a prominent history of duodenal ulcer have been described in whom a high level of serum PGA ( hyperpepsinogenaemia I ) is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with a high risk of developing duodenal ulcer .
7 There was some confusion in court as to whether a private prosecution can be withdrawn once it has been decided that there is a case to answer .
8 When it has been decided that there is a case to answer , the respondent will be notified within 21 days of the nature of the complaint and be given 28 days notice of the hearing .
9 It has been said that it is best not to know too much about salami and other sausages , in the same way that ignorance about haggis aids its enjoyment and easy digestion .
10 It has been said that it is unsporting to receive help from another angler when you catch a fish .
11 It has of course been said that it is possible to practice veterinary medicine and that many doctors do not communicate in any language but it has to be said that there is room for improvement .
12 It has been said that there is a period of about 5½ years , but it is very vague indeed .
13 I should be glad if the Minister would comment on the suggestions that have been made that there is wrangling with other Government Departments over who has to pay for these places .
14 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 .
15 It has also often been argued that there is empirical evidence that rules the suggestion quite out of court by demonstrating that a pre-exposed stimulus quite lacks the properties that have been taken as defining for an inhibitory CS ( Rescorla 1969 ) .
16 In Belgium it has been argued that there is so much social and labour legislation that there is less room for collective bargaining .
17 They also provide some support for the thesis proposed by earlier studies of temporary workers ( particularly Meager , 1985 ) , where it has been argued that there is a strong association between growing organisations and users of temporary labour .
18 Further , it has been argued that there is no ‘ Asiatic mode of production ’ , so that the distinctive history of the Orient has to be explained in terms of influences other than a specific mode of production ; for instance , by the character and development of political or religious institutions .
19 There has been an assumption that young visually impaired children have little or no ability to use tactile maps to find their way around , and it has been argued that there is little to be gained from introducing visually impaired children to maps at an early age .
20 A computer 's instruction set represents a language at its most basic level and , at this level , it is nearest to idea and , when used to write small programs , it has been argued that there is a merger of idea and expression in which case protection will be denied .
21 It has been argued that there is a chunk of data that must be retained about each record : Where was the document created ?
22 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 .
23 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 ( ie as one obligation is settled another will arise ) 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 .
24 It has been argued that it is wrong for such a body to impose even a limited check on the activities of an elected Government .
25 It has been argued that it is the individual not the institution who is creative and that the schools can only adopt the ideas of individuals .
26 These exceptional cases apart ( and it must be recalled that they are not really examples of the situation under discussion ) , it has been seen that there is no good ground for arguing that the doctor breaches his duty to his patient when respecting the patient 's wishes to be left to die .
27 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 .
28 It has already been accepted that it is possible to de-MIRV ballistic missiles .
29 The child who has been told that he is ‘ useless ’ , ‘ stupid ’ or will ‘ never amount to anything ’ will go on to become an adult whose Inner Face is that of a worthless individual — even If events prove that the truth is very different .
30 The new members have been told that it is unlikely they will get a refund , and they have decided not to take the issue further .
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