Example sentences of "a [noun sg] that has be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr MacKinlay told the Commons yesterday : ‘ It is a route that has been chosen to protect the Conservative Party . ’ |
| 2 | Your ability to write and argue is of little avail if you get your facts wrong , fail to find the relevant authorities , rely on a statute that has been superseded or a case that has been overruled , or simply misunderstand the authorities . |
| 3 | One of the many highlights is the view down Loch Shiel from Glenfinnan , a vista that has been reproduced many times on gaudy retouched 60s ' postcards , and on calendars handed out at Christmas by firms who manufacture ball-bearings . |
| 4 | Visual difference on the same surface between a part that has been cleaned by a standard technique and the untouched area . |
| 5 | We also found that patients with Crohn 's disease affecting the colon were likely to relapse more rapidly , a finding that has been noted by others . |
| 6 | SCFA can maintain normal fluxes in one direction of sodium and chloride in vitro even after a secretory stimulus , a finding that has been interpreted to mean that the pathway for electroneutral NaCl absorption stimulated by SCFA remains unaffected by cyclic AMP . |
| 7 | As long ago as 1915 Scott published the first research on interviews showing that 6 personnel managers could not agree about a common set of applicants , a finding that has been replicated innumerable times and will be reflected in the personal experience of most interviewers . |
| 8 | erm , this is a , a case which er deals with er the issue of the suspension of a measure based upon community law , whether a national court , when a measure has been based upon community law has power to suspend it , now my Lord the er issue in was erm involved er the er decision of er the German government er to give effect to er a community regulation in the sugar sector which er required er that levies should be er obtained from sugar companies , so it was a very direct er implementation of community law erm in that sense different to the matter before your Lordship , but we rely on it by analogy and in , in this case my Lord er you will see it 's in the supplementary bundle of authorities , the extra bundle because , before your Lordship , in that case your Lordship will see er between paragraphs fifteen and thirty three er the er European court indicating that where a measure that has been based upon a community er , er law is challenged before a national court that the national court er should er only er engage in the er , er suspension of such a measure , erm if there is serious doubt er this is erm my Lord er at er paragraph twenty three of the case er and we say that er if you look at the criterions they are not dissimilar from those that have been adopted by the House of Lords as a matter of English law in the case |
| 9 | Neil Kinnock said last night that the rise in interest rates was ‘ a shattering blow both to households right across Britain and also to industries , and it 's even worse because it 's a blow that has been gathering ever since the first day that this Government decided its one and only economic policy would be a reliance on interest rates ’ . |
| 10 | I think most of the plots have been written , and it a genre that has been written out in the way that the Western was written out . |
| 11 | All morning it has been calm but now we are threatened by a storm that has been brewing out to the west . |
| 12 | Well there are a number of spaces that are in positions which could be used by disabled , in other words , they are not sort of , sandwich tight against other spaces and what 's happened in the past is that erm when a need has arisen an and when perhaps there 's been er generally a bungalow that has been er , occupied by somebody who 's disabled then the housing department have erm modified that space I mean , wha what we 've actually done is we 've er , taken a certain amount of block paving out but put back some block paved logo , sort of , standard white er symbol that erm that identifies disabled space and and , and that space is actually earmarked for that person , and it could happen in a variety of different locations erm it 's just that there 's probably not so much point in doing it until you know that there is er a specific need . |
| 13 | ETA is passionately campaigning and investigating to try and maintain the total ban ; a ban that has been in place barely enough time for a baby elephant to have been conceived and born . |
| 14 | ETA is passionately campaigning and investigating to try and maintain the total ban ; a ban that has been in place barely enough time for a baby elephant to have been conceived and born . |
| 15 | Accountability in its simplest terms means the obligation to answer for a responsibility that has been conferred . |
| 16 | Simply expressed , the accountability , or responsibility , of single-party government to the people a responsibility that has been of the very essence of our system of parliamentary democracy-would be rendered less likely with proportional representation . |
| 17 | Yes , er er I mean I agree with you Chairman entirely , I mean the arguments have been made before and I will just say them again , that I think the District Council are quite remiss er in asking for this sum of money , particularly in view of the reason that the , the , the field is there , which is for the recreation of the people who live in the estate , and the back end of Southwell , and it always has been , er and that is a responsibility that has been taken on by this Parish Council , and if , if , if they feel that they , they wish to persist in asking an unreasonable price , and let's face it , the District Council is in a position to look at this situation and say , the Parish Council is doing an excellent job , we will sell them this land for a figure that they can afford . |
| 18 | People will not give up lightly what they have gained under this Government , and they will not easily embrace a creed that has been rejected by so many nations in recent years . |
| 19 | The application of such an effect can change the intracellular structure of a cell that has been transformed by a cancer-causing agent , even in its latent stage . |
| 20 | Your ability to write and argue is of little avail if you get your facts wrong , fail to find the relevant authorities , rely on a statute that has been superseded or a case that has been overruled , or simply misunderstand the authorities . |
| 21 | A horse that has been abused , intimidated , and broken will never have the pride , self-esteem , and affection for its owner which can make a good horse into a great one . |
| 22 | It quite frequently happens that a horse that has been used to drinking out of a dam or stream , will always refuse water from a trough or bucket , irrespective of how thirsty it may be . |
| 23 | A horse that has been hurt by people a number of times , especially in the absence of any reward , will learn to expect only ill of people and will always be anxious in relation to them . |
| 24 | A horse that has been continually galloped by one owner , is not going to change its expectations of being ridden just because it has been bought by someone who wants to travel at a more sedate speed ! |
| 25 | MORE than anything else , this week 's Labour Party conference should kill off a ritual that has been acted out over the years in a hundred radio and television studios . |
| 26 | Scotland must take their chances in London against a side that has been the most consistent for the last few years if they are to come away with the spoils of victory . |
| 27 | Competition , as many writers have told us , is a term that has been used in innumerable senses . |
| 28 | For example , rats given electroconvulsive shock ( ECS ) immediately after learning a simple avoidance response fail to show this response on a subsequent test , a result that has been interpreted as showing that the ECS destroys the original memory trace . |
| 29 | ‘ Obviously they 're looking at every aspect and it may include action against Tom Walkinshaw for putting together a deal that has been ruled unlawful . ’ |
| 30 | I join the House in expressing sympathy to the families who have been so griveously bereaved through this tragedy , a tragedy that has been the experience of so many of the British people in Ulster over the past 20 years . |