Example sentences of "have been [verb] that [det] " in BNC.

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31 In particular it has been argued that any body which has no power over financial matters is impotent as a check on the activities of government and that a new " upper chamber " should have some control over financial matters .
32 It has been said that few revolutions have been so complete in the British countryside as the start and end of the railway age .
33 It should be obvious from all that has been said that most small towns played a significant role in the economic life of the province , alongside the cities and major towns .
34 Equally , it has been said that half the ceiling structure and half the floor structure is included in a lease of the space between them ( Phelps v City of London Corporation [ 1916 ] 2 Ch 255 ) .
35 In common with Category 2 of the New South Wales legislation , it has been said that this offence is ‘ more significant for what it fails to include [ than ] for what it does include . ’
36 It has been said that these rules will be applied less stringently to a commercial contract than to other types of document ( Henry Boot Construction v Central Lancashire New Town Development Corpn ( 1980 ) 15 BLR 8 ) but the drafter should bear them in mind and , if possible , avoid their application .
37 The approach adopted has been to say that all integral items of the plant described in the schedule are covered and then list those parts excluded in general exception which fall into three categories i.e.
38 It has been assumed that all we needed to know was the effects of the variable rhythms of the language on the regularity of metre .
39 Whilst it has been assumed that these charges were fabricated by Musgrave ( and perhaps by Thomas Cromwell , q.v. ) , there is evidence to suggest that Dacre did indeed have private arrangements with the Scots which served to divert their raids away from his estates and on to Bewcastle .
40 Traditionally , it has been assumed that this information is derived from non-visual sources such as the vergence angle of the eyes .
41 Traditionally it has been assumed that this is at the interendothelial slits where the red cells enter the venous sinuses from the reticuloendothelial meshwork .
42 It has been assumed that this was considerable .
43 The ‘ state of the art ’ of soil conservation is clearly in a sorry mess : ‘ The need for soil conservation was emphasised by Bennett ( 1955 ) , Jacks and Whyte ( 1939 ) and many others … but so little has been achieved that most recent reports … are virtually undistinguishable in factual content and sentiment from the earlier studies . ’
44 Traditionally it has been believed that both are needed , as in the Sun for example where fifteen million degrees and a central density more than 100 times that of water are only just enough , or high pressures and temperatures exceeding 100 million degrees aimed for in the hot fusion programmes .
45 Astronomical computations show that the first day of the two calendars agreed in the year 2773 BC , and it has been concluded that this was when the Sothic calendar was introduced .
46 Between six and ten years ago , there was a hundred and eighty pits in this country , yes a hundred and eighty pits , now we have a handful left and it has been leaked that all thirty one pits will still be closed within twelve months , done quietly and by the back door ignoring procedures and over the years this is what has been done .
47 Advice has been received that such work would not be more than 5% of the adviser 's time .
48 It has been seen that many of the current schemes entail a break at 16+ This raises questions about the remaining 11–16 schools .
49 On the other hand , it has been recognized that such concessions can , if applied fairly and without discrimination , aid the efficient administration of the tax system .
50 Offenders who are mentally disordered suffer the stigma of being labelled as both ‘ mad ’ and ‘ bad ’ , although for centuries it has been recognized that some people have diminished responsibility for their actions as a result of mental abnormality and that punishment and retribution , usually demanded by society of someone who has committed a crime , should be dispensed with in favour of providing humane care and treatment .
51 In most countries , governments have accepted an increasing role in regulating health , safety , and quality standards because it has been recognized that this is a potentially important area of market failure .
52 It is only after the very last entity has been displayed that any quantitative evaluation can be performed .
53 A major contribution here has been to demonstrate that such social problems are the product of social structural arrangements and not the consequences of individual or personal qualities ( see above on individualistic versus sociological explanations ) .
54 In recent years it has been realized that many non-fluid systems can exhibit behaviour which shares important characteristics with turbulent motion .
55 Within the last decade , it has been discovered that any ‘ single ’ gene , in the sense of a single continuously read passage of DNA text , is not all stored in one place .
56 It has been claimed that some will have to choose between keeping warm and having enough to eat .
57 However , it has been claimed that some doctors in the province will perform abortions in certain circumstances .
58 It has been claimed that these free-for-all/do-it-yourself Group attacks justified the early Command view that it was wrong to form a corps d'elite .
59 It has been suggested that such small cups and a pebble were an ancient form of mortar and pestle for grinding what ?
60 It has been suggested that such sediments are characteristic of aseismic continental shelves as they move away from a mid-oceanic ridge .
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