Example sentences of "this [noun sg] have [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implications of this change have been the subject of intense debate since 1978 . |
| 2 | It is important to note that for a variety of reasons clauses of this kind have been heavily criticized . |
| 3 | Unpredictable escape patterns of this kind have been called ‘ protean ’ defence systems because like the figure of Proteus in ancient Greek mythology they repeatedly change their shape . |
| 4 | A number of cases of this kind have been initiated before the Court . |
| 5 | Developments of this kind have been initiated and sustained , in recent years , by the Further Education Unit . |
| 6 | Patterns of this kind have been called ‘ greenhouse cultures ’ . |
| 7 | It would probably be fair to say that views of this kind have been dominant among British socialists from the Labour-left leftwards , but over recent years they have come under increasing criticism , on both theoretical and political grounds . |
| 8 | There is a great deal of truth in this general argument ; inequalities of this kind have been reduced . |
| 9 | I am aware of no decision of the European Court of Justice in which conference Declarations of this kind have been pronounced upon . |
| 10 | Longitudinal studies of this kind have been very limited , and the study should provide an excellent basis for the critical examination of self-identity theory . |
| 11 | Such an approach is , of course , not exclusively suited for " outsiders " analysing another community 's talk : in fact , most studies of this kind have been by monolinguals studying conversations in their own or related dialects . |
| 12 | The electronics on this guitar have been kept subtly out of sight , the jack socket being concealed in the end pin and the pickup under the split bridge . |
| 13 | The changing distributions between 1970 and 1980 on this index have been calculated for over 100 countries , with some surprising results . |
| 14 | Major advances in overcoming this difficulty have been made by using antibodies to distinguish between cells that seem very similar . |
| 15 | Various ways of circumventing this difficulty have been developed , usually including some representation of the effect of smaller eddies in an analysis of the larger eddies , but we can not go into details here . |
| 16 | The two children in this story have been through very bad experiences . |
| 17 | Most studies in this field have been carried out in patients not taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ) , and the role of duodenitis and gastric metaplasia in mediating NSAID related damage has , therefore , remained unclear . |
| 18 | However , it is interesting to note that some of the most serious programmes in this field have been carried out in Third World countries . |
| 19 | Some sixty per cent of the amendments that we 've adopted in this field have been incorporated in the finished legislation and that means in reality that much of the content of these laws has come from Nigel 's pen , the pens of the other trade unionists inside and outside the G M B that he 's plugged in to that system extremely worthwhile . |
| 20 | It is also a fact that although 6th edition philosophy is taught and revered , the practical methods given to apply this teaching have been , over the years , sadly neglected . |
| 21 | Further generating techniques for this case have been described by Kitchingham ( 1984 ) . |
| 22 | Here 's the next letter , from our local office : ‘ The papers in this case have been passed to us to begin proceedings . |
| 23 | The trial judge himself admitted , before passing sentence , that ‘ all involved in this case have been called upon to endure more than anyone should be required to cope with ’ . |
| 24 | Elements of this technique have been widely adopted in manufacturing industry , and work study , time-and-motion analysis , and payments-by-results schemes are all children of this ‘ scientific management ’ approach . |
| 25 | The principles of measurement and possible sources of error of this technique have been described in detail . |
| 26 | Discs ' efforts in this direction have been decidedly half-hearted . |
| 27 | It has become apparent that the lifts in this building have been increasingly subject to abuse . |
| 28 | Many of the lessons of this experience have been utilised by those involved in work with women , the unemployed and other oppressed minorities . |
| 29 | The fact that youths from this category have been drawn increasingly to football since the 1960s is put down to possibilities offered for violence , as revealed by the mass media . |
| 30 | In each case , the examples in this Appendix have been produced with reference to the respective official accident reports from which any quotations have been taken . |