Example sentences of "[det] has [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very little has been said about the boom in modern prints . |
| 2 | In this chapter I shall write only about women in the last group and their position in the British labour market since very little has been written about them . |
| 3 | Until now , efforts to stop the trade have depended on development programmes , but government reports readily concede that little has been achieved to create alternative employment . |
| 4 | But little has been done . |
| 5 | It is nevertheless significant that , however much anti-German growling there has been on Capitol Hill since the invasion of Kuwait , little has been heard within the administration . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , little has been heard from the fragmented pro-hunting campaign . |
| 7 | Little has been heard from Rodney Bickerstaffe of NUPE and Jimmy Knapp of the rail union . |
| 8 | Although we have a clearer picture than we did of long-term changes in demography and household structure , little has been done to fill out the picture in terms of living experience . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Surprisingly little has been done on identifying the needs of managers . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , apart from the papers quoted above , little has been done to distinguish immature from adult digestive processes . |
| 12 | Much has been written on the larger species of mammalian predator and their importance as bone accumulators , but little has been done on predators of small mammals . |
| 13 | Too little has been spent on maintaining the system in the past and the industry , faced with signs of accelerating failure rates , does not yet appear to be doing enough to contain the rate of decay . |
| 14 | Little has been done by countries to implement the code and industry 's feathers remain ruffled . |
| 15 | Whilst a number of writers have commented upon his contributions to debates upon current policy problems , little has been said about the theoretical basis of these contributions . |
| 16 | Millions of pounds have been lavished on marketing privatisation issues , but little has been spent to promote the merits , or explain the mechanism , of corporate PEPs et al . |
| 17 | However , little has been done to highlight their attractions for big plcs . |
| 18 | In two decades remarkably little has been done to alleviate the conditions of some of the poorest city citizens , who personified the unacceptable face of the urban crisis , even if the terms of the debate itself have changed dramatically . |
| 19 | IN ALL the ballyhoo over Durham becoming the 18th first-class county , strangely little has been offered in respect of their chances of actually winning something . |
| 20 | In this climate of caution and introspection , little has been achieved in the decade since 1977 . |
| 21 | We have seen in this chapter that little has been achieved in British residential areas in terms of safer and more attractive environments . |
| 22 | Focusing more particularly on forgiveness , Jesus defended the woman who had poured myrrh over his feet by pointing to the same reason : ‘ Her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven ; where little has been forgiven , little love is shown . ’ |
| 23 | Gay energy has been taken up with service provision and public education : little has been left for meaningful activism , and our anger , fear and grief has been kept strictly privatised , so as not to exacerbate the hostility we face in the outside world , and so as not to risk funding . |
| 24 | ‘ In reasoning or inventiveness , little has been gained or lost in the build-up of the human species during the last five millennia . |
| 25 | Over the past few years I have read a great deal of specifically Christian literature in the field of economics and I have been impressed by one thing : while much has been said about the immorality of the modern corporation and the injustice of the structures of international trade and while a little has been said , especially in North America , about the role of government and the need for proper control of money and credit , very little has been written about trade unions . |
| 26 | … where little has been forgiven , little love is shown ( Luke 7:47 ) . |
| 27 | So far relatively little has been written about the use of review meetings or family meetings in work with elderly people , although their value in practice is increasingly being recognised . |
| 28 | The work of women in both the RFC and RAF ( WAAF ) has of course been fully documented , but little has been written on the subject apart from in propaganda and other official literature . |
| 29 | ‘ Little has been heard of her since Dead Rat , but she is believed to be in the South-Western United States . |
| 30 | WHILST much has been said about the abilities of the players , the coaches , the referees , the managers etc , little has been said about the standards of journalism . |