Example sentences of "[pers pn] has long [been] recognised " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has long been recognised that the human factor is just as significant an influence on rates of erosion as physical features , as has been highlighted by a study of potential versus actual erosion in Zimbabwe by Whitlow ( 1988 ) . |
| 2 | As for the second , it has long been recognised that successful institutions are distinguished by clear aims . |
| 3 | It has long been recognised that the Commission has required its own independent powers to review and , if necessary , prohibit those takeovers which may impede or distort competition in the single market . |
| 4 | It has long been recognised , however , that international comparisons of industrial relations which are confined to the national level may produce misleading results because of the possible dominance of one or more particular industries within a given country . |
| 5 | It has long been recognised that the ratio of doctors to population in the United Kingdom , at 1 to 562 , is the second lowest in western Europe , where the average is 1 to 338 . |
| 6 | It has long been recognised that maternity services should respond more to the emotional needs of its female consumers , and there are radical midwives such as Caroline Flint who are working to change today 's medicalisation of pregnancy . |
| 7 | It has long been recognised that expressions such as to pull someone 's leg , to have a bee in one 's bonnet , to kick the bucket , to cook someone 's goose , to be off one 's rocker , round the bend , up the creek , etc. are semantically peculiar . |
| 8 | Nevertheless it has long been recognised that , whatever may be the theoretical position , there are far-reaching limitations in principle on the exercise of that jurisdiction . |
| 9 | But the decisions referred to above are helpful to demonstrate that both at law and in equity it has long been recognised that an influence may be subtle , insidious , pervasive and where religious beliefs are involved especially powerful . |
| 10 | Where the task involves a number of choices , i.e. there is a choice reaction time , it has long been recognised that reaction time rose progressively with the number of possible choices , but why and to what extent where not understood . |
| 11 | Thirdly , it has long been recognised that written documents produced in the past often have a special quality , which is not possessed by school textbooks or the writings of later historians . |
| 12 | It has long been recognised that the proper and effective investigation of child abuse requires co-operation between those agencies with child care responsibilities . |
| 13 | It has long been recognised by the courts that the protection of business secrets is a legitimate ground for the imposition of restrictions on persons to whom such secrets have been disclosed . |
| 14 | Most theories of rhythm have concentrated on metre and metricality , and while it has long been recognised that the rhythms of the spoken language give variety to what occurs within a given metre , the functioning of these rhythms in poetry has never been adequately investigated . |
| 15 | It has long been recognised that women who devote years of their lives to bringing up children lose out in the pension stakes . |