Example sentences of "it have been [vb pp] by [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has been assumed by many that this will lead to a system of ‘ educational inheritance ’ directly comparable to that observed in capitalist societies ’ ( Giddens 1981 , pp. 231–2 ) . |
| 2 | It has been assumed by some writers that statements of attainment should be adapted for children with learning difficulties by producing more detailed learning hierarchies than the statutory orders provide . |
| 3 | You will soon realise that this is no ordinary bishop 's letter , since it has been written by some young people from this deanery . |
| 4 | That charge has been wrong-headed for some years ; nevertheless , it has been sustained by enough left-wing activity to feed Conservative propaganda . |
| 5 | It has been said by some writers that he had got caught up in an extravaganza far beyond both his intention and his control . |
| 6 | Indeed , it has been said by some professionals in the field that we are doing the students a disservice by attempting to break through their apathy since their main chance of happiness lies in their passive acceptance of traditional ‘ care ’ facilities . |
| 7 | Although there is no certain cause of the hemispheric pattern , it has been related by some researchers to the eruption last year of El Chichon in Mexico , and by others to a recurring cycle of drought and flood in the southern hemisphere . |
| 8 | It has been prepared by that august body , the Industrial Society and indicates that many secretaries feel trapped in their jobs . |
| 9 | The ideological success of Thatcherism is that it has been adopted by many young people for the values which direct their life style . |
| 10 | It has been adopted by many authors and consultants and it seems to mean many things , depending on the author and context . |
| 11 | It has been argued by some that training plays no part in refining the skills of headship which can only be learned through experience ; presumably the proponents of this view would say that it also applies to officers . |
| 12 | It has been argued by some cat experts that any vet performing this convenience operation should be prosecuted for cruelty to animals , but this is unfair to them . |
| 13 | It has been argued by some that children suffer when their parents ' marriage ends , and by others that a child removed from embittered parental conflict will be happier . |
| 14 | It has been argued by some that families are becoming more symmetrical , with domestic work being more balanced between men and women . |
| 15 | As assemblies have in general diminished in influence and executives have asserted more control , it has been argued by some that assemblies must change their role and become much more concerned with overseeing the work of the ever-growing bureaucracy . |
| 16 | It has been suggested by some that the government and employers were left free to reduce wages and to rationalize industry , and trade union membership did decline from 5.5 million in 1925 to about 4.8 million in 1928 . |
| 17 | It has been suggested by some that this approach possibly underlines many of the in-built attitudes that most need to change in local government . |
| 18 | The Citroen BX has long been Britain 's most popular diesel-engined car but in recent months it has been overtaken by another model from the same French stable the ZX . |
| 19 | It has been proposed by several workers that trench nephritis was caused by hantavirus , although the classic descriptions from the First World War do not tally closely with the variants of hantavirus infection that have been described in the past 40 years . |
| 20 | When it is said in Psalms that the enemies will be smitten in the ‘ hinder parts ’ it has been thought by many people to refer to haemorrhoids , but the description could equally refer to the anal manifestations of secondary syphilis , condylomata lata . |
| 21 | It has been claimed by some that the apparent warming trend was in fact only a reflection of the " urban heat island effect " , because most of the records come from cities . |
| 22 | It has been claimed by some writers that distinctive feature analysis is not irrelevant to the study of language learning , and that pronunciation difficulties experienced by learners are better seen as due to the need to learn a particular feature or combination of features than as the absence of particular phonemes . |
| 23 | Surmounted by a slender clock-tower , which summoned the Belgian bourgeoisie to rendezvous with the trains as surely as any muezzin summoning the faithful to prayer , it looks for all the world as if it has been transported by some mischievous jinn on a magic carpet . |
| 24 | It took Donna a moment or two to realize that it had been activated by some kind of electric eye . |
| 25 | Now it had been joined by several cars and a coach was disgorging a gaggle of tourists . |
| 26 | With debates about feminism and culture it had been seen by many as the key to understanding our current dilemmas . |
| 27 | One of the major objectives of the account was to reapportion credit within the movement since much of it had been misappropriated by those who had done little or only appeared after emancipation in 1834 . |
| 28 | The gallery itself looked as if it had been carved by some giant sculptor , minute details in the stonework wrought by caring as well as skilful hands . |
| 29 | This not only showed how out of touch with the English political scene Tyndale was , but illustrated the honesty or obstinacy which made him feel that he had to declare his opposition to the divorce , although it had been supported by most of the other Reformers . |
| 30 | It had been realised by this time that , even if polythene did not fit into the then accepted mould for plastics , which tended to be glassy substances like polystyrene and Perspex , it might still be useful . |