Example sentences of "is [adj] [conj] it [verb] been " in BNC.

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1 The spearhead is dangerous because it has been dipped into the poison of communal rivalry between the 80%-plus of India that is Hindu and the 11% that is Muslim .
2 The influence of Leavis is such that it has been claimed that :
3 Physically it is costly because it has been proven to cause ulcers , arthritis and all sorts of other conditions .
4 But you know it surprises me I mean I know the church is , is closed and it 's been closed for a couple of years now and it looks a sight because now I do n't know how many members they 've got , at least a couple of them could go in there and cut all the brambles down .
5 This usually requires quite a lot of practice but is invaluable once it has been mastered .
6 Breast milk from milk banks is safe as it has been pasteurized .
7 This is important since it has been shown that in inflammatory bowel disease , architectural disturbances in the mucosa , manifest especially in crypt distortion , are well established by the time of the first clinical episode .
8 As in this family , there is some migration of young people from the rural areas to the towns of Northern Ireland but this movement is less than it has been in Scotland or England during the last 40 years .
9 Why the process fails in 20% of the population is unclear but it has been noted that in patients with acid antra , G cells are qualitatively sparse .
10 Welsh Wales , in Wales and in the Lake District they found that the er level of nuclear activity on the surface of , of the field as it were and therefore reached the animals is higher than it has been , how would they manage to do that ?
11 In fact it is probable that it has been repopulated several times .
12 Most commonly , a given element is an element which is recoverable because it has been mentioned before .
13 As far as the effect of knowledge about language on pupils ' own language skill is concerned , it is true that it has been difficult or impossible to show any direct cause-and-effect relation between teaching formal grammar and improved writing performance .
14 It is true that it has been forecast as being upon us for a long time , but things are now really moving in some areas .
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