Example sentences of "been [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has also been acutely pointed out that the title ‘ philhellene ’ , which was perhaps first given to Alexander I by writers of the fourth century , actually implies a denial that he was Greek . |
| 2 | Moreover , just at the time when the tape medium is losing its prime hold on the marketplace , the manufacturing technology has been vastly improved so that the best cassettes can now give aural satisfaction , even on the most demanding domestic equipment . |
| 3 | It has been rightly pointed out that a quick ball from such a scrum does not necessarily lead to a running game and that the centre of the field , already bustling with activity due to the increased fitness and range of the modern player , would be clogged up with roaming loose forwards relieved of scrummage duties . |
| 4 | It was belatedly discovered at Lemnos that the transport ships had been incorrectly loaded so that crucial material , required immediately on landing , had been packed at the bottom of the holds . |
| 5 | The progressivity of the tax structure has been largely undermined so that the poor pay a very high price for their welfare . |
| 6 | Since 1980 , the protection of the law against the closed shop had been progressively extended so that it now covered everyone in employment . |
| 7 | In the horse , the digits have been progressively reduced so that just the central core carries the load and the two adjacent ones are present as splints — remnants of the digits that once were there . |
| 8 | The computer methodology for probate inventories has been further developed so that it can now handle large numbers of complete inventories . |
| 9 | The civilian operators , notably the CEGB , have consistently tried to deny this , although at least one of the first Magnox reactors , Hinkley Point A , had been deliberately adapted so that ‘ weapons grade ’ plutonium could be extracted . |
| 10 | It has been repeatedly stressed above that OED is the ground from which all other dictionaries and English language reference books take their origin . |
| 11 | The Bill in the course of its transit through Parliament had been radically altered so that the eventual enactment bore little resemblance to the Bill which was originally drafted . |
| 12 | The existing common law on breach of the peace has been continuously expanded so that it now adds greatly to the non-statutory powers of the police to restrict peaceful assembly ( see Chapter 4 ) . |