Example sentences of "has [vb pp] be [that] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | My hon. Friend 's second criticism of the way in which the scheme has worked is that the £24 million budget which was set aside for the two financial years — and I emphasise two years — 1989-91 was underspent . |
2 | Most unintentional stalls occur , by definition , unexpectedly and usually the first obvious sign of what has happened is that the pilot is banging the stick on the rear stop with the nose still dropping — a frightening feeling . |
3 | Historically , what has happened is that the rock vanguard has shifted its focus from eroticism to the psychedelic powers of horror . |
4 | All that has happened is that the relations of production have been turned into historicized human relations . |
5 | However , if what has happened is that the person has Taken the Side of the Other , then there need not have been attitude-change in the traditional sense . |
6 | You may not credit it , but what has happened is that the story has been retold , adjusted , updated ; it has shuffled nearer . |
7 | What has happened is that the tax system has become less progressive , the changes having benefited those on high incomes who now surrender a smaller proportion of their earnings in the form of tax . |
8 | But of course what has happened is that the capital base has been eroded , and the future value of the sold asset will not accrue to the organization . |
9 | Although this picture looks complicated , all that has happened is that the handle plus blade have been duplicated to make the other half of the scissors . |
10 | From another point of view , what has happened is that an older Left position , whose model of an anti-commercial , genuinely ‘ popular ’ culture is ‘ folk ’ music ( regarded as a useful source primarily because of its potential for politically progressive lyric content ) , has been rewritten with an emphasis on the progressive potential of new , electrically mediated form , and its capacity to recreate community as an ‘ echo ’ of the ‘ folk ’ . |
11 | What has happened is that an alibi has been set up , for a wounded man " could not " have committed the murder that took place immediately afterwards some distance away . |
12 | According to a spokesman for Newbury , Berkshire-based Cognito Ltd , one of the problems that the company has faced is that the network infrastructure was in the process of being dismantled when the management buyout got the go-ahead , so that much installation work had to be duplicated . |
13 | One problem that has arisen is that a new tenant may not settle quickly and may wish to leave even though this may be unrealistic . |
14 | What has changed is that a convention has developed as to how and when this power is exercised and the modern position is thus that the monarch has , except in the most unusual circumstances and even then only doubtfully so , no discretion as to when Parliament shall be called and disbanded . |
15 | It could be argued that the propositions considered earlier as regards the patient so requesting would be applicable , since all that has changed is that the relevant legal decision-maker is the parent or guardian , so that the doctor would be absolved from his duty . |