Example sentences of "has been [vb pp] [conj] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been observed that some people switching from using a typewriter to a personal computer can gain up to half a stone a year because they no longer have to get up to consult filing cabinets ; and the same effects can be observed when people use remote-control television , extension phones , lifts and dishwashers . |
| 2 | It has been calculated that some 37% of families would be better off , and 37% worse off , as a result of the change from Community Charge to the Council tax . |
| 3 | Nevertheless an important start has been made and some students are being exposed to a segment of African literature . |
| 4 | The importance of such developments will be clear : planning for resource-based learning is a taxing and time-consuming activity for teachers , but if the work can be shared , if the expertise and creativity of colleagues can be made easily available , and if the teacher can have ready access to advice , guidance and encouragement , an important contribution has been made and some of the burden shifted . |
| 5 | But none of these claims has been substantiated and some preparations may actually be dangerous . |
| 6 | For implicatures are not semantic inferences , but rather inferences based on both the content of what has been said and some specific assumptions about the cooperative nature of ordinary verbal interaction . |
| 7 | Offenders who are mentally disordered suffer the stigma of being labelled as both ‘ mad ’ and ‘ bad ’ , although for centuries it has been recognized that some people have diminished responsibility for their actions as a result of mental abnormality and that punishment and retribution , usually demanded by society of someone who has committed a crime , should be dispensed with in favour of providing humane care and treatment . |
| 8 | Its success has been limited because some children will work on projects which interest them but which do not tax them sufficiently . |
| 9 | Where the operation has been performed but some degree of brain damage has occurred , the child will be similar to one with cerebral palsy . |
| 10 | Most of it has been demolished but some forms part of Kings Mill House . |
| 11 | It has been claimed that some will have to choose between keeping warm and having enough to eat . |
| 12 | However , it has been claimed that some doctors in the province will perform abortions in certain circumstances . |
| 13 | They may have been the gigantic reptilian analogue of the elephant , and it may be no coincidence that the elephant also has its nasal openings on top of the skull , with the nostrils in this case sited at the end of the trunk it has been suggested that some sauropods may have had a proboscis of some sort . |
| 14 | The NEB itself seemed to imply more than prospecting might be going on : ‘ It has been suggested that some of the investigations might have been more extensive than might normally be expected . |
| 15 | There is even some doubt in some quarters as to whether in fact the unfortunate children were interred at Charfield , for it was said that an Army vehicle was noticed briefly at the scene of the accident , and it has been suggested that some of the remains , possibly those of the children , were removed amid the general confusion . |
| 16 | If space permits it has been suggested that some departmental stocks of general reading books should be kept centrally , however this would be reviewed periodically as our long term aims for the library are achieved . |
| 17 | It has been suggested that some sounds are distracting than others and that there are certain kinds of mental activity that are more at risk than others . |
| 18 | It has been proposed that some extremely simple aspects of the environment — spatial and temporal location of information and its frequency of occurrence — may be coded automatically without the requirement of conscious attention ( Hasher & Zacks , 1979 , 1984 ) . |
| 19 | It has been shown that some schools offer a rehash or revision programme based on pre-registration modules , while others prepare courses in line with the very latest developments available . |
| 20 | Thirdly it has been shown that some sequence selective ligands induce bleomycin cleavage at novel sites [ 24,25 ] . |
| 21 | And Hotline has been told that some of them are to question McMenemy 's position . |
| 22 | Through this project , it has been established that some antigens are indeed absent from the tumours . |
| 23 | For example , it has been found that some striking perceptual differences in viewing a wire-frame cube ( including , for example , the ease with which certain mental images can be formed of it ) depend on which alternative structural description of the object is assigned to it by the perceiver ( Hinton 1979 ) . |
| 24 | Appearance money or guarantees previously were illegal — though not unknown — and under the new system it has been estimated that some top players ( Lendl and Boris Becker make around £1.5 million a year ) could increase their annual earnings by 40 per cent . |
| 25 | It has been estimated that some 85 per cent of these are of Augustan date . |