Example sentences of "and it has [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it has been said that local authorities are not always very sympathetic to acting as a choice of career and sometimes obtaining a grant may be more difficult if a student has evidently changed his or her career tack . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've examined some 13/0 and it has been good , yet I 've found some to have as low as 10.5% chrome content . |
| 3 | Indeed insider accounts have largely consisted of bland reminiscences in the style of ‘ my greatest arrests and cases ’ and it has been left to investigative journalism to redress some unacceptable police activity , by calling attention to the limits and abuses of police authority , power , and accountability . |
| 4 | The answer is : Yes , this can be done , and it has been done — by G.S . |
| 5 | The bank is advising the Australian group and it has been calculated that if its bid succeeds Morgan 's commission will add 6.5 per cent to its earnings . |
| 6 | When driving with the rear doors open , as is necessary on warm days to provide ventilation , exhaust fumes escape into the vehicle , making the journey for those in the back even more uncomfortable ; and it has been known for policemen in the back to fall out of the vehicle . |
| 7 | Molecule for molecule , they are 10,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide and it has been estimated that if production is not checked they will rival carbon dioxide as the main greenhouse gas in the twenty-first century . |
| 8 | For one thing , the people elected Solidarity to govern and it has been governing for barely seven months . |
| 9 | But it is a useful conception ; and it has been applied by Statute to some public officers , such as certain Ministers and the Official Solicitor . |
| 10 | The reason for distinguishing between murder and manslaughter must be to identify and to label the most heinous killings as murder , and it has been questioned whether English law succeeds in this . |
| 11 | However , the latter point fails to take account of the fact that rape is committed even if there is no ejaculation , and even if the woman is infertile , and it has been strongly argued that ‘ penetration involving the penis , vagina or anus is perceived differently and regarded more seriously than other forms of penetration ’ . |
| 12 | It was from such lofty horizons that it was first introduced in 1839 and it has been in and out of gardens ever since . |
| 13 | For instance , some sites in Roman Britain have a much greater proportion of third-than of fourth-century coins compared to other sites , and it has been observed that the former tend to be the prestigious settlements of old Roman veteran colonies or tribal capitals , whereas the latter are more likely to be smaller rural sites such as farms , forts or villages . |
| 14 | The villa is very beautiful and large and it has been possible for myself and my baby and my husband to stay together which is a very great privilege and one I did not look to have extended to me . |
| 15 | For its CD reissue ( CDM7 63405–2 ) , the sound has been carefully refurbished , and it has been sensibly coupled with Bantock 's roughly contemporaneous Fifine at the Fair . |
| 16 | This growth has accelerated in recent years , much of it taking place in the 1970s and it has been concentrated more in the higher levels of the education system . |
| 17 | It may also expose other structural defects related to mental handicap , and it has been claimed that the latest , most sophisticated equipment can pick up a wide range of foetal abnormalities if the technicians operating the machines are sufficiently trained . |
| 18 | And it has been in the nature of documentary television to also exploit the subject of mental handicap in a sensational fashion . |
| 19 | China 's conservation efforts have received a good deal of attention and it has been difficult to sort out myth from reality . |
| 20 | Blind natural selection , however , makes them behave rather as if they were purposeful , and it has been convenient , as a shorthand , to refer to genes in the language of purpose . |
| 21 | Not all of the manual has been disclosed or published , and it has been suggested that the unpublished parts cover the use of plastic bullets , CS gas , and other anti-crowd techniques ( Northam , 1985 ) . |
| 22 | Astronomical computations show that the first day of the two calendars agreed in the year 2773 BC , and it has been concluded that this was when the Sothic calendar was introduced . |
| 23 | This representation of Mithra appears to have been derived from Egyptian art , and it has been suggested that it may have been influenced by the bandages of mummified corpses . |
| 24 | And just to cap all this mythological irrelevance , the island of Vulcano is now linked by a small spit of land to another small volcano , Vulcanello , which used to be a separate island , and it has been suggested that this pair comprised the ‘ Scylla and Charybdis ’ , beloved of Homer and modern politicians , but then so have several other island pairs in the Mediterranean . |
| 25 | ‘ This day have I been in the library and it has been very interesting . |
| 26 | ‘ There had been a good relationship on the whole between the management and myself and it has been supportive on both sides . ’ |
| 27 | The two small cars seated only 32 inside , and it has been speculated that they were intended to draw the trailers during summer operation . |
| 28 | The bridge which formerly carried the A5 across the River Severn east of Shrewsbury is a fine seven-arched masonry structure of 1771 , and it has been preserved alongside its modern replacement . |
| 29 | William IV died shortly afterwards and it has been written that , a search being instituted , it was found that that bluff and breezy monarch had been using this unique ancient artifact as a shaving mug ! |
| 30 | The Old English Longhorn was prevalent in Ireland and the west of England , particularly northern Lancashire , southern Westmorland and the Craven district in Yorkshire , and it has been described as rough in the shoulder , flat-sided , light in the hindquarters , thick-necked , lean of flesh , thick of skin , slow to grow and slow in its movements — a very useful draught animal , in fact . |