Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [vb pp] to this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flows of people from metropolitan to non-metropolitan areas have been observed in a number of developed countries in recent years , and the term ‘ counter-urbanization ’ has been applied to this process ( Berry 1976 ; Bryant et al . |
| 2 | No convincing answer has been given to this criticism ; all that is offered is the general argument in favour of a specialized division of the profession which is free from hour to hour to engage in advocacy and other specialist work . |
| 3 | Less publicity has been given to this gas than to carbon dioxide . |
| 4 | But little serious thought has been given to this problem . |
| 5 | Similarly , by re-using salvaged beams and columns to ‘ frame ’ the atrium , a character has been given to this space which is evocative of the interior of the original building , yet does not mock its new use . |
| 6 | That is the Thameslink line , which is a part of the Bill and which has been referred to this evening . |
| 7 | If , on the other hand , he was stating as a matter of principle that the coupling of a protest with a payment of money unlawfully demanded per se rendered that payment recoverable , he was expressing views for which no authority prior to that date has been cited to this House and which were contrary to those expressed by Lord Reading C.J. in Maskell v. Horner . |
| 8 | IMRO has been alerted to this problem and is willing to discuss it with IMRO members . |
| 9 | Mark Flannagan , formerly Director of ASH Workplace Services , has been promoted to this post and has not had time to snatch a wink of sleep since . |
| 10 | Since married men were normally exempt , youths in some areas might for this reason marry as young as fourteen or fifteen and be given a small piece of land by their parents to maintain themselves : the proliferation of very small peasant holdings in Denmark has been attributed to this factor . |
| 11 | A ninth women 's World Cup slalom , at Hinterstoder , Austria on January 9 , has been added to this winter 's schedule . |
| 12 | There has been input to this scheme from all divisions of the Department resulting in a very successful project of which we can be justifiably proud . |
| 13 | A Bosnian baby with just three months to live has arrived in Britain and been rushed straight to hospital.Adisa Blagiyach has a tumour on her heart and has been brought to this country for life-saving surgery . |
| 14 | The most easily quantifiable , if however the most elusive , value in these factors is money , and so not surprisingly a good deal of attention has been paid to this variable . |
| 15 | Although this may seen like an idyllic setting , the fact that the panda 's natural habitat has been reduced to this area is enough cause for alarm . |
| 16 | What had gone awry , that he should have been led to this pass , and even now he felt himself following , perforce , the twists of his fortune , headlong as a fall , when he should have been steering his own course and bearing them strongly with him ? |
| 17 | We do not think that they should have been put to this trouble we defend the status quo in the Scottish Bus Group . |
| 18 | Yet all their study should have been directed to this end , so that they might be consumed with the love of God as well . |
| 19 | " It having been Stated to this Meeting that a regular Ferry from Skiba to Gartbreck would contribute much to the Convenience of Travellers " they agree " to Engage a proper person , who will engage to maintain a proper Ferry Boat ready at all reasonable times to Ferry passengers … " |
| 20 | 1808 " It having been Represented to this Meeting that the Fund for raising the Militia men by a Publick Box was found Inadequate to raise the men , of course the Funds were found deficient by one Hundered and eight pounds 14/- … this Meeting consider themselves bound to advance upon this Deficiency the one half … |
| 21 | A band stretching along the south bank of the Thames from Chalk to the Hoo peninsula , then along the Medway marshes , and across the river to the Isle of Sheppey seems to have been devoted to this process . |
| 22 | The notice of payment of tax as determined by the General Commissioners had been sent to this address . |
| 23 | Originally , two representatives from each of Russia 's republics and regions had been invited to this meeting . |
| 24 | Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man . |
| 25 | Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man . |
| 26 | But by the end of the 1970s , added impetus — and critical changes of direction — had been given to this expansion . |
| 27 | Alexei had expected to be seated beside Tulagai and Targoutai , the half-brothers of Nogai and T'zin , but instead he had been led to this place beside Siban . |
| 28 | He had been summoned to this meeting at short notice . |
| 29 | It is made clear that the boy was exposed to serious danger by his father 's irresponsibility and by his sisters ' departure : but his sisters had been exposed to this father too , and had had to defend themselves . |
| 30 | Finally it was recorded that " representatives of G-1 and G-5 should go to Main Eighth Army for discussion " and Eighth Army had been notified to this effect on 23 May , as a reply to its signal U 128 of 21 May requesting guidance on questions concerning " various nationals " . |