Example sentences of "[been] [verb] to a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | High-precision and high-resolution geochemical mapping have been developed to a very high standard by BGS . |
| 2 | Regional geochemical studies , including high-precision and high-resolution geochemical mapping , have been developed to a very high standard by the BGS . |
| 3 | But as yet , however , much less attention has been given to an equally crucial dimension of local government activity — its capacity to actually achieve its policy intentions . |
| 4 | On 19 July Roberts and Cross wrote to Dr John Lawrence at SWWA suggesting that the public had been exposed to a more serious hazard than had been admitted : they were told that they could meet Lawrence but he would give them no information . |
| 5 | This , incidentally , throws some doubt on the efficacy In addition to the aggradation of the lower reaches of river valleys , the Post-glacial rise of sea level caused widespread aggradation of any lowlands which had been eroded to a sufficiently low level . |
| 6 | The archaeological evidence suggests that silver first came into use on a substantial scale during the third millennium B.C. It was not until metallurgy had been carried to a relatively advanced level of sophistication that the production of silver in any quantity became practicable . |
| 7 | At least two separate groups of birds do it , and it has been carried to a very high level of sophistication by dolphins and whales . |
| 8 | For the T-series , the organic body styling of the Buzz bass has been rationalised to a more streamlined , elongated outline , with the current favourite sharkfin-shaped top horn . |
| 9 | This process has already been applied to a severely weathered stone head from Lincoln Cathedral . |
| 10 | Arrow shafts have for years been made to a very high standard , with spiral-wrapped glass filaments and with aligned fibre composites ( AFC ) using high modulus carbon . |
| 11 | Classical and classicizing treatises on rhetoric and poetics are filled with descriptions of these linguistic ornaments , most of which have been codified to a very high degree . |
| 12 | This odd reversal of polygyny has been attributed to a very high rate of ground predation whereby clutches are easily lost . |
| 13 | What happened what happened really in , in Russia and China is er that they had a sort of captive lower class who 'd been used to a very authoritarian kind of rule so they were able to impose communism from above . |
| 14 | Within Stoddards it has been renamed to a more focused ‘ Customers Demand Care ’ . |
| 15 | Plinth heights can be varied to allow flexibility of design , as seen here where the dishwasher has been raised to a more comfortable height . |
| 16 | Since the 1987 general election the ranks of Conservative MPs have been reduced to a very small number . |
| 17 | Alterations to the original building have been largely cosmetic , although some of the remaining part of the wall over the lobby has been converted to a most attractive glazed bay . |
| 18 | However in only one case has a functional element been defined to a very small region . |
| 19 | Consolidation and centralisation have been effected to a much greater degree than here , and so a reaction to their effects may be expected to be stronger . |
| 20 | Even in the case of a regular wage-earner or salaried employee , there might be complications ; for example , the plaintiff might claim that he would have been promoted to a more remunerative post ( in which case the court must assess his prospects of promotion and award damages accordingly ) or the defendant may claim that the plaintiff 's employer had suffered severe business setbacks that necessitated redundancies and that the plaintiff would have lost his employment ( in which case the court must consider all the circumstances and award as damages what it estimates to have been the plaintiff 's net loss ) . |
| 21 | In fact , to my eyes , the appearance of informality had been taken to a faintly ludicrous degree . |
| 22 | Indeed , Ratty 's emotional , if not his ecological , headquarters , the river Pang between Reading and Newbury , where Kenneth Grahame wrote his classic , has been subjected to a notoriously insensitive drainage scheme . |
| 23 | However , it has been subjected to a most rigorous French testing and evaluation scheme since its formation in the 1960s and the emphasis is on fast growth rates , lean meat , a high proportion of meat to bone and ease of calving . |
| 24 | From mid-day the general public were admitted to the site for the first time , and although publicity had been kept to a relatively low key , several hundred visitors attended . |
| 25 | In addition to pottery , the core material from bronzes that have been cast using a clay core ( see p. 84 ) can also be tested by TL , since this ceramic material has normally been fired to a sufficiently high temperature to ‘ zero the TL clock ’ . |