Example sentences of "they have [be] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Personality disorder is the parental diagnosis most associated with emotional and behavioural disorders in children , particularly when they have been exposed to hostile behaviour .
2 Recently they have been applied to other commercial lettings , notably to lettings of shops , hotels and restaurants .
3 But the links have commonly been flawed in two ways : they have involved little risk of penalty for poor performance ; and they have been tied to short-term measures ( generally year-by-year ) .
4 They generally should not include the source and application statement as this has not been covered in the text and students would not be able to interpret this statement unless they have been referred to other sources .
5 These forms of strict liability have been retained by the Animals Act 1971 and , though they have been subjected to considerable modification , much of the old learning will continue to be relevant .
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