Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [to-vb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many welfare benefits have been cut and how many freezes have been imposed to pay for taxation cuts ? |
| 2 | In Britain , for example , the evolving structure of the financial markets has been characterised by both processes of deregulation and reregulation : the former , in that barriers which impede competition and choice have been discarded ; and the latter , in the sense that new regulatory measures have been adopted to cater for problems arising from structural changes . |
| 3 | I therefore pass to examine further — still in an entirely simplistic frame of mind — other theories which have been advanced to account for inflation . |
| 4 | Many fanciful explanations have been advanced to account for amber , but the Elder Pliny already diagnosed it as a fossil resin of pine and the same opinion was also entertained in China before the Tang period . |
| 5 | Veevers ( 1984 ) provides a comprehensive background to the history of the eastern Australian margin while Bishop ( 1988 ) reviews the various models that have been proposed to account for uplift . |
| 6 | Traffic wardens and police patrols have been told to watch for motorists who might attempt to break the rules . |