Example sentences of "has [been] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lately Mr Kaifu has been under pressure to hand out minor cabinet posts to some young stars within the party who had been tainted by the Recruit affair . |
| 2 | Ransom , deputy director of Warwickshire SSD , has been on secondment to Dudley since September . |
| 3 | A VARIED selection of veteran and vintage aircraft have appeared on the register within the past few months and include the former Warbirds of Great Britain P–63A Kingcobra which has been on rebuild to flying condition at Duxford for some time for The Fighter Collection . |
| 4 | The Government 's emphasis has been on changes to the way the education system is run . |
| 5 | USL has been courted by other attractive suitors , and has been on track to an initial public offering . |
| 6 | In recent years the Lanx has been on loan to the British Museum . |
| 7 | Do nt know about Strandli , but he has been on loan to Start ( Norway 1st Div side — where leeds bought him from ) . |
| 8 | A strong and consistent recent trend in cinema advertising by major advertisers — as opposed to local stores and restaurants — has been for films to be more or less entertainment , as well as commercial . |
| 9 | Because during the course of our discussions today I 'll ask you to introduce me to others if , and only if , you think this meeting with me today has been of benefit to yourself , would that be okay ? |
| 10 | His coaching and help at nets has been of benefit to all our players . ’ |
| 11 | The ontological status of fictional worlds has been of interest to philosophers as well as literary critics . |
| 12 | Erm yeah I did mention earlier actually there was one or two ways that you could perhaps help me er one was erm I hope , I 'd like to think that obviously my service has been of value to you erm I 'd also like to think that you can perhaps recommend me to people you know er you did actually mention earlier erm was it Peter you work with , was it |
| 13 | For at least half a century , as outlined in Chapter 1 , the dominant movement of population and employment at this ‘ two Britains ’ scale has been from North to South . |
| 14 | Now in his third full season with the HB NSR , Bradl 's main change has been from Michelin to Dunlop tyres |
| 15 | Determined to arrange a meeting to discuss it ( postponed as it has been from summer to autumn , autumn to December , December to ‘ early in the the New Year ’ and so on … ) , she rang the Scottish Office direct in an attempt to find out the proposed date of revelation and publication . |
| 16 | And so the incredible growth of government throughout this century has been in response to all kinds of problems : economic insecurity , unemployment , declining industries , poverty , natural monopolies , external costs , pollution , inflation . |
| 17 | The main change has been in attitudes to Japan and Western Europe . |
| 18 | In addition to all this , his most important work has been in relation to investments and his ‘ stochastic investment model ’ is widely used by actuaries in the UK and abroad . |