Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [adj] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference has been essential to European culture and civilisation since the Renaissance at least . |
| 2 | In a sustained way ( meaning in more than sporadic decisions ) , it can be argued that the court has been critical to national questions only twice . |
| 3 | And in looking at the experience not merely of Asia , but also of Africa , what becomes increasingly apparent is that most development strategies have tended _ particularly when we look at technical change — erm have tended to bypass women , or in many cases one also notes that the impact of technical change has been detrimental to poor women , and examples of this can be found , for instance , in terms of adoption of certain kinds of technique , like mechanisation of rice processing in parts of Asia , where one finds that there has been a large scale displacement of landless women . |
| 4 | Rubella ( German measles ) can cause devastating damage to the fetus in early pregnancy and girls who have not had an attack of this disease by the age of puberty are offered immunisation against this virus so that any baby conceived would be protected , although this should soon be rare in the UK because from 1988 , MMR ( measles , mumps , rubella ) protection has been available to all infants . |
| 5 | The aim of the research is to discover what impact the HSW Act 1974 and the SRSC Regs 1977 have had on occupational health and safety in the print industry and to what extent the Robens philosophy has been relevant to joint regulation . |
| 6 | As I have reminded groups before now , the reality of incarnation has been central to Catholic spirituality and practice ; that is not so true of other traditions . |
| 7 | Reciprocity The concept of reciprocity has been central to academic studies of kinship , especially in anthropology . |
| 8 | The role of bureaucracy in politics has been central to Marxist debates about the state in capitalist societies , though the details of bureaucratic structures and processes have not received the attention they deserve . |
| 9 | This notion has been central to Conservative self-presentation from the emergence of Conservatism in its modern form in the early nineteenth century , and it has found particular favour in the writings of some of the most eloquent spokesmen of twentieth century Conservatism . |
| 10 | Over the last five years British agricultural research has been subject to major reorganisation . |
| 11 | Traditionally , the analysis of how companies compete within given markets has been subject to economic analysis . |
| 12 | This legislation ensured that the whole of Britain has been subject to compulsory land planning based on the application of two simple practices : the preparation ( including revision and updating ) of plans for the future allocation of land uses , and the control of development to accord with the provisions of those plans . |
| 13 | The approach of the police to the investigation of rape cases has been subject to much criticism — and then to considerable improvement — and it seems quite possible that these improvements , together with the advent of rape-crisis centres and victim-support facilities , have led more women to report rapes than did so formerly . |
| 14 | Political culture is a vague abstract concept that has been subject to various definitions . |
| 15 | This can be appreciated by considering how , in different countries and at different times , the provision of health care , housing , education and other ‘ essential ’ services such as electricity and transport , has been subject to varying degrees of public ownership and control . |
| 16 | Over the past 2 years it has been subject to extensive repairs and its site to archaeological investigation . |
| 17 | Such remarks , along with the usual party-political imperatives , mean that she has been subject to reflex ridicule for being out of step . |
| 18 | So our support has been subject to redefined guidelines , as you 'd expect from any efficient organisation . |
| 19 | Special education has been subject to considerable controversy for many years . |
| 20 | Evolution of public transport and traffic planning policies in West German cities since 1960 has been subject to continuing scrutiny . |
| 21 | The ratio of locals to newcomers in the village today depends not only on the accessibility to nearby urban centres , but , now that most of lowland England has been subject to these changes , by the mixture of housing which each village contains . |
| 22 | In many respects the management of GEAR has been ineffective : goals have been defined too broadly , simply to ensure consensus ; organizations have been assimilated within GEAR for purely cosmetic purposes ; power has been too diffuse ; and too much has been made of environmental improvements when the local economy has been subject to dramatic changes and unemployment has risen substantially . |
| 23 | The IT industry has been subject to rapid development in recent years and it is confidently expected that this trend will continue . |
| 24 | The area has been subject to Cimmerian rift-faulting but has suffered additional severe inversion and wrench-related movements associated with the edge of the Broad Fourteens Basin . |
| 25 | The EURODASS consortium led by Marconi Defence Systems Limited offered a solution , and this has been subject to rigorous scrutiny to confirm that it meets the necessary technical criteria . |
| 26 | The product has been subject to rigorous quality control . ’ |
| 27 | The existence of a relationship between increased remuneration and profits on the one hand or growth on the other is capable of less impressionistic assessment , and indeed has been subject to detailed research . |
| 28 | And yet in this area , too , Karajan has been subject to rebarbative questioning and criticism , not least on the grounds that an interest in technology is somehow incompatible with a man 's credibility as a performing musician . |
| 29 | Public transport has been subject to numerous policy changes , especially since the 1960s ( Banister 1983 ) . |
| 30 | This so-called ‘ hidden curriculum ’ is claimed by many feminists to be at least as important in child development as the formal curriculum ( see , for example , Byrne , 1978 ) , and has been subject to intensive study ( e.g. Spender and Sarah , 1980 ) . |