Example sentences of "[verb] been [vb pp] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most controversially of all , this argument has been extended to sado-masochistic sexuality which , far from ratifying the ‘ real ’ violence of society , theatricalizes and demystifies it . |
| 2 | THE first batch of cards supporting the campaign for Meirionnydd to be given unitary authority status has been sent to Welsh Secretary John Redwood . |
| 3 | In a very different context from California this same strategy has been applied to good effect . |
| 4 | Feminist psychology 's combinatory approach has been applied to experimental design as well . |
| 5 | any liability , injury , loss or damage arising outside the United Kingdom unless notification has been given to General Accident and an International Motor Insurance Card ( Green Card ) issued . |
| 6 | Little mention has been given to moral education , social and personal development , political understanding and economic awareness ( much beloved of Keith Joseph ) . |
| 7 | The power of local education authorities has been reduced whilst additional power has been given to central government and the revised and highly decentralised governing bodies of schools and colleges . |
| 8 | As part of a comprehensive training programme that has touched the Le Havre company from top to toe , special emphasis has been given to improving motivation . |
| 9 | Most attention in the past , however , has been given to residential differentiation within urban areas , whereas the current trends are operating on a much broader canvas , such that young school leavers are drawn to London from all over Britain , older people retire to remoter rural areas where they previously enjoyed holidays , and young married couples move not just to the suburbs but to smaller cities and towns situated at considerable distance from the major urban centres . |
| 10 | The mountain of footwear has been given to Middlesbrough-based Convoy Aid Romania by a businessman in Bristol . |
| 11 | Also , at the Palmira Works , free training has been given to local fire brigades on how to manage emergencies involving hazardous materials . |
| 12 | If there is a lesson to be learnt it is that success has been related to demonstrated achievement in a core of subjects … a qualification requiring a minimum level of achievement and minimum level of performance being set against specified standards . |
| 13 | Cotinine in the urine is a reliable indicator that the subject has been exposed to passive smoking . |
| 14 | New data are added as they are acquired , as is information from old paper records when it has been converted to digital form . |
| 15 | What has happened is that something latent within us has been stirred to new life , and that scent , or whatever , has been the symbolic object for us , leading us beyond itself to a personal memory . |
| 16 | Our analysis has been expanded to meridional response patterns and additional palaeoclimates . |
| 17 | To ensure that the brand of yoghurt you are buying really is live , add a spoonful to some warm milk that has been heated to boiling point and then allowed to cool . |
| 18 | Andesite rock , for example , used by ancient civilisations in Peru , has been matched to corresponding material in disused quarries by microscopic examination of rock made in the field . |
| 19 | EUROPE has been treated to high comedy for the past few weeks as governments , corporations and journalists have fallen all over each other in a made game of find-the barrels . |
| 20 | Ground fighting has been limited to sporadic artillery exchanges , and a handful of patrol clashes ; but this situation may change massively by the time this issue goes on sale . |
| 21 | By comparison , only £65 million in debt cancellation has been granted to developing country borrowers under the British government 's " Trinidad terms " , its main debt relief programme . |
| 22 | It is intended that 828 will be working on the main line as soon as possible and consequently it has been rebuilt to British Rail Main Line standards . |
| 23 | The Training Agency funding has been allocated to Urban Programme Areas since it is in the inner cities that a dysfunction is most clearly perceived between the needs and ambitions of young people , and the ability of the employing community to fulfil these . |
| 24 | Any work of art is a complex vibratory system to which our senses and nervous system respond , and any object such as the sacred wooden boards or Tapundas , or the stone Tjinas of the Aborigines , many of which are inscribed with the serpent motif , or any object that has been submitted to human veneration through actions or desires , remains charged with psychic power that can be transmitted or given off in energetic emanations providing there has been no transformation of the original material used in its creation . |
| 25 | ‘ Asbestos dust inhalation has been linked to increased risk of cancer of the lungs , esophagus , stomach , colon , rectum , kidneys , pleura and peritoneum … |
| 26 | In some areas , such as Bali , the cultivation of rice has been linked to religious ceremony for hundreds of years , to ensure an adequate water supply throughout the growing season . |
| 27 | Due to its flat landscape , Norfolk has long had a reputation for its fantastic light quality , a phenomenon that has been captured to great effect by many painters . |
| 28 | A WARNING has been issued to black market buyers after the theft of 93 rare prints worth £15,000 . |
| 29 | Undirected thought has been changed to directed thought . |
| 30 | Youth coach Kyle has been promoted to assistant manager following David McCreery 's departure from the Victoria Ground . |