Example sentences of "have [been] devoted to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much research in the pathophysiology of gall stones has been devoted to various molecular species of bile salts . |
| 2 | It has also been argued that green belts have been used as instruments of preservation rather than conservation , and that insufficient attention has been devoted to positive planning , and to provision for recreational use . |
| 3 | Even more recently a whole catalogue has been devoted to single leaves and cut-out miniatures from despoiled manuscripts . |
| 4 | It is the lower after-tax interest rate that measures the social opportunity cost of resources that could have been devoted to private consumption . |
| 5 | Much of his energy over these last years had been devoted to alchemical experiments to find a new alphabet capable of spelling the English language . |
| 6 | Previous journals have been devoted to applied arts in the pre-war years , turn-of-the-century design , artists as educators , aspects of British interior design , and the European connection . |