Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb base] [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foreigners are flooding the market — in the last three weeks alone , six Norwegians have been to Premier League clubs on trial . |
| 2 | ‘ I am thinking that maybe these gentlemen have been to one English Wine Shop , ’ said Dr Haidar , speaking in that slightly sanctimonious tone that Muslims sometimes adopt when discussing alcohol . |
| 3 | The last thing most of these people want is to be given reasons for changing their minds . |
| 4 | The best thing of all , however , is the inspiration these women have been to others . |
| 5 | The consequences of this latter factor have been to at times lead to the definition of community care as ‘ non-hospital care ’ ( Parker , 1990 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ These good people have been to an enormous amount of trouble on my behalf , and I am sure I shall be quite unable to do justice to their generous provision . ’ |
| 7 | It will be the first time that politicians from Eastern Europe have been to dinner in the Speaker 's apartments . |
| 8 | a ) How many students have been to Jamaica but not Trinidad ? |
| 9 | Richard Nelson , Director of Market Research Services at Campbell Soups All consumers want is to be told what is happening to their food , how safe it is and what is its quality … |
| 10 | ( a ) How meaningful would the first statement have been to you without this additional information ? |
| 11 | The largest increases have been to women aged 20–24 ; about 4 in 10 of their births were outside marriage in 1989 , more than four times the proportion in 1971 . |
| 12 | I am aware , however , that surveying techniques of the last 150 years have been to standards of accuracy of centimetres over the same sort of distance and landscape . |
| 13 | Recent trips have been to Arran , Bute , Aberfoyle and along various cycle tracks in Ayrshire . |
| 14 | Since May 1980 , nearly 1,250 applicants have been to the board . |
| 15 | For example , people working here in acoustics and radiation physics never know which SERC committee will finally examine their applications — some of our recent applications have been to the committees for Biology , Chemistry , Chemical Engineering , Mechanical Engineering , Polymer Engineering , the joint SERC/SSRC committee or even sent off to ARC . |
| 16 | But our whole band have been to college — they were the first people in our familiar to have been able to get any further education . |