Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] have been to " in BNC.
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| 1 | While at the current time the main focus of this work has been to better assess need through localities , work is being undertaken to identify ways in which budgets could be allocated to localities and purchasing carried out at the local level . |
| 2 | This cultural factor has been to the commercial benefit of West Germany since the ‘ economic miracle ’ of the 1950s . |
| 3 | This cultural factor has been to the commercial benefit of West Germany since the ‘ economic miracle ’ of the 1950s . |
| 4 | er , she said that they 'd been to the said this man had been to her house . |
| 5 | The terms were not satisfactory and by December of 1887 a further approach had been to made to Mr Quarry who suggested a price of £300 plus an annual ground rent of £2 . |
| 6 | In areas of population pressure a further rationale has been to ‘ write off ’ certain selected villages from a preservationist point of view and sacrifice them to expansion so that surrounding villages may remain ‘ unspoilt ’ . |
| 7 | The first foreign visit had been to the Pyrenees in 1952 — a fortnight for £10 : an age and a world away from today . |
| 8 | I was offered post-natal support having been to some NCT ante-natal classes . |
| 9 | Foreigners are flooding the market — in the last three weeks alone , six Norwegians have been to Premier League clubs on trial . |
| 10 | The traditional response of moral philosophy has been to narrow down each act to its pure and innermost core , an act of pure will that , alone , is susceptible of moral assessment . |
| 11 | Fair enough in the circumstances , but since the extended expiry date in 1952 , several growers have received individual concessions and , although the overall aim has been to gradually reduce the Gamay , the fact that at least 20 hectares exist , some 60 years after the law intent on banning the grape was first introduced , surely indicates that a certain laisser-faire attitude has been taken by successive administrations . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | little boy had been to school and his mother and father was waiting for him to come home . |
| 14 | Well consider again this brief moment , where we 're given a new glimpse of someone last seen surrounded by a God-like power , the rector of Clongoes , where the young and impressionable Stephen had been to school . |
| 15 | The best thing of all , however , is the inspiration these women have been to others . |
| 16 | That price has been to the moon and back again , helped by the Hunt brothers from Texas , who tried to corner the market and found that it , in fact , cornered them . |
| 17 | Meanwhile Home with great determination had been to the hospital in London and obtained Macmillan 's written resignation , which was read to the Conference on Thursday afternoon : ‘ I hope that it will soon be possible for the customary processes of consultation to be carried on within the party about its future leadership . ’ |
| 18 | The consequences of this latter factor have been to at times lead to the definition of community care as ‘ non-hospital care ’ ( Parker , 1990 ) . |
| 19 | In education the party conformed more to what would be expected : 196 MPs had been to public schools ( 68 per cent of the party , twice the proportion of Liberals ) and eighty-six of these had been at Eton , almost a third of the party . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | It will be the first time that politicians from Eastern Europe have been to dinner in the Speaker 's apartments . |
| 22 | J. was a good dancer having been to dancing classes as a small boy , and enjoyed them , in contrast to his younger brother who dug his heels in and absolutely refused to do anything so sissy . |
| 23 | More recently , the primary threat has been to the highlanders ' land , although coerced labour and unequal trade continue . |
| 24 | a ) How many students have been to Jamaica but not Trinidad ? |
| 25 | My one ambition had been to be a pro , and I got to ten handicap . |
| 26 | For twenty years the 16+ has been to educationalists what the Irish Question has been to politicians for somewhat longer : it has consumed enormous energy , made and destroyed reputations , absorbed and dissipated creativity and made most men and women with common sense as well as intelligence adopt the stance of peripheral critics . |
| 27 | Nearly 55 per cent of people who have been in higher education had been to the theatre in the survey period , but fewer than 19 per cent of those who left school at 16 . |
| 28 | ( a ) How meaningful would the first statement have been to you without this additional information ? |
| 29 | If the bees found the food by smell they would go to the nearest dish ; but , in fact they went to the original dish which the first bee had been to . |
| 30 | Again , all the dishes contained the same scented food , but the bees mainly went to the dish that the first bee had been to . |