Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] to [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When operating with 112 Squadron FX760 was regularly flown by ‘ A ’ Flight Commander F/L R A Wild DFC , an Australian , who had been posted to 112 Squadron from 3 RAAF Squadron on June 1 , 1944 .
2 Favoured with the inside story of the Fawaz Younis kidnapping and other government ‘ exclusives ’ , Emerson 's special relationship with Federal law-enforcement agencies was again on display when he quoted unnamed Washington sources to the effect that allegations of DEA involvement in the Lockerbie disaster had been traced to one Lester Knox Coleman , a ‘ disgruntled former DEA confidential informant who was terminated ’ .
3 It 's Thee Headcoats ( Already ) ’ , the latest release from ex-Milkshake BILLY CHILDISH , Mudhoney frontman MARK ARM 's debut solo single , a cover of Bob Dylan 's ‘ Masters of War ’ , which has been limited to 5,000 copies , SISTER DOUBLE HAPPINESS ’ , ‘ Wheels A-Spinning ’ single and DICKLESS ’ ‘ I 'm A Man' , which should reach the shops soon .
4 It 's Thee Headcoats ( Already ) ’ , the latest release from ex-Milkshake BILLY CHILDISH , Mudhoney frontman MARK ARM 's debut solo single , a cover of Bob Dylan 's ‘ Masters of War ’ , which has been limited to 5,000 copies , SISTER DOUBLE HAPPINESS ’ , ‘ Wheels A-Spinning ’ single and DICKLESS ’ ‘ I 'm A Man' , which should reach the shops soon .
5 Many members were concerned that the Sunday club searches had become too crowded , and club membership has now been limited to 75 people .
6 The targets have been limited to three Cath , around three .
7 The aims of the initiative have been explained to 1,000 officers of all ranks in a series of briefings .
8 A WARM welcome to the diocese has been given to two priests .
9 Much good publicity has been given to five areas of Britain that badly need it .
10 He has been the most inspiring of any artist that I 've ever been exposed to one way or another .
11 People living in the areas had been exposed to three times the acceptable level of ionising radiation .
12 The extraordinary general meeting which was due to take place on 10 October has been rescheduled to 17 October .
13 However , the qualifying period has now been shortened to two years .
14 Its philosophy is still developing , but it 's now a very concrete operation — £2 million has already been committed to 18 research projects in the UK , the Netherlands , Eire and the US , and we are still adding projects to the list .
15 A Medieval campanile has been added to one end of the Mausoleum and a Choir at the other .
16 An environmental health officer from Liverpool City Council visited the company 's bakery in Lorenzo Drive , West Derby , and found insects could get into the building through ‘ voids ’ around the pipework , and an insect screen had been nudged to one side .
17 Communications Minister Krzystof Kilian reported on Nov. 9 that there were 41 illegal broadcasting stations operating in Poland and that temporary licences had been granted to 19 radio and television stations which were run primarily by the Roman Catholic Church .
18 A simple hydraulic fracturing technique has been applied to ten boreholes in the Masvingo area of Zimbabwe , in which there many low-yielding tube-wells .
19 But currency stabilisation has been pushed to one side for another reason as well .
20 Money is tight and fashion a luxury that has , by many , been pushed to one side .
21 It emerged that large cash payments had been made to four government ministers in return for relinquishing their portfolios .
22 Reference has already been made to three Conventions under which the requirement of connection to a Contracting State is satisfied where the rules of private international law lead to the application of a Contracting State .
23 The target date has now been moved to 1 January 1994 .
24 The carts had been moved to one side , and now slaves were attaching torches to the arched wooden frames .
25 A TEENAGER who plunged a screwdriver into a frail 85-year-old woman as accomplices ransacked her home , has been sentenced to eight years ’ detention .
26 The US Army on Dec. 4 revealed that a US soldier serving in Germany had been sentenced to 34 years in prison after being convicted of spying for Iraq and Jordan during the Gulf War .
27 He has been sentenced to two years in prison and given a five-year driving ban .
28 Sánchez had in August 1989 been sentenced to two years ' imprisonment for spreading false information " detrimental to international peace " to foreign journalists following the July trial and execution of senior army officers for drug trafficking [ see pp. 36731 ; 37069 ] .
29 Amaoui had been sentenced to two years ' imprisonment for defamation of the government in an interview published in El País on March 11 in which he had described members of the government as thieves [ see also p. 38888 ] .
30 A barmaid who cudgelled her landlord boyfriend to death with a beer flagon has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment ( suspended ) .
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