Example sentences of "been [verb] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem of lack of time has been eased to some degree by the setting up of communal kitchens like those in Lima , Peru . |
| 2 | Eisenhower reiterated this theme from 15–18 May at the much-vaunted Paris Conference , which had originally been intended to further cooperation and understanding between the USSR and the United States , France and the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Quality Circles have received a lot of attention in the media over the last three years but , in general , studies of Circles have so far been limited to subjective analysis by interested parties . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ With the Tottenham Three being acquitted , people feel the problem has been ameliorated to some extent , ’ said a campaigner . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Not least , the general public has been treated to another dose of Nanny Knows Best . |
| 9 | Mr Morrison has been likened to another vice-president , the late Hubert Humphrey . |
| 10 | The study 's results and recommendations have also been communicated to all service companies as input for their own studies . |
| 11 | In recent years several British ensembles have begun to draw upon an ‘ exotic ’ instrumentarium of this kind once again , but they have been marginalized to some degree . |
| 12 | Charles had savaged the soft underbelly of yet another hallowed institution and has not been forgiven to this day . |
| 13 | The company now hopes to transfer what has been developed to another vendor — Digital Equipment Corp sells the Y-MP EL , but has been less successful than Cray hoped . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Little mention has been given to moral education , social and personal development , political understanding and economic awareness ( much beloved of Keith Joseph ) . |
| 16 | The task of introducing TQM has been given to former Group Training Manager , Bob Rae , who was promoted to General Manager , Quality Development in January . |
| 17 | While accepting the need for the United Kingdom to have the protection of a strategic nuclear deterrent for the foreseeable future , may I ask the Secretary of State whether , as a result of his recent conversations with his French counterpart and the agreement reached at Maastricht , consideration has been given to greater co-operation in strategic nuclear matters with France ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Between 1949 and 1954 much of his spare time had been given to poetic scribbling ; and he was also giving voice to a measure of vacillation and disillusionment , which we shall encounter in his poetry from time to time . |
| 21 | The mountain of footwear has been given to Middlesbrough-based Convoy Aid Romania by a businessman in Bristol . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Also , at the Palmira Works , free training has been given to local fire brigades on how to manage emergencies involving hazardous materials . |
| 24 | Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man . |
| 25 | Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man . |
| 26 | But by the end of the 1970s , added impetus — and critical changes of direction — had been given to this expansion . |
| 27 | No convincing answer has been given to this criticism ; all that is offered is the general argument in favour of a specialized division of the profession which is free from hour to hour to engage in advocacy and other specialist work . |
| 28 | But little serious thought has been given to this problem . |
| 29 | Similarly , by re-using salvaged beams and columns to ‘ frame ’ the atrium , a character has been given to this space which is evocative of the interior of the original building , yet does not mock its new use . |
| 30 | Less publicity has been given to this gas than to carbon dioxide . |