Example sentences of "been [verb] to [adj] " 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 | A two-day visit to Port-au-Prince by the special mission of the Organization of American States ( OAS ) on Dec. 6-7 had been intended to further negotiations deadlocked the previous month in the Colombian city of Cartagena [ see p. 38569 ] . |
| 4 | We lesser mortals who had been banished to such places as Wolverton were , however , less fortunate . |
| 5 | The crammed loose boxes to his right seemed more menacing , as though the ugliest objects had been banished to this unvisited dungeon . |
| 6 | I could not understand why they had been banished to this dusty attic . |
| 7 | The weather balloon is developed from the war time barrage balloons and warnings have been posted to all military and civil aircraft to keep well clear during the field experiment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | " He 's been posted to one of those bloody awful oil-rigs in the North Sea , and he wo n't be back till Christmas . |
| 10 | By using the resources of the local retailers to identify their potential customers over 85,000 colour pamphlets have been posted to individual homes . |
| 11 | Those that wanted little more than routine audits have been redirected to other firms , allowing Robson Rhodes to concentrate on those with which it felt it could build a long-term relationship as ‘ a business counsellor ’ . |
| 12 | The call had been traced to one of a bank of three public booths in Saffron Walden , a market-town in western Essex , just off the M11 motorway from London to Cambridge . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | Such information is of greater intelligence importance than the photographs of IRA suspects , usually given the lowest levels of security classification , which have been leaked to various newspapers in recent weeks , triggering a political row and a big police investigation . |
| 15 | The story of a plot had been leaked to various newspapers , and on Sept. 19 the authorities put on public display various small firearms , improvised grenades , loudhailers , photocopying equipment and other items which they claimed were being used to make weapons . |
| 16 | At the other end of the scale three cases allegedly had been limited to one isolated incident . |
| 17 | All Kate 's previous sexual experience had been limited to clumsy caresses which she 'd had no difficulty in resisting . |
| 18 | Clerk of the course Nicholas Beaumont said : ‘ The number of people per box would have been limited to six , the top floor of the Royal enclosure to 435 instead of over 5,000 and the stalls seats to 300 instead of 2,000 . ’ |
| 19 | Shearer has been limited to five short appearances as substitute so far this season as he recovers from knee ligament trouble . |
| 20 | Shearer has been limited to five short appearances as substitute so far this season as he recovers from knee ligament trouble . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Since 1980 investgations , by this group , of patients with iron deficiency anaemia and no obvious cause , have been limited to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy , with small bowel biopsy , and barium enema . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The capacity of the stadium has been limited to 17,000 with Dublin being allocated 10,000 , 5,000 to Wexford and the remainder set aside for neutrals . |
| 26 | Many members were concerned that the Sunday club searches had become too crowded , and club membership has now been limited to 75 people . |
| 27 | Until then , because of the Ecclesiastical Exemption , which exempts churches in use from listed building controls , grants had been limited to secular buildings on the principle ‘ no control : no money ’ . |
| 28 | Even in its best days the circulation of the magazine had been limited to some eight hundred subscribers ( most of whom were " Eliot watchers " , according to Stephen Spender ) and by the time it had ceased publication that number had dropped to a couple of hundred . |
| 29 | The targets have been limited to three Cath , around three . |
| 30 | With an intensity comparable to the devastating bombardment of February 21st , the heavy German shells rained down on a French division of mediocre calibre , the 67th , whose experience of this kind of thing had so far been limited to second-hand accounts from across the river . |