Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lesk 's technique has been adapted to meet these requirements : the definitions of these three candidates are compared with those of the rest of the sentence to find the one with the highest overlap . |
| 2 | Some precedents also provide for the tenant to assign the unexpired residue of the term to the guarantor where the guarantor has been required to make any payment under the guarantor 's covenants . |
| 3 | No decision has been made to do any follow up , ’ he said , but ‘ you could stay tuned . ’ |
| 4 | Enormous ingenuity has been mobilised to capture this ‘ pot of gold ’ . |
| 5 | The Relative Index has been pruned to eliminate many unlikely entries . |
| 6 | Elsewhere in this book , empirical evidence for commodity futures has been used to supplement that for index futures . |
| 7 | The board has been restructured to include former factory manager Richard Wood , 30 , as operations director . |
| 8 | Gerald has been known to coin such memorable one-liners as the following : ‘ If the joy of the Lord is our strength , it 's little wonder that the church in Britain has been so weak and ineffective ’ ; ‘ There 's no virtue in being ten or twenty years behind the times ’ ; ‘ Most Christians are nicer than God himself ’ ; ‘ It is the unshared areas of our lives where Jesus is not Lord ’ ; ‘ One of the reasons the church in Britain has failed to grow is quite simply because it is full of people who are extremely rude ’ ; ‘ Putting the life of God into institutional Christianity is rather like putting the life of a human being into a kangaroo … . ’ 'You are only a leader if someone 's following you' ( Gerald Quotes ) . |
| 9 | The CIOB is now a joint awarding body with the CITB for accredited NVQ 's and SVQ 's in Building Site Supervision [ level 3 ] and Building Site Management [ level 4 ] , and the SMETS curriculum has been revised to support these qualifications . |
| 10 | The Association has been given to understand that successive Chancellors have set different rates of tax for the different categories of alcoholic drink in order to preserve flexibility to respond to changing market circumstances . |
| 11 | The Wissenschaftsrat has been trying to sort this one out , but the political factors seem to have prevented progress . |
| 12 | He has laid out immense sums and no expense has been spared to ornament this fairy palace . ’ |
| 13 | No expense has been spared to make each home the ultimate in luxury . |
| 14 | From the fully fitted Gaggenau Kitchens , the Bang and Olufsen stereos , television and video , to the opulent Connolly hide leather sofas , no expense has been spared to make these lodges the ultimate in luxurious sophistication . |
| 15 | In this chapter an attempt has been made to explore some evidence about teachers , teaching and teachers ' work . |
| 16 | Within the space available , an attempt has been made to describe some of the techniques available for obtaining and utilizing chromosome preparations from different stages of embryogenesis . |
| 17 | Since the FMI 's launch some attempt has been made to address these problems through courses at the Civil Service College , and more generally through what Tyson ( 1987 , p. 70 ) describes ‘ as a long-term process of personal development and change ’ ( see also Financial Management in Government Departments , 1983 , pp. 7–8 ) . |
| 18 | Transcripts of tape recordings have revealed a fascinating array of meanings ; an attempt has been made to interpret these in the social and cultural context of the pupils ' experience . |
| 19 | in this article an attempt has been made to extract some guiding principles which underline good goldfish keeping . |
| 20 | A brief test at the end of this chapter has been designed to give some idea of how much of a ‘ lark ’ or ‘ owl ’ you are . |
| 21 | Its effective action has been proved to remove more plaque in two minutes than conventional brushing does in six |
| 22 | Action has been taken to prevent this occurring in the future . |
| 23 | Aims of subject syllabuses were very generalised , no attempt having been made to isolate any specific terminal or intermediate objectives in respect of knowledge , skills or attitudes to be developed . |
| 24 | A spokeswoman for Lacy Scott Auctioneers , off Risbygate Street , Bury St Edmunds , said the programme had been expected to fetch several hundred pounds . |
| 25 | An attempt had been made to sell this document to a Sunday newspaper , and Ashdown had secured a " gagging " injunction preventing mention of anything to do with the matter . |
| 26 | However , this concealed the fact that many ‘ listable ’ churches had never actually been listed , for , as the Church was exempt from listed building control , no systematic attempt had been made to list any but the most obvious churches . |
| 27 | De-selection had become something of a fashion in the Tory Party : an attempt had been made to de-select several Tory MPs who had campaigned for Heseltine in the leadership contest of November 1990 . |
| 28 | He was admiring a stylish flower arrangement , observing how cunningly a spray of jasmine had been made to tremble half in , half out of the vase and trail against the console table , when the girl came back and told him Mr Vigo would see him now . |
| 29 | In presenting the majority opinion , Justice William J. Brennan noted that the new statute had been framed to penalize all flag burning , regardless of motive , but contained " the same fundamental flaw " in that it suppressed expression with which the legislators disagreed . |
| 30 | It does seem to me an extraordinary catalogue of errors erm and one can well understand how errors take p er could , could have occurred during the somewhat co chaotic passage of the Railways Bill er what , what can not be understood and what is quite inexcusable is , is the fact that no steps adequate steps have been taken to correct those errors and to assure the er continued existence of a er Transport Police which er h h has the sole responsibility for er policing large public spaces in , in this country and er as the Noble Lord has made clear , er does it honour er very considerable scale , very effectively er I hope that the Minister will find it possible to make a favourable reply to the arguments which have been raised . |