Example sentences of "[noun] have been [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lustre powder has been used to great effect here , giving a lovely ephemeral glimmer to the castle . |
| 2 | The Training Agency funding has been allocated to Urban Programme Areas since it is in the inner cities that a dysfunction is most clearly perceived between the needs and ambitions of young people , and the ability of the employing community to fulfil these . |
| 3 | In an attempt to deter miners from returning , the airspace over the Yanomami reserve has been closed to private aircraft by the Brazilian air force and a radar system has been installed in Boa Vista , the state capital , to monitor violations . |
| 4 | This attractive hypothesis has been extended to other groups of plants and their ‘ consumers ’ suggesting that under certain circumstances plants may benefit from those animals that feed on them and , indeed , may positively ‘ encourage ’ such herbivory . |
| 5 | This drug has been used to good effect in generalized viral infections , when it can be injected directly into the blood stream , but this is not without hazard and is not indicated unless the infection is life-threatening . |
| 6 | Already that money has been put to good use . |
| 7 | Following the restructuring of the Chambers Harrap sales force , Elaine Walker has been promoted to key accounts manager . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The new park planting etcetera really enhances the area , so that 's nice to hear from the Civic Society , and they 're also saying that er they 're grateful for the newspaper collection , which their office is thinking has been put to good use . |
| 10 | After six appearances and three goals for Leeds , the former enfant terrible of French football has been taken to flinty Yorkshire hearts as though he were one of their own . |
| 11 | Little mention has been given to moral education , social and personal development , political understanding and economic awareness ( much beloved of Keith Joseph ) . |
| 12 | As stated above , the problem of desertification has been brought to public attention by famines that have resulted in immense loss of life , especially in the Sahel-Saharan zone of Africa ( reviewed in Glanz 1987 and Mortimore 1989 ) , the causes of which have been the subject of much debate and have recently been reviewed by Hulme ( 1989 ) . |
| 13 | Ken Ewen has been promoted to managing director at Redrow Homes ( Northern ) . |
| 14 | Youth coach Kyle has been promoted to assistant manager following David McCreery 's departure from the Victoria Ground . |
| 15 | On the one hand , force has been required to subordinate it , and , on the other , it has always threatened to outbreed protestant loyalists , an outcome which has only been avoided by catholic — nationalist migration over the past seventy years . |
| 16 | The eyes had been used to great effect as Queen Gertrude , Imogen , Portia , and Lady Macbeth . |
| 17 | Whereas in Britain ( and Sweden ) , the state controlled the Church , feudalism had ended well before it generally disappeared elsewhere in Europe , and manhood suffrage had been extended to large sections of the population — unlike most continental countries where it was attained only at a later date , sometimes not until the early part of the present century . |
| 18 | Now computers had been added to natural incompetence , and Cyril the Systems was on the edge of a nervous breakdown . |
| 19 | Last-minute concessions had been made to disaffected groups to win their support . |
| 20 | Here , it seemed , some labour had been applied to physical comforts , although there was little evidence of efficient housekeeping . |
| 21 | Earlier , this obsession had been carried to absurd lengths with the determined pursuit of Sarah Tisdall and Clive Ponting . |
| 22 | These characteristics have been employed to great effect by geneticists , and advances to date have been remarkably swift . |
| 23 | Programme makers discovered that guidelines have been isued to local authorities on what do in the event of a nuclear accident . |
| 24 | MV370 and HS649 IAF have been restored to static display for museums in Hanover , Germany , and Overloon , Holland , respectively . |
| 25 | Talking of worthwhile investments , the new flats constructed by Norman and David have been put to good use this year and indeed Nor indeed Norman 's sets get better and better . |
| 26 | Disillusioned authors have been drawn to Western publishers . |
| 27 | Quantitative methods have been applied to social developments not only at the centre but in individual provinces , towns and villages . |
| 28 | In addition , desktop publishing drivers have been added to PV-Wave to paste graphics into DTP documents . |
| 29 | Many of the animals have been removed to other farms . |
| 30 | Many of the animals have been removed to other farms . |