Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [been] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been covered to some extent in the past by ‘ awareness ’ and ‘ technology transfer ’ programmes . |
| 2 | With the exception of the higher rate of SSP to which I have already referred , this has been applied to all the relevant main benefits rates — notably retirement pensions , war pensions , widows ' pensions , invalidity benefit , severe disablement allowance , the disability living allowance rates equivalent to the present mobility and attendance allowances , invalid care allowance , industrial injuries benefits , and the national insurance benefits for unemployment , sickness and maternity . |
| 3 | One favoured process is known as back-arc spreading and this has been applied to several such basins . |
| 4 | This has been attributed to mere manipulation of the masses by irresponsible politicians , or explained by theories of economic and class conflicts . |
| 5 | This has been attributed to cleaner air , social improvements , fewer male smokers , a reduction in tar yields of cigarettes and advances in treatment . |
| 6 | This has been subjected to critical scrutiny by Allan ( 1986 ) . |
| 7 | A placing in which selected shareholders ( usually investing institutions ) are invited to buy up to 15 million ( this had been limited to 3 million until 1986 ) of additional equity . |
| 8 | This had been reduced to 24 hours from 48 based on the 1989 evaluations and seemed to be just about right . |
| 9 | ‘ Some have been sold to private developers who are spending a lot of money on them , ’ he says . |
| 10 | However , it does suggest that the patient 's distress beforehand was more likely to have been related to environmental stresses than an endogenous illness . |
| 11 | All three had been assigned to Long Kesh Prison near Lisburn to await trial . |
| 12 | But by Friday the three had been reduced to two . |
| 13 | At the time of the preliminary naval bombardment the Turks had only two divisions at the Dardanelles ; these had been raised to four when the naval attack began and six by the time Hamilton made his first landings , giving the defenders a numerical superiority of six to five divisions . |
| 14 | These had been used to good effect by the PRD in the presidential elections of July 1988 , when the PRD candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano had accused the PRI of indulging in blatant electoral fraud to deny him victory [ see pp. 36367-69 ] . |
| 15 | Earlier in August another UK national had been sentenced to seven years ' imprisonment on similar charges , in that case of entering from Kuwait [ see p. 39069 ] . |
| 16 | Now these have been reduced to five . |
| 17 | All had been sentenced to long prison sentences for the " dirty war " against left-wing guerrillas and dissidents , during which an estimated 9,000 people " disappeared " and thousands more were abducted , tortured and murdered . |
| 18 | The vehicles belonged to an eccentric collector and many have been restored to full working order . |
| 19 | Indeed , the characteristic response of both terrestrial and marine organisms to the pronounced climatic changes of the Pleistocene has been to migrate to ecological refuges , in effect to track their environment . |
| 20 | From the earliest days of observation and recording of geological features , terms such as ‘ coarse ’ , ‘ medium ’ or ‘ fine ’ grained have been applied to unconsolidated deposits . |
| 21 | Ten have been moved to other jobs , including the senior signalman , Mr Brian Hemingway , who was named as being directly responsible for the faulty wiring at Clapham Junction . |
| 22 | There has already been a switch of emphasis away from sheltered housing for the elderly to other groups in special need , and what money has been available has been targetted to those areas which have not been well served in the past ( peripheral housing estates , remote areas and less attractive small towns ) , or to developments offering very special facilities ( eg sheltered housing for the elderly deaf ) . |
| 23 | If the property is subject to mortgage and the mortgagee concerned has effected cover , confirmation that the name of the insured has been changed to that of the wife should be obtained from the mortgagee. ( g ) Leasehold The requirements of the lease as to registration of any assignment with the lessor should be observed . |
| 24 | ‘ In one borough the care management role working with clients between 16 and 60 has been given to occupational therapists , while in another you are eligible if you are a community nurse , occupational therapist , or a social worker . ’ |
| 25 | 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 ] . |
| 26 | Two days before last Q.T. Day the Society 's representatives had an interview with the Sports Council Grant Panel — the serious situation arising from that had been explained to all teachers present and everyone was asked to take a copy of the Development Plan to study . |
| 27 | By eight weeks , three patients had been withdrawn because of adverse drug side effects while four had been transferred to other medical treatment and two had undergone surgery because of increasing pain or ulcer size . |
| 28 | Grants worth around £12 million have been awarded to voluntary and arts organisations this year by the Regional Council . |
| 29 | It seems to me there 's there 's a very circular argument that that 's been applied to this question of environmental constraint . |
| 30 | By October most had been transferred to ordinary prisons but had not been tried . |