Example sentences of "[conj] have been [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Following the government retreat over the terms of the Directive in 1988 it was estimated that Anglian would have to spend £60-£70 million over the following 10 years to clean up the water supplies of Bedford and Norwich , along with a total 25 supplies that had been subject to derogations . |
2 | Fatigue fractures , by their very nature , are more prevalent in structures that have been subject to stress over a long period of time . |
3 | I have omitted , with reluctance , references to a few natural features of interest that have been subject to abuse of privilege by a minority of visitors . |
4 | Always hang out clothes that have been dry-cleaned to air before putting them back in your wardrobe . |
5 | ‘ It 's the trust and familiar surroundings of this ward that have been vital to Thomas . |
6 | Whatever the explanation , other organisms , like trilobites or brachiopods , were more numerous in such sites , and have been used to date the rock sequences in the absence of graptolites . |
7 | They did not really want Edward du Cann- he was recognised as having been disloyal to Ted Heath , and his City activities , with Lonrho and Keyser Ullman , were not universally accepted . |