Example sentences of "[noun sg] has been [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A simple hydraulic fracturing technique has been applied to ten boreholes in the Masvingo area of Zimbabwe , in which there many low-yielding tube-wells . |
| 2 | A YOUTH who frightened a teenager into handing over his watch has been sentenced to 12 months detention . |
| 3 | The result means that Lillywhite 's advantage has been cut to 20 seconds by Simensen , now in second place , with today 's 86-mile stage from Liverpool to Salford and tomorrow 's city-centre circuit race at Manchester remaining . |
| 4 | Another site , some distance from the main concentrations , where a major change has been dated to 350 — 60 is the villa at Great Casterton . |
| 5 | Lustre powder has been used to great effect here , giving a lovely ephemeral glimmer to the castle . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | No satisfactory response has been made to that research . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | THE NOBEL Prize for physics has been awarded to three scientists who developed ultra-precise techniques that lie at the heart of modern atomic clocks . |
| 11 | A joyrider who crashed his car and killed a partially sighted pensioner has been sentenced to three years custody for causing death by dangerous driving . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It may be justified where : ( i ) the original factors leading to registration no longer apply ; ( ii ) the child and his family have moved to another area ( and responsibility for the case has been transferred to another authority ) ; ( iii ) the child has reached the age of 18 years or married ; or ( iv ) the child has died ( para 6.45 ) . |
| 14 | This case has been circulated to all liability claims managers in full . |
| 15 | He says that he 's nt been offered a grant , and the case has been refered to higher officials . |
| 16 | If so , can he tell us how much money has been allocated to that exercise ? |
| 17 | Already that money has been put to good use . |
| 18 | A deliberate counterpoint has been introduced to each of the installations on the four floors by juxtaposing the Nouveaux Realistes with Cristo 's Support/Surface works , Picasso with Figuration Libre . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But it predicts that Dr Mawhinney 's 7.9 per cent lead over Labour has been whittled to 3.4 per cent ( Con 42.3 per cent ; Lab 38.9 ; Lib Dem 16.1 ) . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Originally it had been planned to convert five oil/gas-fired power stations to coal but this programme has been cut to three . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Much effort by the Education Services Department has been expended to that end . |
| 25 | But currency stabilisation has been pushed to one side for another reason as well . |
| 26 | Little mention has been given to moral education , social and personal development , political understanding and economic awareness ( much beloved of Keith Joseph ) . |
| 27 | It is not concerned with the question whether proper weight has been given to those factors . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | Profit and loss reporting has been expanded to 26 available fields , stock take procedures improved and bank reconciliation made faster . |
| 30 | While few throughout the country would still be prepared to wager against Rangers , it is interesting to note that the two main contenders have still to meet twice and that the points gap has been reduced to seven . |