Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [been] [verb] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The increasing control of TDC by the Texas courts has been referred to several times already . |
| 2 | Torvale Building Products has been sold to another firm . |
| 3 | An offer of thanks has been extended to those who helped to make the event a success . |
| 4 | Police and army behaviour and tactics had been improved to some extent , especially in appreciating the need for reform policies rather than simple oppression . |
| 5 | Examination of records available on smoking related activity in the control schools indicated that pupils in half of the schools had been exposed to some incidental and unplanned smoking education through events such as No Smoking Day or through associated teaching in home economics or biology . |
| 6 | Article 20 of the Brussels Convention provides that where a defendant domiciled in one Contracting State is sued in a court of another Contracting State the court shall stay the proceedings so long as it is not shown that the defendant has been able to receive the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document in sufficient time to enable him to arrange for his defence , or that all necessary steps have been taken to this end . |
| 7 | By the late twelfth century , even in England , the function of the suitors had been reduced to this : a committee of them provided information to royal justices in a court which had become effectively or actually an offshoot of the king 's court . |
| 8 | In a confidential statement to the council 's investigating committee Mr Horn said he had suffered stress since more than half of his duties had been transferred to another education unit in 1989 . |
| 9 | The notice of payment of tax as determined by the General Commissioners had been sent to this address . |
| 10 | Some twenty per cent of all Oscar-winning actors , actresses and directors have been married to each other at one time or another . |
| 11 | He was accused of passing on ‘ state secrets ’ to the Agence France Presse reporter Lawrence Macdonald , whose account of the student protests has been referred to several occasions . |
| 12 | A number of reservations have been expressed to this model of the post-colonial state . |
| 13 | Special theme days have been introduced to all Abbey National sites , and the office staff have expressed their appreciation at our initiatives such as offering turkeys at Christmas , and baking decorated cakes for special occasions . |
| 14 | Your application was one of a number which were recommended only in reduced form , by following the committee decision the costs have been raised to those in your original application . |
| 15 | One thousand buildings have been constructed to these standards at costs of one per cent more but with a resulting 40 per cent cut in heating bills . |
| 16 | Over recent years the most popular explanation of Britain 's comparatively weak economic performance — and one which focuses mainly on the period of rapid decline since 1960 — has been that insufficient resources have been devoted to those parts of the economy which produce a ‘ marketable output ’ [ Bacon and Eltis , 1974 ; Eltis , 1979 ] . |
| 17 | Good Laboratory Practice ( GLP ) principles have been applied to many R & D establishments since their introduction by the Food and Drug Administration in the US . |
| 18 | The chairman of the action group has already met with Malcolm Rifkind , Secretary of State for Scotland , pamphlets have been issued to all houses in Juniper Green and Baberton Mains , another public meeting will be called and a plea has been made for wholehearted support by writing letters of objection . |
| 19 | The case of each party is usually presented by a director , merchant banker or solicitor with their written cases having been submitted to each other beforehand . |
| 20 | Thank you , does touch on that issue and refers to the point that I made earlier that that the proposals having been referred to that policy and how it meets with er more work . |
| 21 | Philip of Swabia , meanwhile , was maintaining the illegality of the meeting on the grounds that there was a legitimate heir , that oaths had been taken to that heir by all the princes and that , furthermore , few of them had been present at Andernach . |
| 22 | It is made clear that the boy was exposed to serious danger by his father 's irresponsibility and by his sisters ' departure : but his sisters had been exposed to this father too , and had had to defend themselves . |
| 23 | Originally , two representatives from each of Russia 's republics and regions had been invited to this meeting . |
| 24 | Copies of my announcements have been circulated to all members of the Council on the blue seats . |
| 25 | Copies of both publications have been sent to all centres . |
| 26 | Useful features have been added to this database in particular to handle the relationships between individuals . |
| 27 | Several modifications have been made to this bridge in the century and a half since its completion , but it remains basically the same bridge that Telford designed , and was one of the great civil-engineering achievements of the period . |
| 28 | Two systems for engineering a ‘ human ’ insulin were developed and most patients have been switched to these engineered products . |
| 29 | The subsequent demoralisation in evidence throughout British coalfields has been mitigated to some degree in South Yorkshire by blame for defeat focusing on a clearly identifiable minority , who in response have developed a set of parallel social institutions . |
| 30 | The two cousins had been writing to each other in secret for several weeks , and Cathy had used the milkman as a messenger . |