Example sentences of "have [adv] been [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	Between them , they are better equipped than any group has ever been to combat the plague that affects eight women in ten .
2	Our policy has always been to improve the welfare of the children in the long-term by improving hygiene . ’
3	The idea has always been to link the station with its area .
4	The problem with solar problems has always been to convert the sun 's energy efficiently from light into electricity .
5	But he told the judge : ‘ Her object has always been to secure the payment not just for herself but the little boy George who is a few months old .
6	The real difficulty has always been to find an alternative to the Hegelian dialectic — difficult because strictly speaking it is impossible , insofar as the operation of the dialectic already includes its negation .
7	With an unjustified reputation for less than accurate shooting , our best policy has always been to distract the opposition 's concentration on these set pieces .
8	The American approach has traditionally been to offer a range of models , like Cessna and Piper 's basic two-seat trainers , the 152 and Tomahawk at the bottom end of the range for training , leading on to the Cessna 172 or PA 28 for the experienced pilot owner .
9	Past practice has often been to allocate the cylinder index to a cylinder preceding or following the file area .
10	To eliminate him had also been to destroy a dream .
11	Their aim in borrowing money to finance new investment ( either short-term from the banks or longer-term through their public issues of fixed-interest capital ) had simply been to minimise the interest rate paid , an objective Citrine and Self pursued avidly .
12	All of us that is except uncle Eugenio , who had never been to see a film , saying that it was a fraud , all illusion , and that when the lights went up and all the characters disappeared the screen was no more than a rag .

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