Example sentences of "have [been] [verb] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Kielder Water , the largest man-made reservoir in Europe , surrounded by the largest man-made forest in Europe , was opened by HM The Queen in June 1982 , and has been developed into a major water-sports centre . |
2 | ‘ However , with the help of considerable capital funding from the ITI , and through a joint venture approach with Sutton Borough Council , who provided capital , land and an annual subsidy , the original concept has been developed into a working model aimed at serving as an example for other local authorities to consider . ’ |
3 | Made up of four 30-minute scenes , in each of which the same people say and do the same things in the same setting , Roll On Friday , it is no surprise to learn , has been developed into a five-year television series in New Zealand and Australia . |
4 | Now it has been made into a four-part series called The Life And Times Of Henry Pratt by Granada . |
5 | The whole of the Main Street and the river frontage has been made into a conservation area . |
6 | Tight , curly perm has been shaped into a voluminous chin-length bob and enhanced with colour |
7 | The best of Britain 's latest and most complex performance technology has been packed into a unique travelling promotion , developed especially for Guinness . |
8 | On the landward side of the Avenida is the Old Customs House ( Alfândega ) which has been converted into a new home for the Regional Parliament . |
9 | In the ‘ top end ’ car park , a large brick shed , once a bonded development area , has been converted into a new garage . |
10 | Instead the debt has been converted into a syndicated four-year loan . |
11 | The space between the old building and the Morgan mansion has been converted into a marble-paved court with plantings , a fountain , and seats , all beneath a forty-two foot high curving glass-and-steel roof . |
12 | A civilian Dutch Airbus has been converted into a flying ambulance to evacuate 70 of the most seriously -ill casualties . |
13 | One finds that a barn has been converted into a smart office where a chap is working hard on his word processor ; he has a nice set-up with computers . |
14 | Now , one floor of the building has been converted into a 40-place day centre and another into a ten-bed assessment and rehabilitation unit . |
15 | Once an imposing villa , the Roma has been converted into a charming little hotel . |
16 | Long hair has been styled into a beautiful . |
17 | In Vienna not even the Danube runs free , for it has been channelled into a neat canal . |
18 | In one back garden , a grass bank has been turned into a spectacular terrace . |
19 | • Laguna Beach resort , Thailand ( when complete , will include four five-star hotels , golf course , shopping/entertainment complex ) 1000 acre site with six salt water lagoons and three km of beach : originally this highly polluted abandoned tin mine was identified as devoid of all tourism potential but has been turned into a profitable , attractive tourist resort managed to strict environmental criteria . |
20 | A bus has been turned into a mobile information centre , giving details of the times of services and other facilities provided . |
21 | I have a bogus copy of Hugh Brogan 's History of the United States which has been turned into a fireproof combination lock safe , but that was a professional job done by my mate Lenny the Lathe in return for a favour . |
22 | The example of Theravada Buddhism is the most important because it has explicitly taught that there is no Creator God , yet Buddha has been turned into a father-like figure in popular devotion against the best intentions of the monks . |
23 | Apparatus to carry out such sensory measurements has been incorporated into a mobile odour laboratory capable of investigating odours on site either at the source of the odour or in the ambient air . |
24 | British Bio-technology 's laboratory products division has been incorporated into a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Bio-technology Group . |
25 | The government has been forced into a rapid U-turn over plans to cut social security payments to care home residents if they were absent for six days or more . |
26 | AH says it has been forced into a big cost-cutting exercise because of the effect of Petroleum Revenue Tax changes , announced in the last Budget . |
27 | From one point of view this is a defiant retreat into the ‘ utterly other discourse ’ ( 5,15,143 ) of Cassandra who yields to her penchant for lexical distortion because she has been forced into an impossible position . |
28 | mouse embryo hindbrains ; it appears that the trigeminal nerve has been transformed into a facial identity . |
29 | Resulting error type A means that the intended word is transformed into another English word ( a ‘ real world ’ error , whereas type B is where it has been transformed into a non-English string . |
30 | What was once an unsafe , ugly tarmac area , has been transformed into a safe , grass-covered playground with seesaws and slides for the 60 youngsters who go to the nursery . |