Example sentences of "they have been [verb] to a " in BNC.

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1 Experimental tests of the Hashin-Shtrikman and Hill-Walpole bounds , which lie , of course , within the Voigt and Reuss bounds do not appear to have been made for single polymer systems but , as discussed later in this chapter , they have been applied to a styrene-butadiene-styrene system and to a composite of glass beads and epoxy resin ( Arridge & Crowson 1979 ) .
2 Second , it is possible to derive a single overall measure of test performance from all the subtest scores , once they have been converted to a common scale of measurement .
3 It 's a job which men take on when they are at the height of their powers but all too often they have been reduced to a sickly shadow of their former self .
4 Some of these recipes contain , fat , sugar or flour — often forbidden in other diets — but they have been reduced to a minimum to provide tasty food that 's also low in calories .
5 Where it is evident that the directors have ‘ knowledge and experience ’ in the area of business , on the other hand , they have been held to a standard demanding no more than ordinary prudence .
6 Sometimes small bungalows have been built in the grounds of residential homes , in other developments they have been linked to a warden 's bungalow by means of alarm bells .
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