Example sentences of "been [verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One pregnancy in five now ends in abortion , only a tiny fraction of 1% have ever been carried out to save the life of the mother . |
| 2 | The equivalence principle is so central to the development of GR that very refined tests have been carried out to check the equality of m g /m i for different materials . |
| 3 | Both groups are calling for a halt to the planning application until a full hydrological survey has been carried out to check the pond would be safe . |
| 4 | Proposed restrictions on emissions of nitrogen oxides ( Nox ) from power stations have been watered down to meet the concerns of the newly-privatized electricity generating companies , claim environmentalists . |
| 5 | Since 1977 a case law has been built up to define the limits of the availability of this remedy , which proved very popular . |
| 6 | One element has caused a great deal of discussion — the two days allowed for an applicant who has been turned down to notify the adjudicator of his wish to appeal and to present the kernel of his or her case . |
| 7 | Livesey , who replaces Mike Hamlin of Gloucester , has been drafted in to give the West Countrymen greater control at half-back after their 21-9 defeat by the North in Bristol last Saturday . |
| 8 | A heavy police presence , including mounted policemen , had been drafted in to control the protesters , members of the National and Local Government Officers ' Association . |
| 9 | Eighty two staff at the Sainsbury 's supermarket on Tewkesbury Road in Cheltenham have contracted what 's thought to be a virus infection that causes fever , aches and vomiting.They 've all been sent home , and staff from other stores have been drafted in to keep the supermarket open.Tests are being carried out at the public health laboratory in the town to identify the illness.But Cheltenham 's Assistant Chief Environmental health officer says shoppers at the store should n't be worried about the outbreak : |
| 10 | The army has been drafted in to cover the staffing crisis . |
| 11 | The Rios RISC has been cleaned up to create the PowerPC , focusing on just what 's important for the desktop market . |
| 12 | A company spokesman would not say what measures had been drawn up to keep the port running normally . |
| 13 | But the charities say plans have not even been drawn up to develop the homes and that housing associations have refused to start work on projects until they are promised funding for running costs . |
| 14 | Profits from the British Grand Prix have virtually been used up to redeem the mortgage on Silverstone , but there is still no sign of a new deal . |
| 15 | Ormrod J. , noting that this was ‘ the first occasion on which a Court in England has been called on to decide the sex of an individual ’ , felt constrained to find that ‘ legal relations can be classified into those in which the sex of the individuals concerned is either irrelevant , relevant or an essential determinant of the nature of the relationship . ’ |
| 16 | He had been called on to take the job in the name of the Imam and the survival of the Islamic Republic . |
| 17 | HEALTH secretary William Waldegrave has been called in to settle the row over an impending shake-up of health care in the North-East . |
| 18 | They 've already complained about the original police investigation , and another force has been called in to re-examine the case . |
| 19 | Detective Supt Gareth Jones , deputy head of North Wales CID , has been called in to head the inquiry and a post-mortem examination was carried out by Home Office pathologist Dr Donald Waite . |
| 20 | During my own research into sea dumping at the time , I was told that in 1976 a team from the Atomic Energy Authority had been called in to decontaminate the Topaz , a ship used to dump Belgian waste , after the wrong type of drum container had been used . |
| 21 | The fraud squad has been called in to investigate the activities of John Allen insurance . |
| 22 | THE FBI has been called in to investigate the deaths of British spy Ian Spiro and his family . |
| 23 | Her admirer had already been bound over to keep the peace after being arrested on her doorstep , and his unwelcome attentions had been going on for over six years . |
| 24 | Kazakhstan 's President Nazarbayev , however , pointed out in an interview after the close of the summit that no executive or supervisory bodies had been set up to monitor the implementation of the agreements reached there . |
| 25 | A local trust has now been set up to champion the restoration of the landscape ; and the Landmark Trust has taken on the principal building , the splendid banqueting house , constructed with three great arches , overlooking the valley like one of the fountains of baroque Rome . |
| 26 | Bright sparks Wyseplant 's new service , Powersafe , has been set up to manage the inspection and testing of electrical installations and equipment used in industry , commerce and public utilities in the UK |
| 27 | At the suggestion of the European Community , which had been asked to mediate by the Czechoslovak and Hungarian governments , a panel of experts has been set up to assess the situation . |
| 28 | Other study groups have been set up to examine the data base available for decision-making and to consider possible regional structures . |
| 29 | In 1970 , an all-party Committee of the Council had been set up to examine the future of the tramway ; rising costs had once again called into question the future of winter tramway operations . |
| 30 | A National Curriculum Council has been set up to advise the Secretary of State on matters relating to the national curriculum and to supervise the introduction of new curricula into schools and review their progress . |