Example sentences of "has [be] [verb] to an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has been elected to an emeritus fellowship , and has our good wishes for her retirement . |
| 2 | It is sufficient for that person to establish that he or she has been prevented to an appreciable extent from enjoying the ordinary comforts of life ; there is no need to establish direct injury to health . |
| 3 | Her welding torch has been applied to an old mini to turn it into a Pink hippopotamus . |
| 4 | Optical arrays are ideal for parallel processing since light beams can cross without interfering with each other — and processing speed remains constant , irrespective of array size , once an image has been converted to an optical format . |
| 5 | Excessive faecal bile acid loss is well recognised in patients with cystic fibrosis and has been attributed to an inhibitory effect of intraluminal unhydrolysed triglycerides on the intestinal absorption of bile acids . |
| 6 | Harriet Ryley has been talking to an organic farmer who believes in putting the environment before profits . |
| 7 | The film has been showing to an empty room . |
| 8 | The Grosvenor House Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon , Warwickshire , has been sold to an overseas investment company . |
| 9 | Marxist theory , in particular , has been subjected to an intense critical scrutiny , from which it has emerged considerably changed . |
| 10 | ‘ Again , the ground upon which a contract is voidable for duress is the same as in the case of fraud , and is that , whether it springs from a fear or a belief , the party has been subjected to an improper motive for action . |
| 11 | The UK is currently experiencing considerable social unrest and the legal profession has been subjected to an unprecedented level of criticism and scrutiny . |
| 12 | It is a fact that since 1976 , when Jim Callaghan made his celebrated speech at Ruskin , the education system has been subjected to an unprecedented flow of Education Acts ( 1980 , 1981 , 1986 , 1988 ) , committees of inquiry ( Warnock , Taylor , Elton ) and curriculum documents from HMI , DES , ‘ think tanks ’ and academics . |
| 13 | The old fish market has been restored to an immaculate standard . |