Example sentences of "[noun sg] been [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hello , well what 's your mum been doing to you this morning ? |
| 2 | A number of teachers have of course been exposed to discovery methods , the principles of new maths and new science ; there is , however , a strong countervailing trend in which pupils know from their CPE texts what are the answers , the definitions of the scientific laws , and increasingly regard as a waste of time proving by rudimentary experiments what they already know . |
| 3 | The glamorous side of aviation , flying , has of course been brought to the attention of the public over the years ; but what of the ladies who drove staff cars , rode despatch motor cycles and undertook much arduous work often under enemy fire ? |
| 4 | Even though he had accepted general responsibility for his company 's operations , and would probably have agreed to print the books had the decision been referred to him , he could not be convicted unless he had been given specific notice of the offensive material . |
| 5 | This fact , and the decay-rate restrictions discussed below , lie behind the paucity of experimental evidence on Ikeda instabilities : only in two all-optical systems ( both pulsed rather than continuous-wave ) has 2tR oscillation and chaos been observed to date . |
| 6 | Not only has the essential large vacuum cell been reduced to a small glass cell , but Wieman has also been able to replace gas lasers with solid state devices . |
| 7 | Has the Russian spring been done to death in literature ? |
| 8 | The argument had in effect been adjourned to this week , during which time the group was to read and digest the pamphlets Sheila had brought along . |
| 9 | The stockmarket has in effect been closed to new equity issues for three years , and banks will lend only to the safest borrowers . |
| 10 | Has the test been shown to be reliable ? |
| 11 | Has the test been shown to be valid ? |
| 12 | ‘ Has the cargo been transferred to another train in Fribourg ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Has the device been taken to the cemetery ? ’ |
| 14 | In only two wells has special attention been given to the mud system . |
| 15 | Has enough attention been paid to the need for adaptability within the system , especially if it has been initiated/developed outside the institution ? |
| 16 | Had the attention of the court been drawn to Article 119 of the EEC Treaty and the judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case 43/75 Defrenne v. Sabena ( 1976 ) ICR 547 , I have no doubt that , consistently with statements made by Lord Denning in previous cases , they would have construed section 6(4) so as not to make it inconsistent with Article 119 . ’ |
| 17 | The concept of four major glacial events , based on classic studies in the European Alps ( Penck and Brückner , 1909 ) and supported by observations in Scandinavia , North America and Siberia , has in the last decade been shown to be an oversimplification . |
| 18 | In such cases the district judge may , unless the application has at a party 's request been referred to the judge ( Ord 19 , r 2(5) ( b ) ) , on hearing the application ( usually at the pre-trial review ) refer the matter to a district judge for arbitration ( N 19 ) . |
| 19 | In the morning , when I awoke , the rose had by the motions of the night been reduced to its fragrant parts . |
| 20 | The Council explained that the operating centre had no relevant planning permission nor had any application for change of use been made to the Council . |
| 21 | Never in this century at least had so much respect been paid to mammary development . |
| 22 | BTW has n't the Norwich game been moved to Monday for SKY ? |
| 23 | The fir is a native of the European alps and periodic declines or Tannesterben ( fir-dying ) had in the past been attributed to years of drought or warm winters . |
| 24 | Attention has in the past been drawn to Attali 's use of private planes and £280,000 outlay on office chairs , including over 100 white leather ones for the London top brass . |
| 25 | Nor has this approach been confined to legislation passed by subordinate legislatures . |
| 26 | In the Labour Code , no legal obligation to provide nursery facilities has been included and only in recent years has a clause been added to the effect that the state will regulate the obligation of employers to maintain nurseries ( Art . |
| 27 | Father , why has no word been said to us of this matter ? ’ |
| 28 | Has consideration been given to ways of keeping in touch with nurses who leave ? |
| 29 | Has consideration been given to the publication of a news-sheet targeted at nurses residing locally ? |
| 30 | Has consideration been given to producing a programme of events open to all nurses who are not practising ? |