Example sentences of "[been] [to-vb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major contribution of the discipline has been to emphasise how the identification and designation of a particular phenomenon or pattern of behaviour as a ‘ social problem ’ is not an unambiguous matter , but a process of social definition . |
| 2 | The response has been to bolster up the procedural checks attendant upon the disbursement of such benefits . |
| 3 | As a result , one of the central policy priorities of government has been to strengthen significantly the academic infrastructure so that research and postgraduate training activities are adequate to meet the future needs of industry , especially in what have been termed ‘ exploitable areas of science ’ . |
| 4 | But the net effect has been to leave exactly the same number dependent upon means-tested assistance . |
| 5 | Our approach to interest rate risk has been to manage actively the balance between floating-rate and fixed-rate debt . |
| 6 | The Project 's approach has been to build up the confidence and self-awareness of different groups to a stage where contact and co-operation among them will be facilitated . |
| 7 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 8 | The aim of successive American administrations had been to build up the strength of the most vulnerable states in the area — those known until the Second World War as French Indo-China and later divided into the separate states of Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia . |
| 9 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 10 | The effect of Japanese competition in some industries in the past has been to reduce drastically the size of those industries and in some cases ( eg motor cycles ) virtually eliminate the industries altogether . |
| 11 | The company policy had been to speed up the line and the rate of production . |
| 12 | Perhaps the main achievement of the political right has been to slow down the rate of growth in public spending and to identify some of it as ‘ wasteful ’ . |
| 13 | He has now undergone a total of 10 operations , of which five have been to straighten up the three remaining toes on his left foot . |
| 14 | Moreover , as the University validates the Normal College 's courses , it would seem to us that whatever the pros and cons of retaining a local authority based teacher-training institution in Gwynedd , a much more sensible long-term solution would have been to integrate both the Normal College and St Mary 's College into the University College of North Wales when that opportunity arose after 1974 . |
| 15 | The prime task of the 1905 revolution had been to break up the large estates and with them the political and economic power of the nobility . |
| 16 | According to a statement received by the weekly Oiga , Salinas accepted responsibility for the coup attempt and declared that its aim had been to hand over the presidency to Máximo San Román Cáceres , Fujimori 's dismissed First Vice-President named " constitutional president " by the dissolved Congress [ see p. 38846 ] . |
| 17 | Indeed , as administrator Myra Hickey points out , when the Labour council was elected in 1986 one of its manifesto commitments had been to bring back the festival which had been absent for the previous two years owing to the council reclaiming its original site . |
| 18 | The second purpose of the Lecture has been to bring out the need to consider a complete ‘ package ’ of tax changes . |