Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The session had been intended to set a date for reconvening the 14th party congress , which had broken up in disarray on Jan. 23 [ see pp. 37172 ] . |
| 2 | Draftsmen often use the word " independent " , as in phrases like " an independent valuer " or " an independent accountant " : the latter is used in the precedents in Appendix A. Sometimes this wording seems to have been intended to draw a distinction between expert determination and arbitration , as in the clause in the lease which was disputed in North Eastern Cooperative Society Ltd v Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council [ 1987 ] 1 EGLR 142 , where the parties were supposed to agree on " an independent surveyor " , and if they could not agree , the RICS was to appoint an arbitrator . |
| 3 | The coins had a small intrinsic value and therefore the offer in the posters could not have been intended to create a legally binding relationship ( i.e. a contract ) between the garage proprietor and the customer . |
| 4 | It was seen as an unveiled hint of royal displeasure at Scots separatists ( the elaborate investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales , at a time when Welsh nationalism was acquiring an increasingly strident tone , had been intended to have a similar impact ) but it might also serve as a text for all the concerns of the monarchy . |
| 5 | ‘ He spends all day in his room and has n't been heard to say a word to anyone . |
| 6 | Because of these shortages , much research has been undertaken to produce a fat with cocoa butter properties . |
| 7 | In the fourth phase of progress , population-based antenatal screening — maternal serum alpha fetoprotein and ultrasound screening , sometimes complemented by amniocentesis — has been proven to have a substantial effect . |
| 8 | Fred had been helping to rescue a family trapped in a cellar when a collapsing beam held him trapped by his left arm and leg for several hours , but he made a good recovery . |
| 9 | The heater had been adjusted to give a temperature of 76°F , and the filter was bubbling away nicely . |
| 10 | We banked to the left , following the precisely plotted curve of a bed of flowers , which had been arranged to form a living mosaic of the municipal crest . |
| 11 | The HERMS file structure has been arranged to store a minimum of data whilst yielding the maximum information . |
| 12 | The absence of such a universally adopted standard whereby the human conscience could have been developed to have a significant influence on human behaviour , has been the cause of much failure in efforts to administer justice . |
| 13 | The morphological analysis and dictionary system of the ANLT ( Ritchie et al , 1987a ) have been developed to provide a large coverage , morphological lexicon . |
| 14 | The needle rule has been broken to give a neat edge on both sides of the band . |
| 15 | The rule has been amended to insert a new paragraph ( 4A ) ( a ) to deal with multi-national partnerships . |
| 16 | A new dance company has been formed to give a boost to the performing arts outside London . |
| 17 | The situation is so extreme that the New Age Music Association has been formed to gain a fairer hearing for its exponents . |
| 18 | From the Palace of Holyroodhouse , a very special order has been received to weave a spectacular new carpet for the historic Throne Room within the Palace itself . |
| 19 | Therefore , if the wrong person has been assigned to approve a package and the user who should have done so does not agree to the approval , the following steps must be taken : |
| 20 | Within the Dakleton is a comprehensive radar/nav fit and the rear fuselage has been modified to take a battery of smoke canisters and flares , which can be ejected from a series of chutes in the under-fuselage . |
| 21 | This family was the second detected and our practice has since been modified to make a disclosure no sooner than 6 weeks . |
| 22 | The interior of the Bond Street shop has been remodelled to incorporate a new showroom on the first floor . |
| 23 | These outline specifications have been included to provide a summary of the new awards . |
| 24 | It was confirmed on Oct. 1 that Carl Bildt had been nominated to form a minority four-party " bourgeois " coalition , as proposed by him on Sept. 24 , comprising his own conservative Moderate Party ( M ) , the Liberal Party ( Fp ) led by Bengt Westerberg , the Centre Party ( C ) led by Olof Johansson , and the Christian Democratic Community Party ( KdS ) led by Alf Svensson . |
| 25 | Moreover , this member of the unit had not been permitted to fire a single shot in the flame and slaughter of the city 's last days . |
| 26 | Therefore , the lighting that had been installed to provide a normal level of additional illumination could not be described as plant . |
| 27 | PCB residues in the blubber of the California bottlenose dolphin also exceeded previously published concentrations for cetaceans from all other parts of the world , except perhaps the Mediterranean coast of France , which have been reported to have a maximum concentration of over 2500 ppm . |
| 28 | Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody , with a perinuclear pattern on immunofluorescent staining has been reported to have a sensitivity of 65% and specificity of 100% in primary sclerosing cholangitis . |
| 29 | Capsaicin sensitive afference neurones have previously been reported to play a prt in gastric mucosal protection . |
| 30 | The cytoprotective mechanism of this barrier is not yet completely understood , although surface active phospholipids have been reported to play a key role in gastric cytoprotection . |