Example sentences of "[adv] been [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | oh , he said , that 'd be very interesting and he 'd just been to see the and I said how is she ? |
| 2 | The aim of all schools of initiation the world over has always been to guide a human mind from an ordinary state of consciousness which is considered as a conscious state of ignorance or illusion , to a higher , more aware , enlightened condition . |
| 3 | The idea has always been to link the station with its area . |
| 4 | Our policy has always been to improve the welfare of the children in the long-term by improving hygiene . ’ |
| 5 | The real difficulty has always been to find an alternative to the Hegelian dialectic — difficult because strictly speaking it is impossible , insofar as the operation of the dialectic already includes its negation . |
| 6 | Management 's key objective has always been to introduce a simpler , single status pay and staffing structure , with sufficient flexibility to meet the needs of different parts of AEA . |
| 7 | The problem with solar problems has always been to convert the sun 's energy efficiently from light into electricity . |
| 8 | With an unjustified reputation for less than accurate shooting , our best policy has always been to distract the opposition 's concentration on these set pieces . |
| 9 | But he told the judge : ‘ Her object has always been to secure the payment not just for herself but the little boy George who is a few months old . |
| 10 | A traditional concern of the English teacher has always been to develop the ways in which children interpret texts , spoken or written , literary or non-literary , and to increase children 's understanding of how texts convey multiple layers of meaning and meanings expressed from different points of view . |
| 11 | ‘ My target has always been to bring the English title to Ewood Park , and nothing has happened to change that . ’ |
| 12 | Between them , they are better equipped than any group has ever been to combat the plague that affects eight women in ten . |
| 13 | To eliminate him had also been to destroy a dream . |
| 14 | The American approach has traditionally been to offer a range of models , like Cessna and Piper 's basic two-seat trainers , the 152 and Tomahawk at the bottom end of the range for training , leading on to the Cessna 172 or PA 28 for the experienced pilot owner . |
| 15 | Past practice has often been to allocate the cylinder index to a cylinder preceding or following the file area . |
| 16 | Their aim in borrowing money to finance new investment ( either short-term from the banks or longer-term through their public issues of fixed-interest capital ) had simply been to minimise the interest rate paid , an objective Citrine and Self pursued avidly . |
| 17 | For some unfathomable reason the Haute Police had been displeased , pointing out that his orders had simply been to keep the men under observation and report on their activities . |
| 18 | The plan had allegedly been to bomb the main parade stand at the celebrations of Armed Forces Day on June 1 at La Coruña , and then to blame the incident on the Basque separatist organization ETA [ see below ] and to organize a military coup in the aftermath . |
| 19 | And indeed , in the very first chapter of the 1285 statute of Westminster , the chapter ‘ On conditional gifts ’ ( De donis conditionalibus ) , the intention had evidently been to protect the wishes of the original donor of the land with respect to its future possession and use . |
| 20 | All of us that is except uncle Eugenio , who had never been to see a film , saying that it was a fraud , all illusion , and that when the lights went up and all the characters disappeared the screen was no more than a rag . |
| 21 | One largely unforeseen consequence of rural housing policies has therefore been to increase the relative deprivation of low-paid rural workers ( and their newly married offspring ) . |