Example sentences of "[vb -s] been to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is remarkable is how little political opposition there has been to the programme to date . |
| 2 | The great thing is that everybody has been to the cinema , and many have had a strange experience there . ’ |
| 3 | Recently , SAVE has been to the rescue of a small but delightful Methodist chapel in a Lincolnshire village , to stop it being dismantled and shipped to the USA ; the Pavilion Theatre at Ryde on the Isle of Wight , which the local council had agreed to demolish ; and a popular Hampstead pub , Jack Straw 's Castle , which , though an important work by the architect Raymond Erith , the brewers wished to alter radically . |
| 4 | The frequent attention given to the management of river banks has made many unsuitable for the nesting of Kingfishers , and the frequent clearance of marginal vegetation has been to the detriment of species such as the Reed Bunting , Sedge and Reed Warbler . |
| 5 | The use has led to further commercialism of the land and has been to the detriment of the rural character of the area , they say . |
| 6 | Since 1909 the House of Lords has been under attack , and whilst one objection which has been taken has been to the undemocratic nature of the House , that is not the whole story . |
| 7 | What the district around Takrit was to Saddam , Oltenia has been to the Ceauşescus . |
| 8 | In welcoming this commitment , Mr Bell pointed out that the substantially greater freedom which U.K. insurers have enjoyed in product design and in investment policy has been to the distinct benefit if their policy-holders in the past . |
| 9 | Standard of restoration , including the cockpit and systems , has been to the highest levels . |
| 10 | More recently , the primary threat has been to the highlanders ' land , although coerced labour and unequal trade continue . |
| 11 | The er , other recommendation really is just a member 's note the outcome of discussion so far , it has been to the erm , we did take the paper to the Hare Street , Little Parndon er , committee er , in this cycle and there were no comments that came er , from that committee . |
| 12 | That price has been to the moon and back again , helped by the Hunt brothers from Texas , who tried to corner the market and found that it , in fact , cornered them . |
| 13 | He is very affectionate , and I would n't be without him now , and he has been to the vet 's for his injections so as to avoid another disaster . |
| 14 | The top two sheets are almost a summary , for all the staff that I never actually got sent out , but it has been to the staff consultative committee , who who gave it a nod . |
| 15 | ‘ Tagan is our best tracker , ’ Ratagan said , ‘ and he has been to the Greshorns . ’ |
| 16 | As anyone who has been to the college and visited the course will know , the main attraction in the HNC Rock Music ( Performer ) is the drum kit which featured in Tutti Frutti , that most Scottish , contemporary and successful of entertainments . |
| 17 | Congress , G M B has been to the forefront of the campaign to ensure that the laws of this country are brought into line with European legislation . |
| 18 | This cultural factor has been to the commercial benefit of West Germany since the ‘ economic miracle ’ of the 1950s . |
| 19 | This cultural factor has been to the commercial benefit of West Germany since the ‘ economic miracle ’ of the 1950s . |
| 20 | The most that the British knew about armies was that intermittently over four or five centuries they got together in a sort of militia or Home Guard in case the enemy arrived , and the necessity of a state to run the affairs of the country for the country 's salvation , was never so present to the British mind as it always has been to the minds of most continental people . |
| 21 | Wesley Smith has been to the company 's American headquarters to compile this special report . |
| 22 | Tim Russon has been to the King 's Home ground to preview the match . |
| 23 | ‘ Philip 's been to the library , ’ said his Mum . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's been to the United States three times during the past two years and returned with large sums of money , which he carries in a money belt . |
| 25 | ‘ And she 's been to the best , ’ Antonio chipped in . |
| 26 | We 're going to meet tomorrow after he 's been to the hospital and take a tram somewhere and talk . |
| 27 | While in Manhattan , she 's been to the theatre to admire Tom Hulce 's new play , and had time to ponder the prospect of her imminent year-long London run — her lengthiest stage engagement to date . |
| 28 | He 's watched football in every league ground in England , all 92 , and he 's been to America , to watch West Bromwich playing in America , he 's been to the last two or three world cup tournaments , and he goes to all the matches away , you know , European cup matches and everything that English teams are playing in , he 's all over the world watching it , you see , This year , he 's watched 22 games , which is about fifty per cent of his normal , and even he 's getting browned off … |
| 29 | For next year , we 're also getting a further specific grant , which we 're showing up here , but instead of continuing the distribution that we 've got in the current year , the government have decided that that should be entirely distributed on S S A factors , and again that 's been to the detriment of Sh Shropshire . |
| 30 | He 's been to the last 2 olympics , skied in world cups , faced the steepest and fastest of runs . |