Example sentences of "[noun] have been [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aged 38 , Lina has been secretary to the general manager for three years . |
| 2 | As with numerous other mill sites , it has waxed and waned in importance , and over the centuries has been home to many individuals and industries . |
| 3 | However , the Bank of England has been party to the arrangements for placing gold and dollar reserves with the EMCF on a three-month temporary basis in exchange for ECUs . |
| 4 | Both of her grandmothers had been ladies-in-waiting to the Queen Mother . |
| 5 | Since then the site has been home to a nursery and more lately a garden centre , attracting more than 20,000 visitors a year . |
| 6 | The mineralogical modification of the clays has been montmorillonite to illite , kaolinite to illite below about 3000 m , and illite to sericite and chlorite at greater depths . |
| 7 | In the past , the site 's been home to a church , a castle — perhaps even part of a palace . |
| 8 | The Manor ground has been home to the club for the last 67 years . |
| 9 | In the years between the wars G. K. Chesterton and Evelyn Waugh had been converts to Rome . |
| 10 | Recounting the history of Bilmarsh farm , Gough observed : ‘ Nathaniell Reve had a desire to been tenant of this farme , because his grandfather and father had been tenants to it before ’ . |
| 11 | Even during my brief tenure at the Dispatch Box , the Secretary of State has been party to several actions to which parliamentarians and democrats should not be party . |
| 12 | She was as much their victim as the naked flesh she had seen in that bleak vision had been victim to the flail . |
| 13 | Before leaving London , Belle had been secretary to an hotel keeper and wine merchant , which should have provided useful experience for the venture . |
| 14 | ‘ Registrations are running about 300 up on last year ; average prices have been £300 to £500 up on the previous year ; and our commercial customers have been taking top prices for finished Limousin crosses at markets through the UK . |
| 15 | ‘ When Constanza got there she was told that her mother had made a mistake with her sleeping pills , her maid had been witness to that . |
| 16 | The Richardson boys had been visitors to her house for a long time . |
| 17 | These houses have been homes to squattors for the past 4 years . |
| 18 | Some clubs have been party to the ‘ Augusta effect ’ — using chemicals to emulate greens seen on TV . |
| 19 | Surprisingly enough , the small island of Jersey has been host to about 5,000 Madeirans , many of them contract workers in the hotels for the season . |