Example sentences of "[noun] have been [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty has been to account for the way in which such features develop , as the sea in most regions is saturated with calcium carbonate , and in some places supersaturated . |
| 2 | Another response has been to withdraw from " commodity " type financial markets ( such as commercial paper , foreign exchange and government bonds ) , where profitability is low , in favour of more specialised activities which generate fee income , and require less capital then does trading or issuance . |
| 3 | Their response has been to aim for legislative repeal or reform . |
| 4 | Their main response has been to campaign for fairer representation of women among psychologists . |
| 5 | The main task of sensory neurophysiology has been to establish in more precise detail how ‘ the diversity of working produceth diversity of experience ’ — the modern term for which is ‘ coding of sensory information ’ . |
| 6 | One of Watson 's main contributions to the development of the Modular Course has been to build in evaluation mechanisms at many levels , to foster positive attitudes to evaluation by using evaluation data in course development and not to shrink from its application to his own roles and activities . |
| 7 | The positive result has been to emerge from 1992 fitter and better organised to win work in what will be another very tough year . |
| 8 | Recent pension fund scandals have shown how right Labour has been to call for stronger legal protection . |
| 9 | The true success of the American skiing industry has been to adapt to the ageing of its customers . |
| 10 | The purpose of this study has been to look at the different ways sixth-form pupils find and use information when undertaking a school assignment . |
| 11 | Their first action had been to run to the comms unit , only to find it disabled . |
| 12 | The central contribution of these models has been to focus on the ‘ spill-over ’ effects that result from the failure of markets to clear . |
| 13 | Her only plan had been to get to her cousin and retrieve the jade . |
| 14 | My plan had been to climb for hundreds of beautiful feet on one of Lakeland 's fine mountain crags with one of Lakeland 's fine mountain climbers , but it did n't happen . |
| 15 | It 's the third time this year that the boy 's been to stay with his grandparents — and social services hope another fortnight will do him good . |
| 16 | However , the trend in recent years has been to discriminate between consumer and non consumer transactions as seen in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 ( UCTA ) . |
| 17 | One of the most powerful forms of inquiry in recent years has been to look at Renaissance writing produced outside the cultural elite , bringing attention to texts marginalised and ignored by the institutional processes which maintains the traditional canon . |
| 18 | After he 'd found the half-burned counterfoil slips from the railway tickets stuffed down the back of the apartment 's disused fireplace , his next move had been to return to his Militia post and report that an anonymous source had given him some information on the whereabouts of Alina Petrovna , escapee from the prison hospital and probable murderer of the psychiatrist Belov . |
| 19 | It dawned on Loretta that the latter half of Bridget 's remark had been to do with Puddephat 's taste in footwear , not the object she was holding . |
| 20 | Up to and including the 1988 social security changes , the basic policy response to the growing numbers of lone-parent families has been to add to or modify the existing system of benefits rather than make any fundamental changes . |
| 21 | One of my excitements has been to learn about prayer and discipleship from Christians of other traditions . |
| 22 | I think we have to recognize that the effect of these images and the conflicts from which they spring in Brent or Bradford has been to call into question any antiracist or multicultural project in education and indeed the idea of antiracism in general . |
| 23 | The main thrust of the council 's efforts had been to lobby for new housing , improve neighbourhood services and strengthen neighbourhood rapport . |
| 24 | With regard to our role as consumers the questions have been to do with patterns of expenditure , changes in life-style , and , in particular , changes in leisure patterns . |
| 25 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for pointing out what is blindingly obvious to Conservative Members but escapes Opposition Members — our reforms have been to do with giving power to individual trade union members and restoring accountability and responsibility to trade unions and their leaders . |
| 26 | The traditional Keynesian view of the conduct of monetary policy has been to assign to it the role of interest rate and/or exchange rate stabilization . |
| 27 | Thus for much of the period government policy has been to consent to , or actively encourage , mergers . |
| 28 | The purpose of this paper has been to argue against weighting in the dark : an industry of resource allocation which is abstracted from research into and the management and delivery of health services . |
| 29 | ‘ We must ensure that the support materials we prepare for teachers are as closely tied in with the demands of the curriculum as possible , especially with the new 5 – 14 guidelines , and my first priority has been to talk to Educational Advisers throughout Scotland . |
| 30 | The priority has been to buy off the ex-brigadiers of Hampshire . |