Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to this [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Charles had savaged the soft underbelly of yet another hallowed institution and has not been forgiven to this day .
2 Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man .
3 Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man .
4 But by the end of the 1970s , added impetus — and critical changes of direction — had been given to this expansion .
5 No convincing answer has been given to this criticism ; all that is offered is the general argument in favour of a specialized division of the profession which is free from hour to hour to engage in advocacy and other specialist work .
6 But little serious thought has been given to this problem .
7 Similarly , by re-using salvaged beams and columns to ‘ frame ’ the atrium , a character has been given to this space which is evocative of the interior of the original building , yet does not mock its new use .
8 Less publicity has been given to this gas than to carbon dioxide .
9 In a recent article , the historian John Spurr has suggested that the name ‘ Latitudinarianism ’ , which has traditionally been given to this movement , is inappropriate .
10 That is the Thameslink line , which is a part of the Bill and which has been referred to this evening .
11 As the minutes of the conclusions of the conference stated : " Various cases have recently been referred to this HQ in which doubt has been raised as to whether certain formations and groups should be treated as Soviet Nationals in so far as their return to the Soviet Union direct from 5 Corps is concerned . "
12 As we have seen , the order which summarised the rulings of this conference began by stating that " various cases have recently been referred to this HQ in which doubt has been raised as to whether certain formations and groups should be treated as Soviet Nationals " .
13 He was a , got a record number of goals for Walsall in the season , it 's never been broken to this day erm .
14 It is made clear that the boy was exposed to serious danger by his father 's irresponsibility and by his sisters ' departure : but his sisters had been exposed to this father too , and had had to defend themselves .
15 It has often been objected to this account that it does not fit all of consciousness , that some of consciousness refutes it .
16 I am committed to this enterprise : To climb the mountain , to cut down the cedar , and leave behind me an enduring name . ’
17 Specimens of these butterflies are often found with bite-marks in the region of these false eyes , showing that bird predators really are attracted to this part of the body , allowing the insects to fly off to safety with no more damage than a few frayed edges .
18 When the disruptions caused by the Famine are added to this scenario , the situation appears more grave .
19 ‘ We are committed to this scheme .
20 Because of problems with disparate styles of music , however , an occasional Sunday afternoon service is held at a time when white people who are committed to this kind of outreach are free to attend .
21 A ninth women 's World Cup slalom , at Hinterstoder , Austria on January 9 , has been added to this winter 's schedule .
22 By 1910 , four more cities had been added to this list — Glasgow , Vienna , Moscow and St Petersburg .
23 Useful features have been added to this database in particular to handle the relationships between individuals .
24 Thus began the Curse of the Bambino , which has not been lifted to this day .
25 ( The two other new essays in the collection , " The Pensées of Pascal " and " In Memoriam " are related to this mood but are more singular in conception . )
26 It seems to me there 's there 's a very circular argument that that 's been applied to this question of environmental constraint .
27 You 'll see that these formatting commands have also been applied to this heading .
28 Flows of people from metropolitan to non-metropolitan areas have been observed in a number of developed countries in recent years , and the term ‘ counter-urbanization ’ has been applied to this process ( Berry 1976 ; Bryant et al .
29 Several modifications have been made to this bridge in the century and a half since its completion , but it remains basically the same bridge that Telford designed , and was one of the great civil-engineering achievements of the period .
30 Then all resources are applied to this task — even if it means an excess of effort as judged by efficiency .
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