Example sentences of "[adv] been [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1	The idea has always been to link the station with its area .
2	Our policy has always been to improve the welfare of the children in the long-term by improving hygiene . ’
3	The problem with solar problems has always been to convert the sun 's energy efficiently from light into electricity .
4	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 .
5	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 .
6	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 .
7	Between them , they are better equipped than any group has ever been to combat the plague that affects eight women in ten .
8	Past practice has often been to allocate the cylinder index to a cylinder preceding or following the file area .
9	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 .
10	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 .
11	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 .

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