Example sentences of "have been to build " in BNC.
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| 1 | While some manufacturers advocated the latter , a more popular approach has been to build computers out of conventional processors so that many current programs and , more importantly , programming concepts , can be recycled . |
| 2 | Peter 's first priority has been to build the commercial side of the business , where image-conscious companies are prepared to spend heavily on landscaping and planting . |
| 3 | The Project 's approach has been to build up the confidence and self-awareness of different groups to a stage where contact and co-operation among them will be facilitated . |
| 4 | One of the aims of both Tim Grant and myself has been to build up expertise and knowledge of expert systems within the Engineering Branch . |
| 5 | Shucksmith ( 1981 ) highlights the fact that the pressure in district councils has been to build ( if at all ) in larger settlements rather than in isolated locations . |
| 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 | Edward IV 's solution had been to build up Herbert power until the family and their allies dominated most of Wales on the crown 's behalf . |
| 8 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 9 | The aim of successive American administrations had been to build up the strength of the most vulnerable states in the area — those known until the Second World War as French Indo-China and later divided into the separate states of Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia . |
| 10 | Edward IV 's solution had been to build up Herbert power until the family and their allies dominated most of Wales on the crown 's behalf . |
| 11 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 12 | The objective had been to build seven nuclear bombs — the minimum necessary for testing purposes and for the maintenance of a credible deterrent capability . |