Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very existence of Article 23 was regarded as indicating that the Convention was not mandatory , on the rather tortuous argument that if the Convention had been intended to replace the broad discovery powers previously exercised by the United States , acceptance of Article 23 ( which enables other States to refuse to operate the Convention in this area ) ‘ would have been most anomalous ’ . |
| 2 | It had originally been intended to include the Independent Women 's Union , which had campaigned jointly with the Green Party , but the two parties split after the Independent Women 's Union unsuccessfully demanded a larger share of the eight seats the list had won . |
| 3 | It had been intended to number the main service 109B and 109W , for Blackfriars and Westminster respectively , as had been done in the case of the Wimbledon services , but there was a change in heart at the last minute and the buses were delivered with blinds numbered 109 only . |
| 4 | A significant detail is the forked ends of the severed heads which may have been intended to suggest the immediate growth of two replacements , as in the classical version of the myth . |
| 5 | Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens claimed the recordings might have been leaked to blacken the Royal Family and warned that ‘ evil forces ’ could be at work . |
| 6 | Furthermore , if investment has been undertaken to improve the competitive position , then it may be desirable , during the manager 's stay in the SBU , to assess the likely performance of that investment by reference to early signals of a change in the competitive position . |
| 7 | A feasibility study has been undertaken to determine the future development strategy for the BGS deep-tow boomer and plans are now being developed to enhance the performance and flexibility of the system . |
| 8 | Never think that April is not a good month for skiing , as it has repeatedly been proven to have the best snow . |
| 9 | This section of line is now double track and the station platforms have been altered to serve the middle roads on this picture . |
| 10 | The presentation of comparative figures has been adjusted to reflect the new standard . |
| 11 | The residuals from the fitted line can be thought of as values for a variable which have been adjusted to take the explanatory variable into account . |
| 12 | Before calculation of the explained variance , both simulated and observed temperatures have been adjusted to have the same 1861–1900 mean . |
| 13 | It is the aim of this study to investigate the determinants of unemployment and the behaviour of wages and prices in interwar Britain , using as a starting point models which have been developed to analyse the current unemployment problem . |
| 14 | Advanced computer modelling techniques have been developed to simulate the refining process . |
| 15 | Three tests have been developed to estimate the risk-adjusted performance of portfolios : |
| 16 | In addition to pioneering ‘ green ’ techniques in areas such as pest control , a number of new businesses have been developed to meet the increasing concern for the environment . |
| 17 | It has been developed to meet the particular needs of the school . |
| 18 | Safrane 's design has been optimised to provide the best in passenger protection and the car has also been crash tested at 35 mph into an oblique barrier rather than the standard 30 mph ‘ head-on ’ impact test . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , he did feel that Coastal had a strong claim to the latest 3cm version which could well have been made available to assist with the war at sea if large resources had not been diverted to equip the Main Farce of Bomber Command . |
| 20 | 4.2 Learning Outcomes have been amended to reflect the actual competences the student will have on successful completion of a module rather than reflecting knowledge acquired by the student . |
| 21 | A new lobby group ‘ Freight on Rail ’ has been formed to promote the successful transition of the Railfreight industry into the private sector . |
| 22 | Once the political crisis of December 1916 had been weathered and a government had been formed to pursue the Unionist war policy , and with Law himself entrenched at its centre , Unionist support for both Law and for the government remained until the war 's end . |
| 23 | The final section , ‘ Projections ’ , has been lengthened to cover the newest applications of computer technology , and to give students the opportunity for extensive reading . |
| 24 | Accordingly instead of serving the economic function for which they were originally advocated they have been modified to serve the political function of reducing the number of unemployed whilst minimizing intervention in the economy as a whole . |
| 25 | To test this possibility a cross-hole seismic tomography experiment has been designed , and equipment has been modified to suit the local geology where attenuation in the fractured basement aquifer is expected to be high . |
| 26 | Western Digital Corp chairman and chief executive Roger Johnson has been nominated to head the General Services Administration US government watchdog by President Clinton . |
| 27 | And since nineteen eighty eight it 's been permitted to name the alleged rapist . |
| 28 | Mr Zhu has been tipped to replace the cautious Mr Li eventually . |
| 29 | Mr Wolfgang Berghofer , the 46-year-old mayor of Dresden who had been tipped to become the new party chief , said yesterday that he and a renewed party stood for a break with Stalinism and instead wanted socialism with a human face . |
| 30 | At the same time , in some towns at least , bishops came to take over the duties of such late Roman officers as the defensores , who had been expected to defend the weak . |