Example sentences of "have [been] [to-vb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Part of my life 's work since has been to research this group of orchids and encourage their cultivation . |
| 2 | On the other hand , the coastline 's area is zero , so neither a one-dimensional nor a two-dimensional picture is appropriate , and in fact the way in which the length increases with resolution suggests a dimension D of about 1.2 The mathematics of sets of points with fractional dimensionality was developed in the early years of this century , but associated geometric objects were considered as ‘ pathological ’ and not corresponding to anything in Nature , Mandelbrot 's massive and single-minded achievement has been to convert this abstract formalism into a flourishing branch of applied mathematics , in three ways . |
| 3 | But instead of embracing the group soul ( Jung 's Collective unconscious ) the inevitable consequence of the backlash into demythologising has been to surrender this concept to the Greenpeace/ Aquarian/New Age wholemeal-sandals people . |
| 4 | The solution adopted in converting several two-aisled church interiors into dwellings has been to regard this low-level central strip as a spinal access corridor serving all , or most of the flats — a sort of internal ‘ street ’ . |
| 5 | Ultimately there would be a depreciation of the exchange rate under a free-floating regime , but the policy response of the government has been to prevent this occurring by sustaining a high level of domestic interest rates . |
| 6 | Waiting for this programme and erm when the husband , her partner went home they 'd been to see this , I do n't know quite what happened |
| 7 | I had a fleeting thought of what fun it would have been to do this trip with Rosemary . |
| 8 | The strategy had been to mobilize this vision of art by means missionary work of national ( as opposed to state ) intellectuals . |
| 9 | As he entered the study , Stephen reflected on how fortunate he had been to obtain this man 's services . |