Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first ballot was dogged by controversy , when parents opposed to the school opting out claimed a propaganda war had been waged to promote the move . |
| 2 | Designed by William Kent who 'd been commisioned to improve the landscape at Shotover , it 's an exotic , mysterious building , topped with battlements , pinnacles and turrets . |
| 3 | The European Parliament has also been lobbied to ban the import of all yellowfin tuna , and consumer boycotts are already underway in several European countries . |
| 4 | A political as well as a religious Independent , Blackwell 's appointment may have been intended to reassure the army , since the war treasurers themselves were London aldermen of Presbyterian persuasion . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This brief survey has been intended to convey the flavour of the work on chaos in lasers and other all-optical systems which has exploded into the literature in the last five years or so . |
| 10 | This offensive took place between Marivan and Sardasht on the night of 19–20 October 1983 and may have been intended to cut the lines of communication between the Iraqi forces and the KDPI . |
| 11 | It had originally been intended to limit the survey to two areas , but additional funding to enlarge the sample has been made available by the DTI , with whom the results will be discussed in detail . |
| 12 | They might have been intended to catch the blade of an opponent , thus preventing it from sliding past the hilt , and injuring the holder . ’ |
| 13 | Once in the hides , sentries had been posted to protect the company positions , and many of the men took the opportunity to get some rest , if only for a few minutes . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In partnership with Glasgow City Council , Strathclyde Regional Council and the Strathclyde IDO , preparatory work has been undertaken to create the ‘ Glasgow Fund ’ - a vehicle through which preferential finance will be provided for the start up and development of small businesses in Glasgow 's disadvantaged areas . |
| 17 | As applied to the crystallization of ice this mechanism is largely conjectural at present since little experimental work has been undertaken to estimate the pressures likely to be generated . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The jaw muscles turn out to have been placed to generate the most powerful bite possible , especially when Diatryma brought into play the powerful downwards hingeing action of the upper beak on the skull . |
| 20 | Never think that April is not a good month for skiing , as it has repeatedly been proven to have the best snow . |
| 21 | This section of line is now double track and the station platforms have been altered to serve the middle roads on this picture . |
| 22 | Though the terms of the Barber bequest originally forbad the purchase of works painted after 1899 , this stipulation has since been altered to permit the acquisition of works of art at least thirty years old — an alteration which has made possible the purchase under the present Director , Professor Hamish Miles , of important pictures by Redon , Gwen John , Leger and Magritte . |
| 23 | Every so often , as the young man led them across the room , a telephone would ring , but quietly , its bell having been adjusted to suit the tone of the office , and someone would answer the muted telephone in a lowered voice . |
| 24 | The presentation of comparative figures has been adjusted to reflect the new standard . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Before calculation of the explained variance , both simulated and observed temperatures have been adjusted to have the same 1861–1900 mean . |
| 27 | Since all five surveys differ with respect to their methods of investigation and the type of estimate made , the figures used to indicate the rate of known opioid use in Wirral have been adjusted to increase the validity of each comparison ( see Table 2.3 ) . |
| 28 | Nearly 1,000 correspondents from around the world have been accredited to cover the match and among them the betting is that Kasparov will win . |
| 29 | The poorest half of the planet has been drained to resource the god of conspicuous consumption . |
| 30 | Much of the marshland surrounding the broads and rivers has been drained to make the land available for agricultural use . |