Example sentences of "been [verb] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem of lack of time has been eased to some degree by the setting up of communal kitchens like those in Lima , Peru . |
| 2 | We lesser mortals who had been banished to such places as Wolverton were , however , less fortunate . |
| 3 | The crammed loose boxes to his right seemed more menacing , as though the ugliest objects had been banished to this unvisited dungeon . |
| 4 | I could not understand why they had been banished to this dusty attic . |
| 5 | The weather balloon is developed from the war time barrage balloons and warnings have been posted to all military and civil aircraft to keep well clear during the field experiment . |
| 6 | Even in its best days the circulation of the magazine had been limited to some eight hundred subscribers ( most of whom were " Eliot watchers " , according to Stephen Spender ) and by the time it had ceased publication that number had dropped to a couple of hundred . |
| 7 | ‘ With the Tottenham Three being acquitted , people feel the problem has been ameliorated to some extent , ’ said a campaigner . |
| 8 | ‘ I am disappointed for the crowd because generally they have been treated to some good football here and all our performance lacked was some goals . |
| 9 | Not least , the general public has been treated to another dose of Nanny Knows Best . |
| 10 | Mr Morrison has been likened to another vice-president , the late Hubert Humphrey . |
| 11 | The study 's results and recommendations have also been communicated to all service companies as input for their own studies . |
| 12 | In recent years several British ensembles have begun to draw upon an ‘ exotic ’ instrumentarium of this kind once again , but they have been marginalized to some degree . |
| 13 | Two days before last Q.T. Day the Society 's representatives had an interview with the Sports Council Grant Panel — the serious situation arising from that had been explained to all teachers present and everyone was asked to take a copy of the Development Plan to study . |
| 14 | Charles had savaged the soft underbelly of yet another hallowed institution and has not been forgiven to this day . |
| 15 | Although I had respect for Harry Thubron and Frank Lisle , the message of Basic Design was in , many ways much less important to schools of general education than the work which had been developed to such a pitch of excellence by Basil . |
| 16 | The company now hopes to transfer what has been developed to another vendor — Digital Equipment Corp sells the Y-MP EL , but has been less successful than Cray hoped . |
| 17 | The task of introducing TQM has been given to former Group Training Manager , Bob Rae , who was promoted to General Manager , Quality Development in January . |
| 18 | Attention has been given to such topics as the marking of subjects for gender , the differential achievements of boys and girls , and the poor performance of secondary school girls in mathematics . |
| 19 | ‘ If proper thought had been given to that , I think the conclusion must have been that it would not be beneficial … |
| 20 | This paper had been given to all councillors by an official of Orkney Islands Council . |
| 21 | In areas of high population responsibility for education has been given to some ‘ first tier ’ authorities ie district councils within metropolitan regions , such as Salford . |
| 22 | Does the Secretary of State imagine that such figures could have been given to any other Parliament in the European Community — especially in a country that had enjoyed a North sea oil bonanza over the years ? |
| 23 | It is not concerned with the question whether proper weight has been given to those factors . |
| 24 | The Department of the Environment , announcing the allocations , said priority had been given to those sites which were most badly contaminated . |
| 25 | The latter name has been given to several somewhat different structures . |
| 26 | Similarly , by re-using salvaged beams and columns to ‘ frame ’ the atrium , a character has been given to this space which is evocative of the interior of the original building , yet does not mock its new use . |
| 27 | Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man . |
| 28 | Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man . |
| 29 | A lot of time and thought has been given to this and it looks like the best way of dealing with it is … because … . |
| 30 | Less publicity has been given to this gas than to carbon dioxide . |