Example sentences of "been [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Adrie van Tiggelen , the Anderlecht defender who missed the Wales game because of suspension , has been recalled to a 16-man squad which also includes AC 's Frank Rijkaard . |
| 2 | I have been banished to a windy concrete corridor far from everywhere . |
| 3 | The two ladies in attendance on the Queen had been banished to a corner of the solar , where they sat talking quietly , half hidden by a carved wooden screen , but only the slightest effort would have been needed for either of them to overhear the interrogation going on by the fireplace . |
| 4 | His father , Philip Henry Thomas , had distinguished himself in a Civil Service Examination ( Executive Branch ) and had been posted to a staff clerkship for light railways and tramways at the Board of Trade . |
| 5 | THE remains of Adolf Hitler 's skull have been traced to a Moscow archive , the Russian newspaper Izvestia said yesterday . |
| 6 | The outbreak has been traced to a function held at Uncle Dick 's Restaurant . |
| 7 | The reality is that the scheme has so far been limited to a small number of well managed practices , which for the most part were generously funded and chosen to succeed . |
| 8 | I have been limited to a reduced number of pages , but I have tried hard to make them count . |
| 9 | Public sector pay settlements have been limited to a maximum of one point five per cent . |
| 10 | This situation has been ameliorated to a degree , in the face of overseas pressure to change the system , not least because of the Japanese need to maintain its market position in other countries , and concern about retaliatory measures against Japanese imports . |
| 11 | Life down on the farm is kiddie-sized in Niedersachen , German , where Thorsten , Manuela and Kornnelia Pape have been treated to a mini tractor by their father Klaus , who farms land around the village . |
| 12 | Widely known for the large painted steel sculptures which brighten plazas and lobbies throughout the United States , and for his regular appearances in the New York salerooms , he is surprisingly unfamiliar in a London context and has not been treated to a museum exhibition in this country since the Tate Gallery 's survey of 1962 . |
| 13 | Then he had been treated to a display of her marksmanship , involving both moving and stationary targets . |
| 14 | You 'd have been crushed to a point . |
| 15 | B.P. has been likened to a honeycomb where groups worked as if in sealed-off cells . |
| 16 | The emotions have been likened to a musical instrument and it is a man 's task to play upon its uttermost strings . |
| 17 | The Type I system has been likened to a Health Maintenance Organisation ( HMO ) , with the difference that the health authority is compulsorily responsible for all residents of a particular location , and thus has no choice over membership . |
| 18 | Attempted suicide appears to have become an acceptable way of expressing distress among some people , and has therefore been likened to a fashion . |
| 19 | He referred to Inwood , whose name was to be kept alive at the new hospital , and which had been likened to a ‘ five star hotel ’ , and where patients had particular cause to be grateful to the town 's GP 's who were so conveniently on hand at the Health Centre . |
| 20 | Indeed , the six-metre long sauropod neck has been likened to a living crane for lifting the head to feed , with up to fifteen vertebrae possessing unique extra articulations in the neck to combine strength with agility . |
| 21 | They have a very strong smell that has been likened to a variety of disagreeable substances , from stale sweat to rotten onions . |
| 22 | ] The Type I system has been likened to a Health Maintenance Organization ( HMO ) , with the difference that the ‘ organization ’ is compulsorily responsible for all residents of a particular location , and thus has no choice over membership . |
| 23 | An amorphous polymer in this state has been likened to a plate of frozen spaghetti . |
| 24 | While the American federal system has been likened to a marble cake , the British political system can be likened to a patchwork quilt . |
| 25 | Thus , the yearly incidence rate was 0.03% for the whole population , and even if it had been adjusted to an age-standardised incidence , the observed incidence of 1.2% would still be more than expected , considering that the uncorrected risk ratio was 40 . |
| 26 | By the time I 'd recovered I was skinnier than ever , having been rationed to an orange a day . |
| 27 | Why the Scots in general , and the sea-fishermen in particular , should have put up with this monstrous injustice is hard to understand , but the insult has now been compounded to a degree which surely demands some national response . |
| 28 | High-precision and high-resolution geochemical mapping have been developed to a very high standard by BGS . |
| 29 | Regional geochemical studies , including high-precision and high-resolution geochemical mapping , have been developed to a very high standard by the BGS . |
| 30 | Here dance , music , creative writing and ( my particular concern ) visual art had been developed to a quality which was remarkable . |