Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] a considerable [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ideology of the enterprise culture through society has penetrated to a considerable degree to the young who grew up under Thatcher — ‘ Thatcher 's children ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Therefore the problem that had emerged in 1985 has come as a considerable shock to us and I would say that the present directors of Mogul Ireland — ourselves — have acted promptly , decisively and responsibly since it came to our attention . |
| 3 | The Politburo has bowed to a considerable extent to the parliament 's wishes . |
| 4 | In particular the application of seismic stratigraphy to the study of rift valleys during the 1980s has led to a considerable revision of ideas about their structure . |
| 5 | However , this has happened to a considerable extent under the banner of the Welsh Office and , although clearly much affected by events in the United Kingdom as a whole , and particularly in England , the Principality now enjoys a measure of devolution in educational matters . |
| 6 | The anticipation of having to respond to a considerable amount of interest from the colleges , and of the ‘ fair amount of time ’ the interactions would take , both proved to be accurate . |
| 7 | However , the result of the civil wars caused by the usurpations of the first two decades of the fifth century appears to have led to a considerable decline in the Roman , as opposed to a federate , army . |
| 8 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 9 | Leading up to the introduction of the Payroll/Personnel database , the personnel information system , despite various limitations , had developed to a considerable degree of sophistication . |
| 10 | Kendalians were described , a population of 8,000 as ‘ a frugal , industrious people , and many of them have risen to a considerable degree of opulence by their assiduous attention to business . ’ |
| 11 | At a Conservative party meeting on 28 August , Amery noted that Horne ‘ on the whole agrees with me that we have got into a considerable mess and that the great thing is to extricate our people as soon as possible , ’ while Hailsham in his speech ‘ supported entirely what had been done but trusted that it would not last longer than two months — whereat loud cheers ’ . |
| 12 | Insiders say UBS fixed-interest staff have gone through a considerable shake-up in recent months and Ben Allen had been increasingly unhappy . |
| 13 | The foreign debt problem in Brazil and the measures taken to contain it have led to a considerable decline in industrial production and employment . |
| 14 | There are some 250,000 Salvadoreans now living in regions which the FMLN forces have controlled for a considerable period of time , in some cases for up to three years . |