Example sentences of "[verb] have [vb pp] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A farmer looking to diversify has turned to a favourite crop of his French counterparts . |
| 2 | Tanay was subsequently reported to have returned to a mujaheddin-occupied area of Afghanistan . |
| 3 | The economic crisis and in particular the slump produced lower totals for the next two years , but by 1939 , the number of holidays booked had risen to a substantial 62,500 , comprising 29,500 holiday-makers travelling overseas , and 33,000 taking home bookings . |
| 4 | Bolger claimed success for Richardson 's strategy when in mid-1991 the inflation rate was shown to have fallen to a 25-year low of 2.8 per cent , compared with 7.6 per cent a year earlier . |
| 5 | The split between the Whigs and Tories is normally thought to have corresponded to a fundamental economic cleavage amongst the English upper classes , between the monied and the landed interests . |
| 6 | ( 5 ) Where any property transferred under an agreement to which this section applies has passed to a third party the references to that property in subsections ( 1 ) , ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) above shall be construed as references to its value at the time of its transfer under the agreement . |
| 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 | Today , the pressure to make hay while the sun fitfully shines has led to a massive slump in both public and private standards . |
| 9 | Ace appeared to have gone to a great deal of trouble to make this place so pretty and welcoming . |
| 10 | We were told that a recurrent illness had made him in his earlier days an abrasive and difficult colleague but when we knew him , the right pill had been found and the former angrily flashing eye and rasping voice of which people spoke had mellowed to a genial twinkle and an infectious chuckle . |