Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Psychology is no more the name of an unique body of theory or inquiry and in physics Newton has given place to Einstein . |
| 2 | In the final part of our series on the plane known as Fat Albert , Erika Barnes looks at how the Hercules has brought help to civilians in times of crisis . |
| 3 | Ms Duffield has given money to Dulwich 's education activities in the past ; the present gift is intended to enable the gallery to survive for a year while it coordinates its long-term fundraising activities . |
| 4 | The Australian Board has added insult to injury . |
| 5 | Gordon Knapper of the biscuit kilns department at Alexandra has put pen to paper and composed this cautionary ode on the yuletide tradition of giving presents . |
| 6 | If the defence is used by a drug manufacturer where a new drug has caused damage to users , then provided he can show that laboratory tests showed no defects , he would be justified in marketing the drug while testing is still under way . |
| 7 | Once the chairman has summarised progress to date the other advisors should be requested to report ( to the lead adviser and , if present , principals ) on their progress and to highlight any potential difficulties which may affect the timetable . |
| 8 | This is so because a limited accountability in terms only of satisfying employers in local authorities or inspectors of schools has given way to openness and to the multiplication of participators who claim a say in the running of education . |
| 9 | The increasing domestic and industrial use of a number of stable chlorine-containing compounds has given rise to claims that these compounds may diffuse upwards into the stratosphere where they are dissociated by solar radiation to yield atoms of chlorine which act to destroy ozone through a complex chain of chemical reactions ( Crutzen , 1974 ; Molina and Rowland , 1974 ) . |
| 10 | Jowell has drawn attention to examples where the concern of policy is with ‘ standards ’ that are not susceptible to precise factual definition . |
| 11 | INDONESIA has blocked access to sex hotlines from Hong Kong after MPs said such telephone calls could damage morals in the mainly Muslim country , the state telecommunications company said today . |
| 12 | The South African environment department has refused permission to fishermen in Struisbaai to catch and barbecue a whale belonging to a species recognised as endangered . |
| 13 | This link with the President has given rise to speculation that Mr Morrison may be acting as a pathfinder to the appointment of a special envoy . |
| 14 | Doubtless , ultraviolet light has helped evolution to m – along by causing some of the genetic variation that natural selection must work upon . |
| 15 | And in peacetime , the aircraft has brought aid to areas of famine , and joined in other humanitarian missions — the latest to wartorn Sarajevo . |
| 16 | FoE condemns Britain 's environment record , but says PM has pushed issue to top of world agenda Downing St plays down meeting with Porritt Praise and blame for ‘ green ’ Thatcher . |
| 17 | According to USAID , the US administration had increased aid to Bulgaria from $2,200,000 in 1990 to $88,000,000 in 1991 . |
| 18 | Up in the dome , the uncoupling of the private car had given way to speculation about whether the northern lights would oblige : the weather was right , apparently . |
| 19 | As John IV of Portugal had offered protection to Rupert 's squadron , no military resolution was possible , and a lengthy stalemate ensued . |
| 20 | In July 1333 the Scots had been defeated at Halidon Hill , near Berwick , and Edward Balliol had done homage to Edward III for Scotland , while King David II retired to France , there to seek the support of Philip VI against England . |
| 21 | Three years earlier Richard had performed homage to King Louis at Montmirail but now that he had worn the ring of St Valerie he could claim that he held his duchy in indissoluble union with the people of Aquitaine and the saints who watched over them . |
| 22 | A number of woodcutters and honey-hunters have fallen victim to Sunderbans tigers . |
| 23 | Since last May many of these same passers-by have come face to face on their TV screens with the agony , desolation and despair of the people of Ethiopia and the Sudan . |
| 24 | These relationships have allowed Chorus to piggyback on the expertise of its partners netting Chorus an SVR4 base in the case of Unisys and now fault tolerance from Tandem . |
| 25 | Branded manufacturers have lost share to own-label in a market which is estimated to worth £100m , including sweet pickles , relish and chutney . |
| 26 | Both American Express and Diners Club have lost ground to Mastercard Gold , which increased its share of the market by about 38 per cent in 1990 ( although from a small base ) and now has 19 per cent of the cards in issue by volume , compared with American Express ' 57 per cent and Diners Club 's 13 per cent , says Market Assessment . |
| 27 | Another provincial Greek museum has fallen victim to museum robbers . |
| 28 | DOWN the years Stan Flashman has brought dishonour to football in a variety of roles . |
| 29 | And locals who said that McSweeney had given birth to twins bounced Farrah up and down , never suspecting they were holding the most wanted baby in Britain . |
| 30 | Ever since the Industrial Revolution created a mass urban society , the conditions of the poorest city dwellers have given rise to anxiety among the better off . |