Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] have [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a few hours of concentrated assault he could destroy months of determined surreptitious growth ; but then he would discover some other , overlooked area where things had been going to the dogs unheeded and some valiantly struggling patch of wood anemone or bluebells had been choked to the last gasp . |
| 2 | Where systems have been shown to be weak , the risk would be high . |
| 3 | But in February 1681 many witnesses began to see more advantage in making themselves acceptable to the government than to the Whigs , and in stating that attempts had been made to suborn them to give evidence . |
| 4 | In fact , once taxes had been paid to Istanbul , Egypt was largely left to itself to be governed — and increasingly misgoverned — by an Ottoman-mamluk military oligarchy . |
| 5 | Programme makers discovered that guidelines have been isued to local authorities on what do in the event of a nuclear accident . |
| 6 | This makes it clear that certification , like a share certificate , is not a representation that the transferor has title to the shares but is a representation that certificates have been produced to the company showing a prima facie title and that the company will be liable to compensate any person who acts on the faith of it , provided that it was issued by someone authorised by the company to issue certified transfer and was signed by someone authorised to sign . |
| 7 | Her husband and son say that cleaners had been left to hand out meals to patients . |
| 8 | Given the fact that another property developer , and star of the bull market of the Nineties Mountleigh , had gone into receivership and that administrators have been appointed to the Canary Wharf project it could rank as one of the understatements of the 1992 financial year . |
| 9 | An omnibus company was held liable for the act of one of its drivers , who overturned a rival omnibus while racing with it and obstructing it , although directions had been issued to the driver forbidding such conduct . |
| 10 | On March 5 India 's Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI ) filed a First Information Report ( FIR ) in a New Delhi court in connection with allegations that commissions had been paid to Indian middlemen during the government 's purchase of submarines from a West German company , Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft ( HDW ) , in the early 1980s . |
| 11 | The fact that gendarmes have been introduced to an Oxford school is a measure of how seriously schools in Oxfordshire are taking European road safety week . |
| 12 | It is perhaps in recognition of the awkward position of English law that exceptions have been made to the marital-rape exemption in recent years . |
| 13 | So to limit the interpretation of the word would follow the principle that words in a statute which have , or can have , a general meaning may have to be given a specialised and narrower meaning in order to make sense of the legislation and to avoid the conclusion that changes have been made to the existing law which can not have been intended by Parliament . |
| 14 | It has not listened on a whole series of points , even though I am very grateful that amendments have been agreed to in the course of our debate this evening . |
| 15 | She said that patients had been evacuated to an upper floor . |
| 16 | Philip of Swabia , meanwhile , was maintaining the illegality of the meeting on the grounds that there was a legitimate heir , that oaths had been taken to that heir by all the princes and that , furthermore , few of them had been present at Andernach . |
| 17 | She knows , too , that representations have been made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 18 | The excavations in the early part of this century have made this a difficult building to interpret , but it is clear from the published plan that alterations had been made to the original structure , which probably dates from the third century . |
| 19 | Claiming that assurances of safe conduct for UN inspectors had been ignored , the team 's leader Nikita Smidovich alleged in Manama , Bahrain , on Oct. 30 that members had been subjected to harassment and death threats . |
| 20 | On a five-year conventional Eurobond , fees might be 1.25 per cent of the total issue amount , yet banks would be lucky to see one eighth per cent ( and that on a good deal ) once discounts had been allowed to buyers of the bonds . |
| 21 | Le Parisien claims that warnings have been sent to all nuclear establishments to guard against infiltration . |
| 22 | Sorry , I wanted to make two points , I think there 's a big difference between foresters like yourself and the people who 're actually out there logging , and you know , I have no doubt about the work you do at the Oxford Forestry Institute , and several of your tutors and lecturers have been to talk to us , and Friends of the Earth certainly is calling for sustainable management forestry . |
| 23 | there is an asymmetry between the incumbent and the opposition parties : ‘ the incumbent 's policies and personnel have been put to the test of very recent practice at the time of election , while the oppositions ’ probable performance can be inferred only from its statements of intention and its previous performance in office ’ ( Kramer , 1977b , p. 699 ) . |
| 24 | The School Alterations and improvements have been made to the school to cater for the requirements of the nursery classes . |
| 25 | The School Alterations and improvements have been made to the school to cater for the requirements of the nursery classes . |
| 26 | Since the date of acquisition , the Warwick factory has been closed and looms have been moved to Elderslie and Runcorn . |
| 27 | Police and army behaviour and tactics had been improved to some extent , especially in appreciating the need for reform policies rather than simple oppression . |
| 28 | Here he describes the wetlands of Lincolnshire : ‘ Fens of water , mud , wildfowl , frogs and agues have been converted to rich pasture and arable worth from 20 shillings to 40 shillings an acre : health improved , morals corrected and the community enriched ’ . |
| 29 | Some twenty per cent of all Oscar-winning actors , actresses and directors have been married to each other at one time or another . |
| 30 | For example , he recorded that cones of Larix chinensis had been successfully grown at Stanwick and seeds had been passed to Chelsea , where they also flourished . |