Example sentences of "[conj] have [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the view that the arts can , and should , be assessed is one that has begun to receive widespread support , with the authors of the Gulbenkian Report stating quite unequivocally the need for schools to provide basic information to parents and employers about : |
| 2 | And , to descend to crude practicalities , you are going to get very much less money for what you have done , though it is only fair to add that if you are lucky and clever enough to create a story that catches editors ' fancies then it can be anthologised time and again and in the end bring in perhaps as much as a full-length book that has failed to get wide paperback sales . |
| 3 | This , though , is probably the most popular modern vision of the Pacific — a vision of a place of unbridled growth , vigour and wealth , one that has helped to spawn modish concepts like the Pacific Rim , the Pacific Basin and the Pacific Community ( each of which will be considered in detail later ) . |
| 4 | A recent World Bank study of six East Asian countries concluded that Thailand was the only one that had failed to make significant inroads into poverty during the 1980s ( see table ) . |
| 5 | The new president , Mr Fernando Collor de Mello , has cast aside the timid economic adjustments that have failed to cure Latin America 's sick borrowers . |
| 6 | English history is scattered with philosophers generating theories that have failed to find congenial soil in the nation 's consciousness . |
| 7 | All have made the three-year commitment to the project and , excepting the few that have managed to get various forms of sponsorship , all but the wealthiest will have to make some financial sacrifices . |
| 8 | The Institute itself has , of course , suffered financially from the impact of the recession and has had to make painful economies and cut out some activities . |
| 9 | Management has prior knowledge of the groupings and has agreed to accept short-term substitution when they arise . |
| 10 | But having politely listened to Mrs Thatcher 's remarks and having promised to pay due attention to Whitehall 's alternative strategy , the summit made it clear that their strategy for monetary union would broadly follow the blueprint laid down . |
| 11 | His insurers denied the twist of fate was a collision and had refused to pay medical costs . |
| 12 | In that year , the LEA had established an Adult Education Sub-Committee and had agreed to provide financial support for WEA courses in Bedford , Luton and Biggleswade where active branches existed . |
| 13 | Both were at home in their country of origin , and had to struggle to establish viable contacts and understanding with their subjects elsewhere . |
| 14 | When faced with this problem many authors have turned to the idea of ‘ local political cultures ’ , and have sought to explain political variation by reference to the existence of such ‘ cultures ’ ( Butler and Stokes , 1974 ; Johnston , 1986a ) . |
| 15 | Among the outgoing ministers were Miriam Santiago Defensor , the Agrarian Reform Secretary , and Reinerio Reyes , the Transport and Communications Secretary , who had tackled corruption at the ports but had failed to alleviate worsening traffic problems . |
| 16 | Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir , said that " the arrogant alliance forces have not united for the sake of righteousness … but have come to victimize fraternal Iraq " . |