Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [pron] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision has nothing to do with the merits of the case which Her Majesty 's Government will defend in due course . |
| 2 | To reflect society can only mean comedy , in such a world , if a work is to convince as any sort of mirror , and the preference of other nations for melodrama and the bleeding heart has nothing to do with the habitual temper of British life . |
| 3 | The naive observer might be forgiven for believing that this contrast has something to do with the different weight given by members of the academic community to their research interests compared with their ‘ teaching interests ’ ( the very awkwardness of the term makes the point ) . |
| 4 | And I believe that the growing trend erm of people going to the cinema , erm cinema owners reconverting cinemas they 've cut into three back into the large auditoria , erm will continue and a night out at the cinema has something to do with the the building you 're in , erm this building if refurbished would have a restaurant , would have a bar , would have a cinema club , would be a real asset to the town . |
| 5 | But what aroused resentment from people in the film industry had nothing to do with the merits of these films , which critic Raymond Durgnat reasonably characterized as ‘ sub-Ealing comedies so timid as to be positively ingratiating , ’ nor the production programme 's lack of profitability . |
| 6 | Mr Gleeson said it would be unfair to suggest the cash injection had something to do with the forthcoming General Election . |
| 7 | In the face of slave rebelliousness abolitionists denied that their support of gradual emancipation had anything to do with the Demerara revolt or that ‘ rash philanthropy ’ had produced slave disorder on earlier occasions in Guadeloupe , St Domingue or Barbados . |
| 8 | " My little boy has nothing to wear for the cold weather . " |
| 9 | Now do you think that the campaign th the th , the campaigns against the use in cosmetic testing had anything to do with the changes that were brought in , or do you think advances and responsible er science would have , would have made those changes anyway ? |
| 10 | That I am living in Britain in the first place has everything to do with the fact that I came here to start the magazine you are reading , a magazine for men . |
| 11 | The difference has nothing to do with the presence or absence of powerchords . |
| 12 | The community charge or poll tax has nothing to do with the arrangements for financing local government . |
| 13 | It was Gill 's opinion , not shared by everybody , that ‘ the distinction has nothing to do with the use of machinery or with questions of the artistic quality of the product ’ . |
| 14 | The quotation has nothing to do with the coming of the Messiah but refers to the destruction of the northern kingdom of Israel by Assyria in 721 BC . |
| 15 | Certainly , if the product has anything to do with the home environment it would be sensible to think about sending the gift to the home address of the journalist concerned . |
| 16 | While Babcock Thorn yesterday emphasised its jobs announcement had nothing to do with the Trident issue , the losses will clearly increase the pressure on ministers to award it the nuclear submarine work . |
| 17 | Certainly her main reason for accepting the post had nothing to do with the actual work involved , but the hope that closer acquaintance with him might throw some light on Elise 's baffling death . |
| 18 | He declared that the economic and political crisis had nothing to do with the " war of laws " with the republics [ see above ; pp. 37862-63 ] , commenting : " Republican governments refuse to work in blind obedience , but the central government has failed to see this , and by inertia it has pursued its policy of diktat . " |
| 19 | He knew that the embarrassment had nothing to do with the fear that he would question , criticize , move like a spy among them . |
| 20 | Mrs Elizabeth Crabb , chairman of the Tees Valley branch , asked Mr Colley : ‘ Whether excessive lead in the water has something to do with the violence which is rife in our cities ? ’ |
| 21 | But sacrament has everything to do with the grace of God and the faith of the church . |
| 22 | Since Hilton is at pains to show that true contemplation had nothing to do with the emotions and clearly disapproves of Rolle 's spirituality , the term seems puzzling . |
| 23 | The same happened at the Commonwealth Tournament later in the year — and to this day she wonders if this behaviour had something to do with the fact that the selectors did not include her in the 1984 match at Muirfield . |
| 24 | He says the relationship between GM and Lotus had nothing to do with the Elan 's failure . |
| 25 | However , further analysis of the data indicated that the relationship had nothing to do with the individuals ' talent , as judged by expert rating of their contributions to contemporary art . |
| 26 | So the commercial managers of the museum , who hoped this show would be a money-spinner , are wrong : this exhibition has everything to do with the V&A , its good name , its morale , its duty to the public — and its money . |
| 27 | ‘ I just wish I could be sure that your chosen career had nothing to do with the fact that it was mine ! ’ |
| 28 | If a society lets any considerable number of its members grow up mere children , incapable of being acted on by rational consideration of distant motives , society has itself to blame for the consequences . |
| 29 | Hilary , who is single , said yesterday : ‘ My leaving British Gas has nothing to do with the case . |
| 30 | To repeat , portfolio matrices imply nothing to contradict this , but , if they are viewed by non-financially oriented people as models of cash-balancing having nothing to do with the financial market , they will be used in a way that the theory of finance would judge inappropriate . |