Example sentences of "[noun sg] has [vb pp] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The initial whisker crystal or filament is often highly bent and the growth layers can be seen to exert a very strong straightening action on the bent filament , such that , by the time the sinuous initial thread has grown to a millimetre or so thick , it is in , variably straight . |
| 2 | Technological change has led to a de-skilling of industrial work , so that a major requirement of many employers is now for cheap , non-unionized , semi-skilled labour ( Massey 1979 ; Wood 1982 ) . |
| 3 | The increasing impact of this greater professionalism particularly on salaries for instance has led to a consultancy being provided by N C V O's Personnel Unit , on appropriate levels of pay in one organisation . |
| 4 | A TOP architectural award has gone to a town CAR PARK . |
| 5 | AN energetic drive to broaden the customer base has led to a Courtaulds Aerospace company in France anticipating turnover 50 per cent up on last year . |
| 6 | As our economy has declined as our recession has turned to a slump increasingly it is the low-paid , the sick , the disabled and the unemployed who have been forced to pick up the tab for the Tory policy failure . |
| 7 | The nightmare of his existence has come to an end . |
| 8 | The lack of any real constraints on the executive branch has led to a crisis of overgovernability , in which executive proposals quickly become law via a quiescent Parliament without sufficient consultation , scrutiny , or debate and without any possibility of subsequent judicial challenge . |
| 9 | And the contract has gone to a company based in Milton Keynes . |
| 10 | When Malaysia was admitted to the Security Council of the UN in December 1964 , Sukarno played his last card : he took Indonesia out of the UN , declaring ( in words made familiar by Hitler ) ‘ our patience has come to an end ’ . |
| 11 | The attempt by the schools to use opt-out law to prevent closure has led to a row between Strathclyde and the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang . |
| 12 | Well , the SAAF has come to a conclusion that others have long held — the only replacement for a Dakota is another Dakota ! |
| 13 | In brief , the period of modernism has come to an end and nothing ( for which read nothing like what we 've been used to ) has replaced it . |
| 14 | Previous research has pointed to a number of socio-demographic factors that contribute to the likelihood of a child coming into the care of local authorities . |
| 15 | A mild winter has led to a drop off in sales of salt to local authorities and there has also been a reduction in the market for potash in Britain as a result of the uncertain future in farming . |
| 16 | The MRC 's Protection Against Ionising Radiation Committee has reported to a Home Office working party its assessment that the LD 50 for humans is a surface exposure to the body of 600 rads . |
| 17 | Recent work has led to a report on creating international managers ; organization cultures ; clerical and secretarial labour markets and skill formation in the supply chain . |
| 18 | Recent work has led to a report on creating international managers ; organisation cultures ; clerical and secretarial labour markets and skill formation in the supply chain . |
| 19 | And from the fields and villages of England , where work has slowed to a trickle and where the landlords have enclosed the common lands ( after 1802 ) SO that even subsistence living is difficult , from these fields comes a mighty army of labour . |
| 20 | But , in a situation in which an arboreal habitat has led to a reliance on visual cues and a generalized body-structure and postural suppleness , even the correct mating-position may not be obvious and automatic as it is in many other animals . |
| 21 | Nevertheless the severe and rapid dislocation of the agricultural village has led to an ideology of communion being conferred upon it , a genuine sense of loss which can be contrasted with an apparently less palatable present . |
| 22 | During the last six months , the Guild has spoken to a number of representatives of caterers , dieticians , nurses , doctors and , in particular , the Patients ' Association and the College of Health , and discovered that the quality of hospital food is highly variable . |
| 23 | There is no statistical evidence to support the contention that deregulation has led to a decline in the quality and roadworthiness of buses . |
| 24 | It said : ‘ The council has written to a number of stores requesting undertakings that they cease trading in contravention of the Sunday trading provisions of the Shops Act . |
| 25 | Er yes I raised an example without referring to a specific site and the site is in Richmondshire where the county council has objected to a proposal in erm what is a a local plan in its very formative stages and the proposal conflicts with Policy I five in so far as I five directs development to the main towns and urban areas . |
| 26 | The Council has agreed to a request from British Rail for financial help for the scheme . |
| 27 | Over-exploitation has led to a collapse in numbers of bluefish tuna , swordfish and cod in the Atlantic . |
| 28 | The middle class revolt has turned to a whimper . |
| 29 | Contempt for the public sector has led to a deterioration of the infrastructure , and a visible collapse of key public services . |
| 30 | Yet at Stamford , thirty miles away , not an industrial town but indeed always a market town for a very rich countryside , the market place has shrunk to a fraction of its original size . |