Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] have [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , only one unpublished study has referred to the activities of this group and the concern with which the Board of Deputies of British Jews viewed it . |
| 2 | What has happened , he suggests , is that capitalism 's tendency to colonise and penetrate segments of social existence has led to the commercialisation and commodification of sexuality , particularly via the shift from production to consumption . |
| 3 | British Rail has turned to the privately-owned North York Moors steam railway at Pickering instead of Brel workshops to repaint six carriages in the colours of Regional Railways . |
| 4 | Of the many factors that contribute to health and wellbeing , the role of social support has come to the fore recently as critical in understanding the relationships between peopleealth and social and material circumstances in which they live . |
| 5 | Because they are a form of money they have often been concealed for safe-keeping in hoards , and such careful burial has contributed to the excellent state of preservation today of so many objects made hundreds of years ago . |
| 6 | This generous action had led to the establishment of an excellent ongoing relationship between students and the local community . |
| 7 | Probably rather less than immediately appears , for , although symptoms of thrush may seem to be related to a recent sexual act , it may be that the trauma of vigorous sexual intercourse has brought to the surface that which was lying dormant . |
| 8 | Basic tenets of Catholic social philosophy have contributed to the formation of a Latin American political tradition , the underlying assumptions of which are antipathetic to fundamental Marxist class analysis . |
| 9 | The Times of Dec. 11 , however , had quoted an Icelandic doctor who had headed the intensive care unit at the Mubarak al-Kabir hospital , who described as " not true " the reports that Iraqi looting had contributed to the deaths of premature babies , but said that some babies had died " because of lack of staff " . |
| 10 | The 45 year old stockman had moved to the area only a year before . |
| 11 | Sarah 's old jealousy had come to the fore — she wanted Isaac to inherit all of Abraham 's wealth and his elder son , Ishmael , to have none . |
| 12 | Now responsibility for social security has passed to the State itself , administered by the civil service . |
| 13 | Is it not a fact that everyone in the Home Office associated with this case has been properly advised by qualified lawyers , that the facts that my right hon. Friend had produced to the House today are not in dispute and that the issue is one of constitutional importance only ? |
| 14 | According to Binder ( 1982 , p. 36 ) ‘ the great significance of financial issues in the central/local relationship has led to the CCLGF attaining a predominant status in the hierarchy of Central Government/Local Authority consultation bodies ’ . |
| 15 | As the hon. Gentleman has referred to the Rothschild report , let me make it crystal clear that we have appointed advisers , including Rothschilds , to analyse options for privatisation of the industry . |
| 16 | I welcome the fact that the hon. Gentleman has brought to the attention of the House and of the world outside the fact that Northern Ireland has so much to offer as an area for investment , both from the rest of the United Kingdom and from beyond . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman has listened to the debate and knows perfectly well that a vast variety of views exist within the Northern Ireland parties . |
| 18 | When the perspiring policeman had raced to the spot in full expectation of an arrest , he found no trace of dead ducks or guilty Fawcetts . |
| 19 | PLANS for a voluntary split of business interests is among options which British Gas has proposed to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission which is due to report on the future of the industry next month . |
| 20 | But normal pre-election caution has led to the deferment until the next parliament of contentious measures like rent de-control , water privatisation and English rates reform . |
| 21 | The British Government had proposed to the Council of Europe that it should examine a range of questions including that of service of process abroad , which the United Kingdom had hitherto included in its bilateral civil procedure conventions . |
| 22 | Aspects of social organization have contributed to the increasing isolation of older people . |
| 23 | The reason for that is that the spot market varies with the dollar exchange rate and , for a long time , has been affected by the dumping of coal into Europe — something about which British Coal has complained to the Commission . |
| 24 | Meanwhile in 1974 , revived British effort had moved to the clear waters of Loch Morar ( which had a similar tradition of sighting established by The Loch Morar Survey of 1970–72 ) . |
| 25 | A seven year old schoolboy has written to the Prime Minister complaining about education cuts . |
| 26 | The inner flesh was as raw as a recent wound , and clear resin had oozed to the surface , trickled down and set into sticky pink runnels . |
| 27 | As several writers have noted , the recent preoccupation in the managerial literature with social power has led to the neglect of structural power which determines so much of our behaviour at work and which has interested sociologists for more than 100 years . |
| 28 | As a measure of the way British politics has strutted to the right over the past decade , the policies of the SNP are now considered radical , although they are broadly similar to those of the Heath school of one-nation Conservatism ! |
| 29 | I should , however , say that many of the ideas here expressed are explicitly stated in the lectures of Professor Kirk Bryan whose emphasis on climatic morphology has led to the formulation here set forth . |
| 30 | This title is still the one in general use but the moves towards non-discriminatory , non-sexist language have led to the use of titles such as Chairperson , and the more neutral Chair . |