Example sentences of "have [verb] to [det] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will question NAB 's assertion that the value of the brewery operations has fallen to such a level that asset-backed loans are in jeopardy . |
| 2 | In 1990 the level of manufactured exports destined for the Soviet Union has fallen to such an extent that it no longer features in Scotland 's Top 40 markets . |
| 3 | The European dimension has grown to such a level that a dedicated European unit is being established . |
| 4 | By this time , the Prince 's obsession with caves has grown to such a fever pitch that his servants are barely given time to unpack his toothbrush before he spies another gash in the rock , this time many countless miles away . |
| 5 | I am glad to say that the Council of Mortgage Lenders has agreed to such an arrangement . |
| 6 | My mental health has deteriorated to such an extent that I had to be admitted to hospital and am currently on sedation . |
| 7 | I think perhaps if I just add a point to that er although we have as four nations agreed on the revised requirement there , I believe it 's true to say that development has progressed to such an extent that probably we will have the original requirement in practice , even though we 've no longer specified it . |
| 8 | During the same time , the size and the shape of the company has changed to such a point that some of our assets are no longer meaningful to us as one of the world 's leading independent exploration and production companies . |
| 9 | Where broad discretionary powers have been conferred upon public authorities the courts take it upon themselves to review the exercise of those powers to ensure that the body does not make decisions which are so unreasonable that no reasonable body could have come to such a decision ; to ensure that the decision-makers are not biased and that decisions are not made mala fide or for any improper purpose . |
| 10 | If people had imagined in 1933 that things would have come to such a pitch , they 'd never have voted for Hitler . |
| 11 | I could never have agreed to such a plan , but was pleased at Mick 's change of mood . |
| 12 | Some of the vacant buildings may have deteriorated to such a condition that restoration costs would be prohibitive . |
| 13 | The older groups are less likely to have contributed to such a scheme while they were in the labour force , and are therefore less likely to have an occupational pension . |
| 14 | It was about three weeks later when I happened to notice that the pupil of this eye had dilated to such an extent that it was now noticeable to everyone . |
| 15 | The technique had developed to such an extent by the New Temple Period , beginning in 1700 BC , that vases were being made out of obsidian and rock crystal : for example , the beautiful crystal rhyton from Zakro . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the fact that the matter had come to such a head did have a sobering effect on them both . |
| 17 | In " Inside the Whale " George Orwell described how the post-war group of writers , Pound , Joyce , Eliot and Lewis ( who have since been described as the " modernists " ) were united by their pessimism : unlike men such as George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells , they had seen through the ideals and systems of the late nineteenth century which had come to such a smash in the early decades of the twentieth . |
| 18 | It was no wonder the good Sisters had come to such a place to work . |
| 19 | One organization had responded to such a situation by issuing fixed-term contracts for a period equivalent to its minimum planned needs and then retaining the workers concerned on one week 's notice , with no obligation to negotiate their dismissal with the trade unions if their services were still required thereafter . |
| 20 | By the following year , guerrilla activity on the part of the Zealots had intensified to such a degree that Rome was obliged to take vigorous countermeasures . |
| 21 | The situation had too many of the elements of a farce about it , and he wondered briefly why he had agreed to such a scheme . |
| 22 | The European Commission of Human Rights was created to receive complaints of abuses from states and ( where the country concerned had agreed to such a procedure ) from individuals . |
| 23 | By 1946 the requirements of the naval depot had reduced to such an extent that it was only necessary to provide a thrice-weekly service . |
| 24 | Education standards had deteriorated to such an extent by 1997 that Billy Johnson could n't work out whether he had been born a day too early or too late to vote , or whether his birth had been induced or retarded . |
| 25 | It is said that the powers of the Prime Minister have developed to such an extent that the traditional constraints are ineffective . |
| 26 | It 's a long a complicated issue but it 's got to such a head that the complete scheme for regenerating the and the very badly affected coal fields in is being stopped . |
| 27 | But I mean , it 's getting to the stage now where it 's gon na become counter-productive , well , for me cos it 's got to such a point now where I 've got exchanges going through , I 've got erm sales going through , details to be typed , canvassing going out , instructions , appointments to make , the outcomes |
| 28 | Very often you will find that the bream have not disappeared entirely , but that the stocks have diminished to such an extent only a comparative few bream are left to enjoy the rich pickings . |
| 29 | This is partly because in the sphere of culture and ideology the material conditions have changed to such an extent that what Gramsci was arguing about hegemonic processes in the 1930s has become more , not less , relevant today than it was then . |