Example sentences of "have [verb] to a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However one chooses to interpret it , the mystical experience has been a fact of life , once human consciousness has developed to a particular point .
2 I do n't think so she 's erm slow , she 's , she 's like erm , she has to go to a special school
3 Harris argues , however , that a van like a Transit has to appeal to a wide cross-section of operators , and that means the design has to be a compromise .
4 It would not be the first time that a ‘ bad cold ’ has referred to a political chill rather than a runny nose .
5 ( c ) The opponent has responded to a front kick that turned out to be a roundhouse kick !
6 The ideology of the enterprise culture through society has penetrated to a considerable degree to the young who grew up under Thatcher — ‘ Thatcher 's children ’ .
7 The turps in the jar has congealed to a semi-solid jelly around the brushes .
8 It 's clear our little truce has come to a grinding halt .
9 The wall of molten lava has come to a virtual halt 150 yards from the first home in the town , but officials said yesterday that its flow appeared to have picked up speed further up the slope .
10 Now , as a letter to the Times pointed out last week , the word ‘ train ’ is being replaced by ‘ service ’ — as in ‘ Please do not open the doors until the service has come to a complete standstill . ’
11 Now that the group has come to a better understanding about some aspect of these problems , how can they feel Empowered to act for change ?
12 ROBERT Hall 's love affair with Rolls-Royces has come to a temporary halt .
13 Variable analysis is the closest that social research has come to a generic method of social investigation .
14 Things have not worked out as expected , there has been a snag , the line of development has come to a dead end , the promising drug is not safe enough for people and so on .
15 Faced with such a question the theorist has to repair to a mental laboratory where he conducts thought experiments .
16 If , to be a successful physicist , one has to conform to a certain code of behaviour , what are the implications for women who , by definition , do not conform to our conventional ideal of ‘ physicist ’ ?
17 It can first be grown in an immersed flower-pot in a smaller tank , and then , once the plant has grown to a substantial height , it should be sunken in the main tank .
18 The Politburo has bowed to a considerable extent to the parliament 's wishes .
19 The assumption that criticism has to lead to a negative evaluation is particularly unfortunate in higher education .
20 Now the museum has moved to a new incarnation to accommodate its popularity — a former estate nearby , where a $9.2 million , 27,000-square-foot building has been constructed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects , seeking to replicate the mythical New England town hall , as does everything in the landscape from ice cream parlours to petrol stations .
21 If he thinks he is in an adult-adult transaction while the follower has moved to a child-parent response , because he thinks the leader is refusing to accept the point he is making , communication has ceased .
22 Eskimo 's Canoe Store has moved to a high street location in St David 's where accessories are selling well , allowing the old shop to be converted into an office and bedroom for Andy .
23 Some of these worms may also secrete anticoagulant , and small vessels , ruptured in the digestion of the mucosal plug , may continue to bleed for some minutes after the worm has moved to a fresh site .
24 A farmer looking to diversify has turned to a favourite crop of his French counterparts .
25 For many on the Left , the European Economic Community has appealed to a certain brand of internationalism which found expression in hostility to the nation state .
26 ‘ The whole thing has got to a ludicrous stage when that is used as a stick to beat me . ’
27 The ideal model for intervention after a threatening event has occurred to a vulnerable person is that suggested by Parkes ( 1980 ) in his recommendations for bereavement counselling .
28 This week 's extension of the suspension has lead to a further letter to unit trust holders .
29 This week 's extension of the suspension has lead to a further letter to unit trust holders.But it gives no indication that the pricing problems may have had a long history .
30 And in terms of its practical record he says , ‘ Whatever our misgivings , it is difficult not to feel a sense of admiration and gratitude for a movement that , in less than a century , through its direct action in some areas and through indirect influence in labour movements and other social forces in others , has raised to a human condition the life of at least half of the human race . ’
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