Example sentences of "they have [vb pp] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Other recent changes have generally restricted access to unemployment benefit ( Atkinson and Micklewright , 1989 ) and , in particular , they have denied benefit to women who had been eligible to at least some benefit in their own right .
2 The Wedding Present violently oppose most rock 'n' roll ethos , but perhaps one of the few areas where they have shown loyalty to tradition has been their gluttonous appetite for live work .
3 Some religious groups have uplifted people 's ethical conduct , but at other times they have allowed brutality to others in the name of the religion .
4 It means they have improved access to information on what holidays sell best and what the customer wants .
5 Analyses of a number of them have drawn attention to government constraints on investment through holding down prices [ Ashworth , 1986 ] , imposing unfavourable borrowing terms and , in some cases , outright refusal to sanction borrowing [ Pryke , 1981 ] .
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