Example sentences of "which have [adv] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Danny de Vito showed his skills as a director in Wars of the Roses he used his leverage with the money-men to bankroll a long-cherished project which has finally come to the screen as Hoffa . |
| 2 | You have another country along that coast , Nigeria , which has just got to the stage where it 's got through its forest and it 's not exporting anything at all , if anything it 's importing . |
| 3 | He has a small ‘ spot ’ on the side of his nose , which has now grown to the size of a sesame seed . |
| 4 | Suppose for example there are two remaining producers in an industry which has now contracted to the point when it can profitably support only one firm . |
| 5 | They cautioned against an obsession with modern communication technology which has often led to the marginalisation of many in rural communities . |
| 6 | They have managed therefore to avoid the suspicion of conflict of interest which has often attached to the positive planning efforts of local planning authorities . |
| 7 | If one cuts through all the technicalities and complexities of the document , which has actually gone to the Social Security Advisory Committee , it is perfectly clear that that was the core intention behind the Government 's move . |
| 8 | Henry 's anti-papalism was based on the belief that the pope had wrongfully usurped the spiritual and temporal power which had traditionally belonged to the kings of England , and while he therefore rejected the pope 's claim to jurisdiction in England , he was prepared to regard him as the rightful Bishop of Rome . |
| 9 | If the sectoral approach and spillover were to achieve any great potential , they could only do so on a more limited front — that is , by the six states which had already agreed to the supranational principle by forming the ECSC . |
| 10 | The teamwork was superfluous , because the pilot was dead before the second burst hit him , his plane was on fire before the third burst cut it apart , and the fourth simply knocked sideways a wreck which had only to fall to the ground . |
| 11 | The report appeared to confirm rumours which had long circulated to the effect that the CIA had passed on information ( supplied by an informant within the ANC ) which enabled the South African authorities to arrest Mandela , who as an underground activist had evaded arrest for 17 months . |
| 12 | They could spend their honeymoon staying in the old farmhouse which had once belonged to the d'Urbervilles , while Angel studied at the mill nearby . |
| 13 | There has been a long and fruitful interplay between the two branches : Pure Mathematics develops methods used in Applied Mathematics ; Applied Mathematics has in turn raised problems which have ultimately led to the creation of whole areas of Pure Mathematics . |