Example sentences of "have [verb] to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of photocopying can mount up if you have to go to a local shop and pay several pence a sheet , whereas there are very likely to be local supporters who have photocopiers and are willing to run off a hundred copies at no charge . |
| 2 | He greeted her calmly and as he turned the ignition key he said , ‘ I have to see to a young leopard and treat the hippo , who , they tell me , is a bit off colour . |
| 3 | Since 1945 conversion rates have fallen to a lower level , of about 15,000 — 17,000 ha , and this is considered to be the direct result of stricter planning controls . |
| 4 | ‘ War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions , when they have developed to a certain stage , between classes , nations , states , or political groups , and it has existed ever since the emergence of private property and of classes . ’ |
| 5 | Once the seedlings have developed to a reasonable size , they should be transplanted in the aquarium . |
| 6 | My hon. Friends the Members for Croydon , North-West and for Ealing , North ( Mr. Greenway ) have referred to a vocational/non-vocational divide within our proposals . |
| 7 | Some scientists have pointed to a recent brightening of the sun as an important contributory factor to global warming . |
| 8 | Pundits are unanimous that recovery has arrived , but the string of statistics which have pointed to a vigorous upturn in the early part of the year have been greeted with caution . |
| 9 | Whereas Marxism-Leninism does not always take a wholly positive attitude towards the peasantry , identifying petit bourgeois tendencies — particularly amongst the less impoverished — which can make them a sometimes unreliable ally , Mariátegui and subsequent Latin American Marxists have pointed to a dual oppression — both economic and racial . |
| 10 | Firstly , different studies have pointed to an important role for somatostatin , present in paracrine cells in the antral mucosa , in the regulation of gastrin release under physiological and pathophysiological conditions . |
| 11 | Local tax offices now have to report to a central-control office . |
| 12 | Prices have dropped to a reasonable level , and we have buyers competing for them , with gazumping going on . |
| 13 | I tell him I am a writer and that I was robbed in Cuzco Airport and lost camera , films and all my writing , so I have come to a tranquil place to try to remember . |
| 14 | From this experience we have come to a new recognition of the marginalisation of North American cultural and ethnic groups . |
| 15 | Of course , many people concerned with language teaching have come to a similar conclusion . |
| 16 | TIMES may have been tough in recent years but matters have come to a fine pass when this distinguished theatre feels obliged to assemble a posse of actresses and two actors to perform what is basically a rather vulgar sketch and present it as a front length drama . |
| 17 | They have come to a full stop . |
| 18 | In the name of Allah , things have come to a pretty pass if the tabloids are influencing England 's selection policy . |
| 19 | But things have come to a pretty pass when obesity is confused with the wobbly bits the good Lord designed for girls — the bits that should stick out at the front and back of a strapless ballgown . |
| 20 | We have to come to an arbitrary decision and then justify it |
| 21 | Of course all large firms try to gain this sort of flexibility and the fact that they are large indicates that they have succeeded to a greater extent than their smaller rivals . |
| 22 | Maybe I have succeeded to a small extent , but there 's still plenty I want to know . |
| 23 | ( Hereford cattle entries have slumped to an all time low of just fifty nine here at the show.The ancient local breed has been hit by competition from Continental cattle.But now the Hereford farmers are fighting back with a scheme to boost beef sales.Richard Barnett reports : ) |
| 24 | Kendalians were described , a population of 8,000 as ‘ a frugal , industrious people , and many of them have risen to a considerable degree of opulence by their assiduous attention to business . ’ |
| 25 | In desperation the couple have turned to a new solicitor , the same man who won compensation for their neighbour two years ago . |
| 26 | The true explanation of title by [ adverse possession ] … seems to me to be that man , like a tree in a cleft rock , gradually shapes his roots to his surroundings , and when the roots have grown to a certain size , ca n't be displaced without cutting at his life . |
| 27 | However , despite these differences , both firms have drawn to a significant extent on the same pool of local labour , often on the same families . |
| 28 | The space agencies of the United States , Russia , Europe , Japan , China and Brazil have agreed to a joint programme which will use both existing and new satellites to monitor changes in the global environment . |
| 29 | We have agreed to a new deal , with £60 million extra going in to tackle the problems of junior doctors and 500 extra staff . |
| 30 | In addition Gary Nesbitt , who was the non-executive deputy chairman , and Michael Isaacs , who was the development director , have agreed to a non-competition agreement , which last for two years in Mr Nesbitt 's case and 18 months in Mr Isaacs ' . |