Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [noun sg] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These financial and moral concerns have given rise to a change in policy , which has led to the Child Support Act due to be implemented fully by April 1993 . |
| 2 | In the later work the curving rhythms have given way to a system of verticals and horizontals , broken only by the forty-five degree diagonals of roof-tops and trees . |
| 3 | In particular , the traditional , if untheorized , distinction between serious literature and ‘ rubbish ’ has broken down ; as Franco Fortini said , the occasional slummings of the aristocratic writer of the past have given way to a situation in which we all live off the ‘ guano ’ which our society produces day by day ( Cadioli and Peresson 1984 : 85 ) . |
| 4 | We have said goodbye to a person who can not be replaced and the rest of us will have to work the harder and care the more in order to try to fill the gap left by his passing . |
| 5 | However , these improvements have drawn attention to a number of shortcomings which also require attention . |
| 6 | ‘ I have escaped marriage to a poisoner who killed someone dear to me . |
| 7 | You have brought happiness to a house where it has never really been before . |
| 8 | In the past the courts have construed statutory and common law rights to information restrictively and have either required an applicant to show a special reason for wanting the information or have denied access to a person with an ‘ indirect motive ’ such as a councillor helping a constituent in a complaint against the authority . |