Example sentences of "have [vb pp] to a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that tax rates on income have fallen to a maximum of 40% , there is less incentive for individuals to buy low coupon gilts to take advantage of the tax-free capital appreciation . |
| 2 | Measurements taken by American satellites have pointed to a reduction of approximately 0.35–1.00 per cent per year through the 1980s which can not be explained by variations in the solar cycle ( Bowman , 1988 ) . |
| 3 | Matters have come to a head with the publication of a new and more detailed insurance group rating system which insurers say will enable them to pinpoint the higher risk models more accurately . |
| 4 | Nothing has happened today , except that we have come to a sort of agreement about exercise . |
| 5 | This would suggest that sterling eurobonds not listed in London would , at end September 1991 , have amounted to a figure between £14 million and £19 million . |
| 6 | Certainly to respond to the gentleman who was suggesting that there 's no difference between us as adults and children , certainly there is the child in all adults erm that does respond , perhaps , in a childish way at times , but I would suggest that as adults we hopefully have gotten to a place in ourselves which we are not so much at the mercy of our immediate wishes and wants and feelings that we are able to be more measured in the way that we handle ourselves and our feelings , and therefore in a position to help our children to develop that capacity within themselves as they are growing up erm and erm I 've forgotten the other point I was going to make just following on from what Elizabeth there in the studio was saying . |
| 7 | We have now turned almost full circle , but instead of employing someone to bait the swim , we have turned to a choice of mechanical devices which do a similar job . |
| 8 | SAAB were faced with the same difficulties as Volvo in recruiting staff in the 1970s , and they too have moved to a system of group working with job rotation in many sections of the plant . |
| 9 | Peppard of South Oxfordshire , the champions of the Parasol League have moved to a ground at a stadium in Reading , where they beat Oxford city 1-nil in the FA Vase . |
| 10 | These prices for pre-match sales only have been specially approved by the Test and County Cricket Board , who have agreed to a reduction on normal prices . |
| 11 | My publishers I/O Press have agreed to a discount of 10% on the published price of £14.95 to anyone who mentions they are following my series in Practical PC . |
| 12 | AFTER seeing your article ( Echo February 20 ) about the proposed Darlington cross-town route , I was surprised to see that councillors have agreed to a bridleway between Haughton Road and McMullen Road . |
| 13 | Perhaps the nearest the British have got to a building like this has been in the pages of The Eagle . |
| 14 | ‘ Lower interest rates have contributed to a pick-up in the growth of narrow money , while retail sales have been on a steady upward trend for almost a year . |
| 15 | In addition to stressing these " internal " limits on parliamentary democracy in Britain , stress is also placed on " external " factors that have contributed to a loss of powers and to a significant reduction in the scope of our capacity to govern ourselves . |
| 16 | ‘ I have spoken to a lot of residents who feel very strongly that this sort of statement is irresponsible , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I have spoken to a number of engine conversion kit suppliers and the almost unanimous response has been ‘ ooooogh the 6 cyl , that 's a difficult conversion … it needs extensive mods to the bulkhead … or … the propshaft needs changing , the gearbox needs moving . |
| 18 | Remarks ( i ) If the reader feels we have gone to a lot of trouble to establish a result which is " obvious " we ask him on what grounds he bases his belief i this result ? |
| 19 | This is it you see , I mean a , a company like or have gone to a lot of trouble to get that length right , er and to tune the box and all this that and the other and get the right , I do n't know maybe er just think oh you know you just build this , put this massive speaker in and call it a sub based woofer |
| 20 | We have actually let four of the units , two have gone to a department of Council for a service they 're delivering in the area , er , but actually it 's a manufacturing type of operation that they 're running there so it 's , that , that , you know , is in keeping with the nature of the units , and the other two units have gone elsewhere . |
| 21 | FEARS of compensation claims from passive smokers have led to a ban on smoking at work for West Lothian District Council 's 1,700 staff . |
| 22 | Sweden : ( where nuclear power provides 46 per cent of the electricity ) : parliament decides to begin phasing out nuclear power in 1995–6 ( but parliament 's restrictions on new hydro-electric power stations and the imposition of a ceiling on carbon dioxide emissions have led to a retreat from the goal of becoming , in 2010 , the first country to terminate nuclear power generation ) . |
| 23 | This implies that short selling difficulties have led to a widening of the no-arbitrage band by permitting greater underpricings . |
| 24 | The fear is that stretched resources have led to a reduction in places specifically for the most troubled children . |
| 25 | The significant changes initiated in 1976 have led to a reduction in government expenditure . |
| 26 | ‘ Secondly , taste : excessive production and cultivation methods have led to a reduction in flavour . |
| 27 | The epidemiological evidence presented in this paper and elsewhere suggests that P cepacia is transmissible between individuals by direct or indirect routes , that some individuals experience a change in clinical condition after acquisition of the infection , and that policies of segregation within CF centres have led to a reduction in incidence of P cepacia colonisation . |
| 28 | Attempts to highlight and remove differing forms of sexism , sexual inequalities and discrimination in schools have led to a range of policy statements and strategies from local education authorities and individual schools . |
| 29 | Such experiences have led to a lack of confidence in the possibility of resolving problems . |
| 30 | The uncertainties and frustration caused by multiple restructuring arising out of a process of frequent and sometimes inconsistent peer review exercises have led to a lack of cohesion in research objectives , low staff morale , and low scientific output ( in terms of papers ) . |