Example sentences of "has [adv] [vb pp] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either will do , but the present confusion has only added to uncertainty in the financial markets . |
| 2 | Whilst learning to take the rough and the smooth of rugby fortunes with a philosophic air , Townsend has already reacted to criticism with refinements to his play that have been a factor in his selection for Australia : ‘ I tend to pay heed more to criticism than to praise . |
| 3 | Local autonomy has also led to variety in the way in which the education system is organised within each LEA . |
| 4 | Its best known relative is the chamois , a native of the European Alps which has also adapted to life at high altitudes on precipitous mountain cliffs . |
| 5 | The rare Himalayan tahr — a distant relative of the mountain goat — has also adapted to life in harsh mountainous conditions . |
| 6 | Since 1990 she has really began to surface with work which is not for the faint hearted . |
| 7 | Information that has now come to light about the political gulags and the Gestapo tactics of the secret police has certainly done much to underline the totalitarian essences of even the ‘ soft ’ regimes . |
| 8 | It needs time to recoup its investment in Pentium , and still has plenty left to milk in the 80486 . |
| 9 | I think that 's very important and I think it 's , there 's er actually , I have to say er I detect in 's letter because I am quite sure that a year ago she would have questioned the parish council 's existence , and indeed she 's being , erm , to my perception , highly critical of er the fact that the parish council has even dared to sort of taste the oxygen outside their own homes . |
| 10 | A preliminary version of ‘ La Danse ’ , a mural painting executed in 1933 by Henri Matisse for the home of Dr Barnes at Merion near Philadelphia ( see p.7 ) has recently come to light in the possessions of the youngest son , art dealer Pierre Matisse . |