Example sentences of "has [vb pp] to a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However one chooses to interpret it , the mystical experience has been a fact of life , once human consciousness has developed to a particular point . |
| 2 | It would not be the first time that a ‘ bad cold ’ has referred to a political chill rather than a runny nose . |
| 3 | ( c ) The opponent has responded to a front kick that turned out to be a roundhouse kick ! |
| 4 | The ideology of the enterprise culture through society has penetrated to a considerable degree to the young who grew up under Thatcher — ‘ Thatcher 's children ’ . |
| 5 | The turps in the jar has congealed to a semi-solid jelly around the brushes . |
| 6 | It 's clear our little truce has come to a grinding halt . |
| 7 | The wall of molten lava has come to a virtual halt 150 yards from the first home in the town , but officials said yesterday that its flow appeared to have picked up speed further up the slope . |
| 8 | Now , as a letter to the Times pointed out last week , the word ‘ train ’ is being replaced by ‘ service ’ — as in ‘ Please do not open the doors until the service has come to a complete standstill . ’ |
| 9 | Now that the group has come to a better understanding about some aspect of these problems , how can they feel Empowered to act for change ? |
| 10 | ROBERT Hall 's love affair with Rolls-Royces has come to a temporary halt . |
| 11 | Variable analysis is the closest that social research has come to a generic method of social investigation . |
| 12 | Things have not worked out as expected , there has been a snag , the line of development has come to a dead end , the promising drug is not safe enough for people and so on . |
| 13 | It can first be grown in an immersed flower-pot in a smaller tank , and then , once the plant has grown to a substantial height , it should be sunken in the main tank . |
| 14 | The Politburo has bowed to a considerable extent to the parliament 's wishes . |
| 15 | Now the museum has moved to a new incarnation to accommodate its popularity — a former estate nearby , where a $9.2 million , 27,000-square-foot building has been constructed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects , seeking to replicate the mythical New England town hall , as does everything in the landscape from ice cream parlours to petrol stations . |
| 16 | If he thinks he is in an adult-adult transaction while the follower has moved to a child-parent response , because he thinks the leader is refusing to accept the point he is making , communication has ceased . |
| 17 | Eskimo 's Canoe Store has moved to a high street location in St David 's where accessories are selling well , allowing the old shop to be converted into an office and bedroom for Andy . |
| 18 | Some of these worms may also secrete anticoagulant , and small vessels , ruptured in the digestion of the mucosal plug , may continue to bleed for some minutes after the worm has moved to a fresh site . |
| 19 | A farmer looking to diversify has turned to a favourite crop of his French counterparts . |
| 20 | For many on the Left , the European Economic Community has appealed to a certain brand of internationalism which found expression in hostility to the nation state . |
| 21 | ‘ The whole thing has got to a ludicrous stage when that is used as a stick to beat me . ’ |
| 22 | The ideal model for intervention after a threatening event has occurred to a vulnerable person is that suggested by Parkes ( 1980 ) in his recommendations for bereavement counselling . |
| 23 | This week 's extension of the suspension has lead to a further letter to unit trust holders . |
| 24 | This week 's extension of the suspension has lead to a further letter to unit trust holders.But it gives no indication that the pricing problems may have had a long history . |
| 25 | And in terms of its practical record he says , ‘ Whatever our misgivings , it is difficult not to feel a sense of admiration and gratitude for a movement that , in less than a century , through its direct action in some areas and through indirect influence in labour movements and other social forces in others , has raised to a human condition the life of at least half of the human race . ’ |
| 26 | Man 's ownership of animals has contributed to a great degree towards the creation of this semi-natural environment , at least within the world 's land mass . |
| 27 | Elimination of government subsidies for agrochemicals has contributed to a sharp fall in the use of pesticides by rice growers in Colombia and Venezuela . |
| 28 | So called hotting and joyriding around some of the Oxford Estates with stolen cars has contributed to a massive increase in carcrime . |
| 29 | Critics claim this has contributed to a significant rise in homelessness and that the government 's policy on tenure has not contributed much to housebuilding . |
| 30 | The Author of the poem and the Wanderer have gone to visit The Solitary , who has retired to a remote region usually identified with Blea Tarn , at the head of Langdale . |