Example sentences of "it have [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crucial as this innovation may have been for co-ordination , it has contributed to an increased sense of ‘ distance ’ between policy makers and implementers in a policy system that operates primarily in a unified , top-down , manner . |
| 2 | Although normally only architects qualify for the RIBA 's Gold Medal ( considered the world 's most prestigious award for architecture ) , this year it has gone to an Irish structural engineer , the fifty-six year old Peter Rice . |
| 3 | Day 11 ) The water temperature released at the dam is 0 degrees Centigrade but here , 100 miles downstream , it has warmed to a comfortable 32 degrees Fahrenheit . |
| 4 | Not only does it risk making heroes and martyrs out of the perpetrators , but in practice it has led to a damaging split between reactive strategies , which are aimed at highly specific target groups , and proactive approaches which rely on nebulous generalities , viz. , ‘ creating the right ethos ’ . |
| 5 | While this is understandable , it has led to an inordinate number of successful appeals . |
| 6 | It has tumbled to a six-year low , but it could rise 25 per cent by the end of this year . |
| 7 | It has shrunk to a third of the original draft 's 120 pages . |
| 8 | TI says it has switched to a 0.7-micron process from 0.8 , and will be analysing product from every angle before it makes any declarations as to what it 's really getting . |
| 9 | It has stuck to an antiquated way of operating that harks back to the days of guild power , and has refused to countenance criticism . |
| 10 | and it had to appeal to a broader group . |
| 11 | The National Bank said that for 1990 it had to adhere to a strict monetary policy aimed at keeping the hard currency account deficit under $550,000,000 , that of the state budget under 10,000 million forints and inflation under 19 per cent — conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) when it approved an agreement to pave the way for additional foreign loans to maintain the country 's creditworthiness . |
| 12 | But , much to her surprise , when the bread was baked and she took it out , she found that it had turned to a beautiful large loaf of the finest wheat flour . |
| 13 | The upholstery of the seats had once been crimson : it had faded to a faint red glow , balding , springs occasionally exposed . |
| 14 | The regime was n't defeated although it had come to a dead end and the liberation movement did not conquer the situation although they made government impossible . |
| 15 | It is perhaps as well to remember at the outset that the main injury in this particular case was a hip injury which , if it had occurred to a younger man , would have produced an arthrodesis operation . |
| 16 | The foreign debt problem in Brazil and the measures taken to contain it have led to a considerable decline in industrial production and employment . |
| 17 | The philosophy ( with the arguable exception of the Netherlands ) is not actually practised anywhere in the world , although the concerns that give rise to it have led to a continuing debate in some western industrialized democracies about ways in which the monopolistic nature of the capitalist press might be usefully modified . |