Example sentences of "[vb past] to have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The only other mould found to have equal activity was one kept in culture by La Touche , with which Fleming 's mould appeared to be identical . |
2 | The authors do not state whether they actually treated the patients found to have prostatic cancer . |
3 | Prophylactic antibiotics are therefore advisable in those patients found to have biliary obstruction and mandatory in those in whom the duct has not been cleared . |
4 | He promised to have certain ones re-examined , but the outcome was that they remained unchanged . |
5 | B8 ) as depending upon the universal tendency towards adjustment of form and process ; to direct investigation towards the essentially multivariate character of geomorphic phenomena ; to admit a more liberal view of morphological changes with time to include the possibility of non-significant or non-progressive changes of certain aspects of landscape form through time ; to foster a dynamic approach to geomorphology to complement the historical one ; to focus upon the whole landscape assemblage rather than upon those parts assumed to have evolutionary significance ; to encourage geomorphic investigations in those areas where evidence for erosional history may be deficient ; and to direct attention to the heterogeneity of spatial organization . |
6 | Arius received support from scholarly and politically powerful bishops , in particular from the learned church historian Eusebius of Caesarea in Palestine , a man for whom Constantine came to have great respect . |
7 | As Barwise and Ehrenberg ( 1988 ) argue , people came to have little involvement in their TV . |
8 | By the end of the eighteenth century , however , the word came to have another meaning . |
9 | For all these reasons an alternative to the centralised curriculum development project was sought , and the ideas of Stenhouse , and those like him , came to have considerable influence . |
10 | ‘ School ’ , he writes , seemed to have one aim , ‘ to keep us out of the air and from following the normal pursuits of the fields … |
11 | Despite its rhetorical form , the question seemed to have real meaning . |
12 | He often seemed to have strange ideas about singers . |
13 | An example of corporatism at work may be that of Britain in the 1960s where the unions , represented by the Trades Union Congress , and big business , represented by the Confederation of British Industry , seemed to have easy access to government . |
14 | She seemed to have new confidence in her hold over her daughter . |
15 | But whereas Oldman always seemed to have mainstream Hollywood in his sights . |
16 | In such a climate it seems even more suitable to pursue the creation of a radical , insider ethnography and in the not too distant past this even seemed to have official support . |
17 | In other words , children who were poor readers seemed to have greater insight into likely difficulties for other readers . |
18 | Carey led Piper back into the other half of the room , but the old man seemed to have other things to do . |
19 | Only the Sikh men seemed to have other things on their mind as , twirling their moustaches , they downed great tumblers of whisky and tried to lure the prettiest girls on to the dance floor . |
20 | He , however , seemed to have other ideas and stood in her way . |
21 | They seemed to have many roles , in reproduction , in blood vessels , in certain enzyme systems , and in the activity of nerves . |
22 | And in spite of , or perhaps because of , this framework , they all seemed to have such fun , such carefree , girlish fun . |
23 | While media seemed to have little influence on driving behaviour , both groups of drivers felt that it showed cars in an unrealistic light — only seven percent thought otherwise . |
24 | This was an important mission , yet they had sent him a minor police official who seemed to have little standing or influence . |
25 | Amber , however , seemed to have little consideration for Lucien or what was considered sacred . |
26 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
27 | ‘ These young jet lads seemed to have little respect even for their parents . |
28 | His mother , preoccupied with paying the bills , seemed to have little time and energy for her children — particularly Graham who , as the only boy , was a bitter reminder of her husband . |
29 | The phenomenal rise in venereal diseases and the performance of abortions ‘ for social reasons ’ were two of the unintended consequences of sexual hedonism which nevertheless seemed to have little effect on sexual behaviour . |
30 | When in the 1880s , anxiety about the question grew more acute , and when exhortation to society members not to instruct " female learners " or to allow their daughters to take up the trade seemed to have little effect , more organized attempts were made to confront the problem . |