Example sentences of "have [verb] to [det] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will question NAB 's assertion that the value of the brewery operations has fallen to such a level that asset-backed loans are in jeopardy . |
| 2 | It is disheartening to come to terms with the fact that your metabolism has adjusted to such a small calorie intake , and as a result your weight is unlikely to change . |
| 3 | By this time , the Prince 's obsession with caves has grown to such a fever pitch that his servants are barely given time to unpack his toothbrush before he spies another gash in the rock , this time many countless miles away . |
| 4 | The European dimension has grown to such a level that a dedicated European unit is being established . |
| 5 | It has been the combined effect of these changes — both on income and capital — that has led to such a growing polarization in living standards between different social groups that a new pattern of class inequalities is becoming apparent . |
| 6 | During the same time , the size and the shape of the company has changed to such a point that some of our assets are no longer meaningful to us as one of the world 's leading independent exploration and production companies . |
| 7 | If people had imagined in 1933 that things would have come to such a pitch , they 'd never have voted for Hitler . |
| 8 | Where broad discretionary powers have been conferred upon public authorities the courts take it upon themselves to review the exercise of those powers to ensure that the body does not make decisions which are so unreasonable that no reasonable body could have come to such a decision ; to ensure that the decision-makers are not biased and that decisions are not made mala fide or for any improper purpose . |
| 9 | I could never have agreed to such a plan , but was pleased at Mick 's change of mood . |
| 10 | Some of the vacant buildings may have deteriorated to such a condition that restoration costs would be prohibitive . |
| 11 | It made her hate Berndt even more to have to descend to such a feeble-minded stratagem . |
| 12 | The older groups are less likely to have contributed to such a scheme while they were in the labour force , and are therefore less likely to have an occupational pension . |
| 13 | It 's a really terrible thing to have happened to such a sweet couple , ’ Carole murmured warmly , putting a comforting arm about the other girl 's shoulder . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the fact that the matter had come to such a head did have a sobering effect on them both . |
| 15 | In " Inside the Whale " George Orwell described how the post-war group of writers , Pound , Joyce , Eliot and Lewis ( who have since been described as the " modernists " ) were united by their pessimism : unlike men such as George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells , they had seen through the ideals and systems of the late nineteenth century which had come to such a smash in the early decades of the twentieth . |
| 16 | It was no wonder the good Sisters had come to such a place to work . |
| 17 | One organization had responded to such a situation by issuing fixed-term contracts for a period equivalent to its minimum planned needs and then retaining the workers concerned on one week 's notice , with no obligation to negotiate their dismissal with the trade unions if their services were still required thereafter . |
| 18 | When the development officer realised ‘ that she had got to such a low ebb ’ she put in a paid worker for a regular two hours per week . |
| 19 | By the following year , guerrilla activity on the part of the Zealots had intensified to such a degree that Rome was obliged to take vigorous countermeasures . |
| 20 | The European Commission of Human Rights was created to receive complaints of abuses from states and ( where the country concerned had agreed to such a procedure ) from individuals . |
| 21 | The situation had too many of the elements of a farce about it , and he wondered briefly why he had agreed to such a scheme . |
| 22 | Fortunately , their gibes have fallen on deaf ears and all the more credit is due to those gentlemen who , in face of considerable discouragement , have succeeded to such a marked extent . ’ |
| 23 | It 's a long a complicated issue but it 's got to such a head that the complete scheme for regenerating the and the very badly affected coal fields in is being stopped . |
| 24 | But I mean , it 's getting to the stage now where it 's gon na become counter-productive , well , for me cos it 's got to such a point now where I 've got exchanges going through , I 've got erm sales going through , details to be typed , canvassing going out , instructions , appointments to make , the outcomes |