Example sentences of "have [verb] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is becoming increasingly apparent that drugs , which act through mechanisms other than acid inhibition , can control duodenal ulcer disease as effectively as H 2 receptor atagonists ; the findings of this study suggest that stimulation of normal gastroduodenal motility ( and thus acid clearance from the bulb ) may be an important mechanism in this respect , but one which has received scant attention to date . |
| 2 | In particular it lends itself to analysis by a technique which has received limited application to extensive data for a British conurbation , namely the technique of trip chains . |
| 3 | But he has travelled 5000 miles to Edinburgh for expert help and is now all set to take his first faltering steps at the age of five . |
| 4 | The car has been featured on a number of occasions at Rolls-Royce Ansty , when Geoff has treated retiring colleagues to a very special trip home in a very special car . |
| 5 | This , however , occurs at a time when the government has limited financial slack to be able to respond . |
| 6 | It 's because of this DOUBLE TAX-FREE BENEFIT that the Inland Revenue has limited such investments to one per adult . |
| 7 | Orientation toward Problem-Solving Giovanni Sartori has distinguished two approaches to problem-solving : the empirical and the rational . |
| 8 | The hotel has no private parking space but has arranged concessionary access to a municipal multi-storey car park nearby off Southgate Street . |
| 9 | The very existence of such a high-profile federally-sponsored project has given greater confidence to planners elsewhere to adopt their own solutions to local problems . |
| 10 | For many years now it has given much pleasure to both young and old . |
| 11 | Clive Barker ( 1977 ) of Warwick University has given new substance to the use of games in the training of actors and Brian Watkins ( 1981 ) has evolved a theoretical framework conceptually linking drama and game in a way which I shall attempt to build on in the next chapter . |
| 12 | THE role of Harry Thomason , Friend of Bill and TV producer , in the Case of the White House Travel Office ( see above ) has given new edge to a month-long spat between Washington and Hollywood . |
| 13 | The retreat from professional standards which marked the period of industrial action has given new impetus to those politicians and administrators who seek to define the teacher 's role . |
| 14 | Although a number of Directives were adopted in the 1970s on various aspects of employees ' rights , it is the passage of the Single European Act which has given new impetus to the evolution of EC social policies . |
| 15 | The Government has given two orders to the House of Commons for their approval . |
| 16 | The social fund has given extensive help to people in real need . |
| 17 | The EC 's overseas aid directorate has given conditional approval to a funding proposal for a southern African ivory trading centre , which would flout the existing provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) . |
| 18 | On the whole , however , the left has given little priority to these issues . |
| 19 | If David Gower 's captaincy against West Indies left something to be desired , his batting has given endless pleasure to millions of people . |
| 20 | An old rocking horse beside the window has given countless rides to the Pages ' children and five grandchildren . |
| 21 | Of course quality and assessment of performance are important , and the government is right to insist that often in the past education has given inadequate attention to evaluation . |
| 22 | One factor which has given renewed emphasis to this need for cooperation is the increased use of simulation ( p. 128 ) . |
| 23 | This enables a liquidator or administrator to apply to the court where , within two years before insolvency , the vendor has given preferential treatment to creditors . |
| 24 | Last night 's statement said Mr Barnes ‘ has given careful consideration to the material furnished by the CPS ’ . |
| 25 | The Democrat Congressman Long has given full rein to his total unworthiness as a man and as a government functionary in his dealings with a country which is a friend to his government and to his nation . |
| 26 | You may be amazed that such an obvious shortcoming to a staff plan should have continued to escape my notice , but then you will agree that such is often the way with matters one has given abiding thought to over a period of time ; one is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event . |
| 27 | This programme has given more coverage to committees than any other programme , with 25% of its attention being given to select committees and 6% to standing committees ( compared with 9% and 3% respectively , in Parliament ) . |
| 28 | This chapter has given more space to the anti-rather than to the pro-classical themes that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 29 | And while France formally supports the need for reform , it has given considerable support to General Aoun . |
| 30 | THE Prince of Wales has given generous presents to his Highgrove staff . |