Example sentences of "have [verb] [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Profitability in the commodity area has collapsed relative to ICI 's expectations , ’ he says . |
| 2 | A 9in ( 230mm ) boundary wall , which has cracked due to settlement , is to be replaced . |
| 3 | A stake in the business , which has come near to bankruptcy , is put up for sale . |
| 4 | Although the company has no connection with the killings , JS has made available to customers a list of the products involved . |
| 5 | In 10.29 Moses invited his father-in-law to accompany them on their journeyings with the words , ‘ … come with us , and we will do you good ; for the Lord has promised good to Israel . ’ |
| 6 | They are great colonisers of damaged reefs , whether the damaged reefs , whether the damage has occurred due to tourism , with attendant pollution , from shipping traffic or sedimentation . |
| 7 | Sandy , a divorced mother of one , has played Cupid to scores of couples since setting up the business at her home in Rhosesmor , Clwyd , six years ago . |
| 8 | Slim , dark-haired Parul has stayed loyal to Courtney throughout their 11 years together , first as his lover , then as his wife . |
| 9 | We guarantee to meet claims from readers made in accordance with the above procedure as soon as possible after the advertiser has become subject to bankruptcy proceedings , or has gone into liquidation , up to a limit of £16,000 per annum for any one advertiser so affected , and up to £48,000 in respect of all advertisers . |
| 10 | We guarantee to meet claims from readers made in accordance with the above procedure as soon as possible after the advertiser has become subject to bankruptcy proceedings , or has gone into liquidation , up to a limit of £16,000 per annum for any one advertiser so affected , and up to £48,000 in respect of all advertisers . |
| 11 | In recent years , the Post Office Address File ( PAF ) has become available to researchers . |
| 12 | Penang has become crucial to Malaysia 's move into high-tech manufacturing . |
| 13 | The idea has become axiomatic to politics , so much so that people are hardly conscious of it any longer . |
| 14 | Its coat colour and pigmented skin are valued in hot climates where it has proved resistant to eye cancer and also , to some extent , to ticks . |
| 15 | So much has changed in the life of the farm worker , especially the nature of his work ; yet so much , as we shall see , has remained resistant to change . |
| 16 | Pask , who 's a laboratory technician from Horwich in greater manchester , denies murdering Doctor Howe but has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibilty . |
| 17 | Her father , William Kwavalskie , who 's from Shurdington in Gloucestershire , denies murder but has pleaded guilty to manslaughter . |
| 18 | Sams has pleaded guilty to kidnapping Stephanie , unlawfully imprisoning her and demanding a £175,000 ransom . |
| 19 | ‘ For centuries he has lived close to calamity : drought and flood threaten his crops and beasts ; diseases , infertility and death afflict his wife and children ; ghosts disturb his peace . |
| 20 | Since everything seemed out of my reach I was reduced to making friends with the pigeons who were everywhere , and whose gentle murmurings I 'd grown accustomed to hearing . |
| 21 | Stones Lane , I 'd got used to Manners Lane , they call it something quite |
| 22 | They probably seemed as ridiculous to the boy as they 'd seemed boring to Nevil , who had been right to say they had harmed him with their indulgence and from whom they would willingly now have asked forgiveness . |
| 23 | Only Paul Smith and Colin Harvey ( I thought his full-time job as Howard Kendall 's assistant at Everton would have kept him too busy to put pencil and crayon to paper ! ) got close to producing something workable , but even Smithy 's attempt in green would have fallen foul to Mr Clough 's watchful eye . |
| 24 | Because of the problems we could have had due to heat stroke I elected to walk with the group carry 50 litres of water . |
| 25 | Lachman , who can now claim the distinction of selling his company twice and buying it back once , quipped that he has personally established a new executive benchmark , transactions per year ( TPY ) , having sold Interactive to SunSoft , Praxis to SunSelect , Interactive to Systemhouse and having bought back Lachman , all in the space of the last twelve months . |
| 26 | Which mortgage can not be held responsible for any out date of information that may have occurred due to changes taking place after the editorial deadline . |
| 27 | It may have become obvious to Pius and his advisers that a Council would not be as easy to manipulate as they had imagined . |
| 28 | A situation could arise where harmful bacteria , having become immune to disinfectants , survive to cause illness which can not be treated by antibiotics . |
| 29 | The sale was to have comprised both the unpaid for items and pieces from Mr Narita 's collection , acquired at a Tajan auction in April 1990 — the Japanese businessman having proved sensitive to Tajan 's repeated pleas to make good the difference . |
| 30 | These events in his native land must have appeared insignificant to Nkrumah , engaged in building up a structure of organisations to develop an awareness of African identity and solidarity . |