Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | This , however , occurs at a time when the government has limited financial slack to be able to respond . |
| 5 | The hotel has no private parking space but has arranged concessionary access to a municipal multi-storey car park nearby off Southgate Street . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The social fund has given extensive help to people in real need . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | If David Gower 's captaincy against West Indies left something to be desired , his batting has given endless pleasure to millions of people . |
| 13 | An old rocking horse beside the window has given countless rides to the Pages ' children and five grandchildren . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | One factor which has given renewed emphasis to this need for cooperation is the increased use of simulation ( p. 128 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Last night 's statement said Mr Barnes ‘ has given careful consideration to the material furnished by the CPS ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And while France formally supports the need for reform , it has given considerable support to General Aoun . |
| 21 | THE Prince of Wales has given generous presents to his Highgrove staff . |
| 22 | This is caused by the doctrine of privity of contract by which an original tenant ( or subsequent tenant who has given direct covenants to the landlord ) will remain liable under the covenants in the lease throughout the term ( unless released by the landlord ) and therefore can be called upon to pay back rents or remedy breaches of covenant , where default has occurred . |
| 23 | Once an ambulance crew has given initial aid to a seriously injured patient , a paramedic will consult a specialist at Stoke to see if the person should be taken there . |
| 24 | Their steep decline has given grim satisfaction to their legions of detractors . |
| 25 | the 1989 Children Act in the United kingdom has given legislative expression to the idea of shared care between social work agencies and parents and greater involvement of parents and children in decision making . |
| 26 | SCOTLAND captain David Sole has given short shrift to anyone who has blamed Martin Bayfield and Tim Rodber for the drastic change in Scottish scrummaging fortunes between the World Cup semi-final and the Five Nations opener , when his side scored their first pushover try against England for donkey 's years , despite losing by a record score . |
| 27 | Used with a metal detector a vibrator has given excellent results to more than one enthusiast . |
| 28 | This has given fresh impetus to European Community moves to base a levy on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 29 | Indeed the presence of a significant number of people of other faiths in our society has given fresh courage to many Christians to try to reassert the " confessional " approach to RE . |
| 30 | It is really this last concern that has given feminist objections to sexist language their public visibility , since feminists have demanded concrete changes in speech and writing . |