Example sentences of "it has [vb pp] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would not matter whether the consent was expressly or impliedly given , i.e. there is no theft from a company when it has consented to the taking . |
| 2 | Since 1973 , Ireland has received around £9 billion in EC funds — five times more than it has contributed to the community . |
| 3 | It has contributed to the decline in direct portfolio investment as opposed to indirect investment through tax exempt institutions . |
| 4 | It is questionable whether the real centre of economic power in this country is any longer an elected parliament or whether it has moved to the trade unions , large corporations , government departments , nationalised industries and government agencies . |
| 5 | A statement read : ‘ We now believe that the decision to employ John Birt other than as a staff member was a mistake and we deeply regret the dismay it has caused to the public and to BBC staff . |
| 6 | The reader must decide , by attending to other clues , whether the continuation is still part of the reported speech , or whether it has reverted to the ‘ author 's voice ’ . |
| 7 | And it has led to the introduction of new technologies for the direct investigation of the relationships between brain , behaviour and external events , the subject of the present chapter . |
| 8 | Firstly , it has led to the improvement of existing products , either in their specification or price , or both . |
| 9 | It has led to the establishment of a network of groups for young gays and lesbians . |
| 10 | In most it has led to the destruction of market mechanisms , to chaos , sometimes to fascism . |
| 11 | This is what planners have striven to do since land use planning emerged as a professional discipline , yet it has led to the over-exploitation of environmental capital and an inexorable decline in the quality of the environment . |
| 12 | It has led to the evolution of large gangs of cooperating genes , and ultimately to the evolution of bodies themselves , as the products of their cooperative enterprise . |
| 13 | Today , as one of Gorbachev 's advisers , she goes further to say that it has led to the formation of social groups with diverging interests and destroyed the rational relationship , however slight , that existed between work and money . |
| 14 | It has led to the election of President Chiluba , leader of the country 's multi-party democracy movement . |
| 15 | Similarly , the Gracious Speech is an apology for the privatisation process that has taken place , because it has led to the wholesale transfer of monopolies from the public to the private sector without serious competition , or adequate regulation to replace competition where it could not exist . |
| 16 | And and of course , it has led to the conviction of a number of erm , criminals , number of murderers , certainly . |
| 17 | It has appealed to the Council of Ministers to agree a range of conservation measures , including : , a 40 per cent cut in fishing capacity ; , the introduction of licenses for every fishing vessel ; , the establishment of financial and retraining incentives to encourage fishermen to leave the industry . |
| 18 | Greenpeace has produced a report , Burning issues , which forms the basis of the evidence it has submitted to the Royal Commission on incineration . |
| 19 | In the Church of England important decisions are made by the General Synod — after it has listened to the views of all its members . |
| 20 | And why , when it has come to the crunch , have British governments of all political persuasions given it such unswerving support ? |
| 21 | ‘ We all feared this might happen and now it has come to the worst , ’ said one church-goer arriving for the service . |
| 22 | The farming lobby has also pursued a policy of agricultural exceptionalism when it has come to the institution of a wide range of welfare and safety measures . |
| 23 | It has come to the attention of the IBOA that there may be pressure put on members to accept a Voluntary Redundancy or Early Retirement Package in the near future . |
| 24 | ‘ I have been lucky when it has come to the crunch but in life you make your own luck . |
| 25 | It has preserved to the present day its architectural setting and character , and its medieval town walls ( twelfth and fifteenth century ) are an exceptionally complete example of their period . |
| 26 | It has shifted to the mere expression of a wish , so that would have is almost synonymous with would like . |
| 27 | It has switched to the ‘ cost reimbursable form ’ , whereby the client bears the brunt of risks but has more say in how things are done . |
| 28 | The government has admitted that it has agreed to the directive only in order to conform to Britain 's obligations under EC law . |
| 29 | AND the Landlord hereby warrants to the Tenant that it has disclosed to the Tenant details of all Restrictions affecting the Premises known ( or which ought reasonably be known ) to the Landlord as at the date hereof Clause 10.2 should commence : |
| 30 | NATIONAL Westminster 's American banking subsidiary yesterday announced it has returned to the black after two years of heavy losses , writes Jonathan Confino in New York . |