Example sentences of "has [verb] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when the weathering mantle has developed to a depth of several metres the rate of water movement at the weathering front becomes very slow . |
| 2 | Grieco , in a fascinating and detailed series of ethnographic studies of working-class networks in this country , has pointed to a number of advantages which workers and employers gain from ‘ the network ’ : . |
| 3 | Previous research has pointed to a number of socio-demographic factors that contribute to the likelihood of a child coming into the care of local authorities . |
| 4 | The sloop apparently ran straight on to the top of the bank under sail in spite of the fact that the top of the bank is 10 m ( 30 ft ) above the level of high spring tides.Jutson ( 1939 ) has pointed to a series of generally narrow platforms cut mainly in almost horizontal rocks in New South Wales and extending up to a height of 10 m ( 30 ft ) or more . |
| 5 | Workers could conceivably mistake a rise in money wages for a rise in real wage à la Friedman ( 1968 ) , but the Friedman speculation only makes sense if employers think ( perhaps mistakenly ) that the real wage rate has fallen to a level such as in Figure 6.10 . |
| 6 | The jobs are an attempt to inject ‘ new blood ’ into university departments where the turnover of staff has fallen to a trickle and to give new emphasis to information technology . |
| 7 | Carry on collecting all this week and you 'll have a fabulous souvenir of the season in which Mansell has roared to a record NINE victories and taken the world crown for the first time . |
| 8 | Pahl ( 1984 : 314 ) has referred to a situation in which : |
| 9 | The Enterprise Centre has responded to a number of requests from departments to provide staff development opportunities that meet ‘ departmental ’ staff training needs . |
| 10 | This year we have been involved in projects in both Hong Kong and Mauritius , while our Waste Management Information Bureau , which draws on the resources of the whole of AEA , has responded to a record number of enquiries during the year . |
| 11 | Hartlepool MP Ted Leadbitter has responded to an attack on Hartlepool 's image in America 's leader business newspaper The Wall Street Journal by writing an angry letter to its editor . |
| 12 | In particular , Tony Bray , who is retired , has objected to a question which asks how often the respondent has taken part in physical activity long enough to get ‘ sweaty ’ in the past month . |
| 13 | Er yes I raised an example without referring to a specific site and the site is in Richmondshire where the county council has objected to a proposal in erm what is a a local plan in its very formative stages and the proposal conflicts with Policy I five in so far as I five directs development to the main towns and urban areas . |
| 14 | The Imperial Household Agency , a secretive ministry that minds the royal family , has objected to a telephone card showing a picture of the couple . |
| 15 | While new organizations may possess a strong commitment to a new policy , and may have powers that enable it to bring together the resources for its implementation that were not possessed by any single previous organization , it still has to relate to a world in which other agencies have a great deal of power to influence its success . |
| 16 | With increased availability , pricing has dropped to a street price of $999 apiece for the 36MHz and $1,399 apiece for the 40MHz in quantities of 1,000 — quite different from the $1,900 price it gave The Microprocessor Report for the 40MHz back in December ( UX No 419 ) . |
| 17 | Even before the slide forward has come to a stop , pull your rear guard hand back slightly in order to augment the snap punch . |
| 18 | This is sometimes taken to show that the process of monopolisation has come to a halt . |
| 19 | Whether this will in practice make a great difference may be doubted , since it seems unlikely that a court will come to the conclusion that a chief constable of police has come to a decision that he could not reasonably arrive at , which is the critical test for the exercise of the powers of judicial review . |
| 20 | Time has come to a standstill . |
| 21 | Mr Mawlawi added : ‘ The relief effort has come to a standstill . |
| 22 | This has come to a head with EEC obstructionist moves at the Uruguay round of GATT negotiations which were meant to reach a conclusion by 1990 but which would now appear to have collapsed . |
| 23 | Well , the SAAF has come to a conclusion that others have long held — the only replacement for a Dakota is another Dakota ! |
| 24 | I think he has come to a rendezvous . |
| 25 | The nearest he has come to an England place since was three years ago when he broke a thumb within 24 hours of being selected to face India . |
| 26 | One of the shortest reigns in Scottish political history has come to an abdrupt end . |
| 27 | French microkernel operating system developer Chorus Systemes SA has come to an agreement with Motorola Inc 's Semiconductor division for joint development and marketing of a combination of the Chorus Unix System V-compliant microkernel technology with the PowerPC chip Motorola is developing with IBM Corp . |
| 28 | French microkernel operating system developer Chorus Systemes SA has come to an agreement with Motorola Inc 's Semiconductor division to jointly develop and market a combination of Chorus Unix System V-compliant microkernel technology with the PowerPC chip Motorola is developing with IBM Corp . |
| 29 | ‘ The historic role of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party has come to an end , ’ Mr Nyers said , in a speech opening the party 's congress . |
| 30 | Thus the history of the HSWP as a state party has come to an end . ’ |