Example sentences of "has [vb pp] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | At one stage I had the same reservations , but in the light of the experience of the last six years and the credibility that the festival has given to drama with elected members , headteachers , and officers of the Authority , I am convinced that , at any rate for Leeds , this annual festival is helping to develop the quality of drama in the Authority ( pp. 44–45 ) . |
2 | Although I welcome the way in which my right hon. Friend has responded to pressure from those of us who are concerned about the future of the volunteers in the Territorial army and elsewhere , and I especially welcome his statement about the future of the Army Cadet Force and the support it receives from the reserves , what are his particular plans for the three reserve battalions of the Royal Anglians ? |
3 | And if I dare say it , she has come to glory as the earthly manifestation of a holy trinity with Nicholas Ryan , father , producer , and his wife Roma , Holy Spirit and lyricist . |
4 | As university funding has come to hinge on publication , this has been encouraged for its own sake . |
5 | This is an area that has come to prominence in recent years as new kinds of instruments such as auction market preferred shares ( AMPS ) , convertible debt with premium put options and convertible capital bonds have appeared . |
6 | The phrase ‘ a different voice ’ , which has come to sere as a popular and psychological shorthand for her conclusions , has important but ambivalent significances for psychology and feminism . |
7 | Many a ship has come to grief along this shore , including one in the 19th century carrying the dowry of Catherine of Braganza , Queen of Charles II . |
8 | This is often far from the case and many a combination has come to grief at the very last fence . |
9 | ONE of Britain 's biggest service companies has come to grief with disastrous figures and a crash in its shares . |
10 | She is the sisters ' friend and mine , too , she has come to tea on my birthday . |
11 | Outer Space has come to ground at Arbikfini , after a nine month gallery orbit via the Laing in Newcastle , Ferens in Hull , and Camden in London . |
12 | It adds that evidence has come to light of two possible explosions involving similar waste . |
13 | No evidence of huge deposits has come to light despite the Swiss authorities recent willingness to assist foreign governments in pursuit of funds embezzled by fallen dictators . |
14 | They also object on the grounds that , while Sotheby 's disclaims any ownership interest in the treasure and was merely the agent for Lord Northampton , they are by no means convinced that this is the case , especially as it has come to light during the discovery process that the former chairman of Sotheby 's , the late Peter Wilson , played the leading role in the treasure 's acquisition and had a share in its value , inherited by his sons , Thomas and Philip . |
15 | From the material that has come to light during our own century , it is clear that the Essenes were looser and more diffuse in their organisation , less centralised and less uniform than the Sadducees and the Pharisees . |
16 | EXACTLY 200 years after the birth of Shelley , a secret diary kept by the poet has come to light in a Dorset attic . |
17 | Following revelations about British Gas 's contribution to the destruction of Ecuadorean rainforest [ see ED 48 ] , new information has come to light concerning far larger concessions held by the company in Gabon . |
18 | A great list of Greenburn and Tilberthwaite ore weighings has come to light from this period , and runs from 13 June 1697 to 22 September 1697 . |
19 | Now a third has come to office with the same goal . |
20 | This principle has been applied , and the money held to be recoverable , in cases where the sanction has amounted to duress of the person of the subject or of his goods . |
21 | Labour 's consumer spokesman Nigel Griffiths has written to President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine following complaints over a previous Hoover offer of flights to Europe . |
22 | Gloucestershire has risen to top of the national list for thefts from cars … and ninth above London , Thames Valley and Merseyside for total car crime . |
23 | Companies House has bowed to pressure from MPs and the business community and agreed to send ex gratia payments to companies that were forced to pay a late filing penalty after their accounts for the period to 30 September 1991 were delivered to Companies House on 31 July 1992 . |
24 | THE GOVERNMENT has bowed to pressure from farmers to increase compensation for damage caused by the recent flooding of the Rivers Tay and Spey . |
25 | Congress , as we are all aware , since nineteen eighty eight , this union has moved to sectionalization of its membership according to their trade . |
26 | Gloom has turned to boom in the aerodustry during the past two years . |
27 | In the past two weeks he has had to scrummage against Scotland 's World Cup looseheads , David Sole and David Milne : ‘ They certainly got the better of me but I like to think that I am learning all the time and that that will lead to my improvement ’ . |
28 | indeed , the fourth Directive of the European Commission , which requires a unified reporting system , has lead to consolidation of the position of English as the dominant language of company reports across European multinationals . |
29 | Maguire , who has rocketed to stardom in the last 18 months , was punished for incorrect use of the whip on Playing Truant , short head winner of the Hopeful Novices ' Hurdle . |
30 | It is regrettable that the Ordnance Survey has capitulated to metrication by indicating altitudes in foreign metres on current maps and abandoning good old British feet . |