Example sentences of "have [prep] a considerable [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unorganised relationship of one enterprise with another , through buying and selling , has to a considerable extent been replaced by an organised relationship through the ‘ controlled holding ’ of shares , ‘ participation ’ and ‘ financing ’ , which find personal expression in the ‘ Dirigenten ’ of the banks , industry , the enterprises and trusts . |
| 2 | The second type : considerably fewer relics of serfdom , the landowner has to a considerable extent already become a capitalist , the peasants are better off and the peasant market has a greater capacity , etc . |
| 3 | The growing central controls on the curriculum , and other aspects of state schooling , has to a considerable extent been grounded on a concern with the quality of teaching , and the associated view that improving the quality of education is dependent on improving the quality of teaching . |
| 4 | We shall see later that the power of the occupiers to exclude or restrict their liability towards visitors has to a considerable extent been eroded by s. 2 Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 5 | Walker , who apart from the Prime Minister herself ( Margaret Thatcher ) and Sir Geoffrey Howe was the only remaining member of the Conservative Cabinet formed in 1979 ( and who had also been a member of Edward Heath 's Cabinet in 1970-74 ) , had for a considerable time been regarded as in many ways out of sympathy with certain aspects of Thatcher 's political philosophy . |
| 6 | The decline of the extended family network , and its replacement by smaller ‘ nuclear ’ family groups , has meant that valuable networks of support and care have to a considerable extent disappeared . |