Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] have [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps those are sounds you could use in your own composition , ’ speculates the school 's head of music , Paul Chamberlain , whose quest for strange noises has led to the possibility of him poaching the National Curriculum 's science of sound course from Fartown 's physics department . |
| 2 | The long-standing system of allocation of grants and the consequent competition for limited resources has led to the shift to obtaining funds from other sources . |
| 3 | However , the granting of additional tax relief runs against recent trends in fiscal policy , which has aimed to simplify the tax system , and , from an economic point of view , represents a deadweight cost , because those who are already members of private schemes have chosen to be so without the incentive of tax relief . |
| 4 | In addition , a number of distinguished judges have admitted to breaching the exclusionary rule and looking at Hansard in order to seek the intention of Parliament . |
| 5 | By mid-1990 withdrawals of foreign investments had amounted to US$145,000,000 , almost double the comparable figure for 1989 . |
| 6 | By 1780 the number of British houses had increased to over seventy . |
| 7 | A succession of warm winters has led to an explosion in the adder population , as the moles and voles they prey upon have got more plentiful . |
| 8 | Legions of lost souls have taken to congregating at a popular local hostelry , the Throat and Razor , repeating those very words over and over again , till the tears run down their sunburned legs . |
| 9 | The continuously falling price and increasing power of desk-top computers has led to their widespread availability and use . |
| 10 | In two weeks of December the number of male vagrants had risen to 371 , which included 252 ex-soldiers , and the master was of the opinion that the increase was due to the fact that many of the unemployed in London were returning to their own towns through the casual wards . |
| 11 | The widespread use of prophylactic antibiotics has contributed to the development of a dependence on their effectiveness and less emphasis on the importance of surgical principles , a breakdown of isolation procedures and the establishment of antibiotic-resistant and virulent bacteria in hospital . |
| 12 | Before long their list of suspicious deaths had grown to more than two dozen . |
| 13 | A team of international scholars has contributed to the catalogue . |
| 14 | Nationalism had been primarily supported by liberals , because the emergence of self-governing nations had seemed to be a final step towards the effective protection of individual rights . |
| 15 | Similarly , the much greater availability of illegal drugs has led to a phenomenal growth in drug offences . |
| 16 | The logical re-use of existing services has led to the retention of the overly utilitarian postwar outshot when it would have been better to demolish it and to restore the four-square appearance of the pre-war building . |
| 17 | If the value of existing units has risen to 75p for example , new subscribers will ‘ buy ’ newly created units at 75p and the number they purchase will be equal to the amount they wish to invest divided by 75p . |
| 18 | By 1985 the total employment of foreign-owned plants had fallen to 677,100 , dominated by ownership in the USA ( 416,300 ) and the EC ( 95,100 ) ; by mechanical engineering and vehicles ( 205,600 ) ; and by the South East ( 240,200 ) . |
| 19 | Over the past 10 years the debt of sub-Saharan countries has tripled to $180bn and these countries now hand over one third of their foreign exchange earnings in debt payments . |
| 20 | On the other hand , careful observation of living creatures had led to the solution of some problems , such as how the toucan tucks its head under its wing to sleep — depicted in E. T. Bennett 's book on the London Zoo ( 1831–2 ) . |
| 21 | The issue of two-year degrees had led to long discussions on the Council . |
| 22 | Expressing cautious optimism about a solution to the debt crisis , the Fund noted that the debt-service ratio of developing countries had fallen to its lowest level since 1981 . |
| 23 | In October the Russian Orthodox Bishops ' Council said that nearly 3,000 church buildings had been reopened in the past 18 months , bringing the number of working parishes to 9,734 ; the number of theological students had doubled to 3,948 . |
| 24 | Increased competition and the added complexity of financial activities have added to perceived risk . |
| 25 | Switching to modern times , the source of new breeds has moved to the North American continent . |
| 26 | However , the inner city depopulation of recent years has led to falling rolls in city schools and the consequent rationalisation of local education has caused certain Board schools to become redundant , releasing them for alternative uses . |
| 27 | Commencing in the sixteenth century , the intervention of successive parliaments has led to the present-day role of the district audit . |
| 28 | Estimates of past populations have tended to be revised upwards , but in the Roman period , Britain sustained a population much lower than did Italy . |
| 29 | In the last year the number of scheduled routes has tripled to 55 . |
| 30 | One might conclude that while the removal of mandatory fees has led to some short-term reduction in charges and a decline in unemployment amongst architects , the continuing controls over training places may result in shortages and fees rising again . |