Example sentences of "of [noun pl] have [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | A number of companies have gone to great pains to point out to the shareholders that the goodwill adjustment does not affect the company 's net asset value , but Company Reporting named a number of companies that have actively avoided showing the full extent of losses on disposal . |
2 | The restlessness of industrialists at being expected to take the brunt of sacrifices had led to commercial consumers ( shops , offices , hotels , etc. ) also being brought into the load spreading arrangements in 1948 . |
3 | The education of children has passed to specialised institutions , usually run by the state . |
4 | As regards Monktonhall mineworkers ' consortium , it is encouraging that a group of ex-mineworkers have applied to British Coal to take over the pit , and I hope that they can make a success of it . |
5 | First , dispersal of shareholdings has led to effective control over the company being ceded to management . |