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 .
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