Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] have [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the realisation of this that has led to sensory methods of assessment being developed . |
| 2 | A few of Richard 's toys were there as well , and some that had belonged to Kate . |
| 3 | Mechanised steam-powered presses , beginning with The Times in 1814 , contributed to the expansion of newspaper printing in the 1820s and 1830s and had spread to book printing by the 1850s . |
| 4 | But I think conductors would not be the answer because what happens when the driver is smoking as has happened to me three times in three weeks . |
| 5 | By 1991 that had risen to a quarter . |
| 6 | AUSTRALIAN Mutual Provident was founded as a mutual life society in 1849 and has grown to be the largest life office in Australia and New Zealand . |
| 7 | Petrol shortages had begun in the north in late 1991 and had spread to Lagos and other southern areas by the beginning of April 1992 . |
| 8 | This compares with around three million at the same stage of the last BT share sale in 1991 and has led to criticism of the £15 million advertising campaign . |
| 9 | She had stopped undertaking her usual tasks within the home , was eating very little and had taken to her bed a few days previously and had not re-emerged . |
| 10 | ‘ When you 're ill and have sunk to the depths of despair , black thoughts enter your mind . |
| 11 | By way of response the Government established the Committee on Ministers ' Powers which reported in 1932 and has come to be known as the Donoughmore Committee ( Donoughmore , 1932 ) . |
| 12 | George Barker had taken his place in 1940 but had escaped to the United States before Pearl Harbor , for he had been followed everywhere by the ‘ thought police ’ , the sinister kempeitai , who suspected him of being a communist spy . |
| 13 | Mattan , who had taken over the yellow jersey from Lillywhite in Leicester on Saturday , started yesterday 33 seconds ahead of Lillywhite but had dropped to fourth place overall by the end of the day . |
| 14 | Yeah make sure that 's added to the stockpile to the stock value |
| 15 | Just what Preston wanted , in his current state of vulnerability , with every nerve raw from the break-up of his marriage and all that had contributed to it . |
| 16 | Anne claimed Joe to talk to him about the books she had read and all that had happened to her since he went away , and Terry and Stephen wanted to talk to him about football and their latest craze , greyhound racing . |
| 17 | One was found — ‘ a pragmatic , civilized feminist who did not pretend to understand all that had happened to Laura but had the good sense to see that she was a great deal saner than her parents . |
| 18 | All that had happened to Jenna was that an old , painful wound had reopened . |
| 19 | It was as though all that had happened to her in the past year was suddenly before her , and all her own shortcomings into the bargain had landed on her in a heap , and were destroying her . |
| 20 | Seeing them after so long , after all that had happened to her , it was as though they were strangers . |
| 21 | Oh , she was tired and had taken to declining |
| 22 | ‘ She is tired and has gone to her room . |
| 23 | Glebe Manor went on release with Halifax Property Services around August 1992 and has proved to be a most successful and sought after development . |
| 24 | When she was in her fifties and had grown to a generous obesity , her husband would whisper proudly to his dinner guests as they stood in front of some glowing nude or abstract construction , ‘ Wonderful artist , was n't he ? |
| 25 | The debate is important and has led to keen observations being made on both sides of the House . |
| 26 | The old shed door hanging on one rusted hinge , would swing no more and had crashed to the floor . |
| 27 | The investigation is ongoing and has spread to the other important cities for art trading , Osaka and Kyoto . |
| 28 | He assures them Virgin Atlantic can and does compete on cost as well as service , but he claims British Airways is n't playing fair and has complained to the European commission that B A is offering anti-competitive deals Virgin claims it 's losing business as a result . |
| 29 | Deborah is confident and outspoken and had mentioned to me that she felt her sense of herself as ‘ not bad-looking ’ , and her lack of any real anxieties about her weight or body was largely due to her mother . |
| 30 | Quantal analysis of excitatory synapses in the hippocampus has proved difficult and has led to contradictory conclusions when applied to long-term potentiation . |