Example sentences of "[num] [conj] have [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | By 1991 that had risen to a quarter . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Glebe Manor went on release with Halifax Property Services around August 1992 and has proved to be a most successful and sought after development . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | Fighting between the two rival Shia militias , the Syrian-backed Amal and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah , raged throughout West Beirut and the western Bekaa valley during December 1989 and had led to over 100 deaths by early January 1990 [ see p. 37137 ] . |
| 11 | Drought , which had seriously affected the country between 1987 and 1989 and had led to severe job losses , remained a problem , the resulting need to increase food imports contributing to a rising trade deficit ( which for the period January to July 1990 totalled US$1,125 million , an increase of 35 per cent on the corresponding period in 1989 ) and expected to offset any gains from higher prices for oil exports . |
| 12 | Blackadder was fifty-four and had come to editing Ash out of pique . |