Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] have [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The tremendous disadvantage is , however , that when the drugs are stopped , the amount of weight regained is almost exactly equal to that lost , and long-term loss from short-term use of appetite-suppressant drugs has yet to be demonstrated .
2 The full value of such workshops has yet to be confirmed but there is no doubt that they represent a valuable communication tool .
3 Unfortunately , the Government still continue to repeat the view that it would be neither ‘ practical or beneficial ’ to introduce age discrimination legislation , and the majority of these recommendations have yet to be implemented , notably those relating to a bi-annual report , increasing the earnings disregard and improving employment training for the over-50s .
4 The definition of a universal service and hence of reserved services has yet to be drawn up .
5 The basic structures of several pavilions have yet to be completed and the biggest universal exposition ever mounted still bears more than a passing resemblance to a building site — albeit a very colourful one .
6 The history of many localities and of most schools has still to be written , however , and a search in the library may often prove disappointing .
7 Alternatively there are several chemical additives on the market which aim to provide a substitute for lead , although the case for these products has yet to be proved .
8 The landscape of feeling that this measured upbringing inculcated in countless children has yet to be surveyed ; we should start , perhaps , with the burden of being good , and the painful watchful attention towards the needs of others rather than oneself .
9 All these problems regarding parallel computers have yet to be solved by the large community of researchers in the field , but their solution will dictate the nature of future supercomputers .
10 Busch concedes that the full range of possibilities for bulky groups have yet to be explored .
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