Example sentences of "[noun pl] has [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Visits from archivists and librarians to study the holdings of local maps has led to useful contacts as well as to the provision of further photocopies to the local archive and library services . |
| 2 | The establishment of sickle cell centres in many cities has led to increased awareness of the condition and greatly improved care for sufferers , and much of the credit for this must go to the dedicated nurses , health visitors and counsellors involved . |
| 3 | Meanwhile the popularity of Yardie amongst jail birds has led to certain elements deciding that the book comes a little too close to the truth for their liking , and Victor Headley has disappeared into hiding to work on Yardie 2 , leaving Adebayo and Pope to speak on his behalf . |
| 4 | Under section 18 of the Act , control of the curriculum in county schools has shifted to head teachers , although they must ensure that the curriculum is compatible with their LEA 's statements on curricular policy — as modified by the governors in their own such statement . |
| 5 | But increasing pressure from recreation and development of all kinds on the delicate mountain areas has led to renewed attempts to set up some kind of planning scheme to protect them . |
| 6 | As the record shows , the preference given to large companies and the support they receive from their bankers has led to rapid growth in output with consequent effects on the profits of banks and their leading customers . |
| 7 | A group of 11 companies has committed to developing products conforming to the joint AT&T Co-Hewlett-Packard Co proposal for 100Mbps Ethernet , despite the fact that the IEEE has yet to decide whether to adopt it as a standard . |
| 8 | A century of saving seed from the best plants has led to continuous improvements . |
| 9 | The availability of water is the main constraint on food production and while traditional shifting cultivation and nomadic practices are inherently conservation-oriented , the trend towards permanent cultivation and settled herding over the last 50 years has led to widespread environmental change . |
| 10 | PANAMA is the latest in a series of rogue regimes , the menacing state of whose internal affairs has led to armed intervention by other countries — and to an unresolved international tangle about the legality of such action . |
| 11 | The need to control costs and optimize on resources has led to centralized shared cataloguing , largely made possible through the adoption of standards such as the machine readable catalogue ( MARC ) record and the Anglo-American cataloguing rules . |
| 12 | As we have seen , the ability of large firms to transfer financial problems to suppliers has led to high rates of bankruptcy among smaller companies . |
| 13 | After sixteen years at their old address , Stoddard Mattor , the Swedish subsidiary of Stoddard Carpets has moved to new offices in the centre of Stockholm . |
| 14 | Already the tragic discovery of a yellow-suited body among the pinnacles has led to furious and immoderate speculation in the national press . |
| 15 | In recent years the study of megalithic remains such as Stonehenge in terms of hypothetical astronomical alignments has led to various interesting speculations concerning prehistoric man 's knowledge of the calendar . |
| 16 | In the private sector a large number of estate agents , landlords , accommodation agencies and building societies have been found to operate discriminatory registers , refusing to let or sell or lend to black individuals and families , while direct and indirect discrimination in many local authority housing departments has led to black tenants being allocated inferior council housing ( Gordon and Newnham , 1986 ) . |
| 17 | Genital dermatoses are seen by specialists from disciplines other than dermatology , and the evolution of multidisciplinary teams running combined clinics for vulval diseases has led to improved diagnoses and management of patients with these problems . |
| 18 | In his influential book , The Competitive Advantage of Nations , Michael Porter of Harvard Business School concludes un-equivocally : ‘ The structure of the British capital markets has contributed to corporate goals that do not support investment and innovation . ’ |
| 19 | The education of children has passed to specialised institutions , usually run by the state . |
| 20 | the increasing stranglehold of the big brewers has led to high prices , poor choice and pub closures ; and many new small breweries have been driven out of business . |
| 21 | HALIFAX Property Services has moved to impressive new premises at 124a Upper Lisburn Road in the heart of Finaghy 's busy shopping area , having outgrown other premises which it had occupied in Finaghy for years . |
| 22 | We know that the recent privatisation of bus services has led to escalating prices , a lowering of standards and customers ' complaints being ignored . |
| 23 | First , dispersal of shareholdings has led to effective control over the company being ceded to management . |
| 24 | The practice of cutting wood for cooking fires has led to substantial deforestation and resultant soil erosion . |